Originally Posted by redlude97

What is the change in the coefficient of friction for a waxed and unwaxed board then?

Originally Posted by blunted_nose

I didnt read everything BUT TBT is a god damn rocket for sure. The base acts as a ski with least amount of base touching the snow... That thing feels like it has a motor. Now i might not want to take it to super high speeds but TBT bases are the fastest from the camber and base concave...

Originally Posted by cjcameron11

Yeaahhhh no, thats not what i'm saying, poor analogy.



Actually i believe that is what you're arguing.


Anyways, after your poor attempt at being sarcastic listen up and you might learn something. Yes wax will make a board go faster than one without, BUT the biggest difference (and my initial argument) to speed on two same sized boards waxed with the same wax would be surface area in contact with the snow. Thats called friction, or drag, and if you have a custom x vs a lib btx or c2 etc which has more contact points on the snow while flat basing then yeah, it causes more friction and drag, hence slowing you.

Racers use Narrow boards so they can go edge to edge lightning quick for fast turns. less width quicker trasitions.

Case in point is why alpine racers use narrow, cambered boards, with less base contact with the snow, if banana profiles were faster they would be using them.

Originally Posted by RockSteady

A good example for you is a plastic sled-throw it down any ice, like anything else it's gonna fly like anything in some way flat would but take that plastic sled in untracked powder, wet pow, dry pow, warm wet, warm dry and that thing will have a lot of speed changes, there are so many variable conditions and there is a nice wax glide for all of them, I'm not talkin about just groomed ice.

Originally Posted by redlude97

This doesnt even make any sense. The sled will make it down most slopes even though it isn't waxed, regardless of the type of snow. So will a waxed or unwaxed snowboard, what is your point?

Originally Posted by redlude97

This doesnt even make any sense. The sled will make it down most slopes even though it isn't waxed, regardless of the type of snow. So will a waxed or unwaxed snowboard, what is your point?

Originally Posted by RockSteady

That is my point is no they wont. Most slopes are not as steep as you think they are. There are a lot of snow conditions that will not even allow the plastic sled or the un waxed board to move as the wax helps melt the snow and create the glide to get you moving

Originally Posted by cjcameron11

I give up, you need to make up your mind on what you're arguing. Fact is board shape and contact area has more to do with board speed than wax does. Period! And I'm out!

Originally Posted by RockSteady

Look into cross country sking, they are mostly running flats, TINY thin narrow skis, their wax glide is everything. Anyway as far as all mountain speed goes most racing is done up on edge anyway. And we havnt even got into weight..lol