I see a lot of people talking about specialized shops in their area. I don't have the luck to live in such region and I have to travel 1000km to find the first snow/mountain. Therefore we don't have any shops.
I have a brand new Burton board which I would like to wax before its first run. Is it safe to trust the local shops at the resort or will they just do something?
This may sound a little paranoid but I'd rather be sure. Thank you!
Waxing is not a big deal, u can pretty much do it urself and the result will probly be better because u have 1 board to take care off and they have more than few dozens.
Buy an iron. 30 $
Buy some wax 20 per pound and last 20+ waxing sessions
Buy a scrapper 4 bucks
Buy a scotch brite
20 min of work
Thats it thats all
New boards come factory waxed so there's no need to do it yourself. It will last for a couple of days.
If you really want it waxed best go with Weipim's suggestion and check youtube for good waxing tutorials.
Shops usually do belt waxes which wear off very quickly. In case you give it to a shop make sure they do hand waxes which are much more expensive and take pretty long.
New burton board comes waxed. I think that belt waxes are almost useless, they last like one run. Hand wax costs more but is worth it. Best to learn to do yourself, but of I am at a resort without my stuff I get the hand wax.
I did indeed read that they come waxed but that the wax isn't that good so you better wax them before riding.
In the near future I'll learn how to wax my board and get the gear. However, that's not possible atm so I'll have to hope that there are some good hand wax'ers down my resort.
I think that's overkill, even factory wax will get you through day 1, and maybe more expecially if the snow is soft.
Now if you were going to lovingly hand wax the thing personally I'd say why not if it makes you happy, but to pay for a hand wax on top of a virgin factory wax is a waste in my opinion, you'd have to be joe pro boarder to notice. If anything I'd rather ride it to scrub off the factory wax before putting the good stuff on.
Of course you could ask the shop to strip the factory wax then hand wax if you really like to burn cash...
Yep, that would work just fine. The factory wax on my Arbor held up well for two days riding rock hard man made crust. If you are somewhere with half decent snow you should get even longer out of it.
I rode my first board for a couple weeks on the factory wax. It did start slowing down, but only slightly. Main thing that got me to wax it was it just started looking a little dried out....so unless your base starts looking dried out (white), don't worry about it
Okay! Thanks for all the help guys! I appreciate it!
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