whole board not waxed???? - Snowboarding Forum

Cavtrooper · 01-04-2013, 04:08 PM

So, being new to snowboarding, I took my MLY into Exit Real World and had them hot wax it. I got the board back with the front and back tips dry. The guy doing it told me that since the ends aren't contact points, they don't get waxed. Not knowing better I left but since have this suspicious thought he was just getting one over on me.... thoughts?

zk0ot · 01-04-2013, 04:16 PM

you will suffer zero effect of the very tip and tail being dry.

**Donutz** · 01-04-2013, 05:01 PM

Tips are irrelevant. I wax my own boards and I don't go right to the ends.

john doe · 01-04-2013, 05:22 PM

I wax my own boards and only wax the tip/tail once at the beginning. Even that is only to clean them.

redlude97 · 01-04-2013, 05:25 PM

I do the opposite, I apply wax to the tips and tails but don't usually bother scraping them

509-pow · 01-04-2013, 05:26 PM

ya same with me. only time i will wax the tips is when i will reading in powder. i still dont know if that does anything for me.

Cavtrooper · 01-04-2013, 05:41 PM

Cool, good to know

zk0ot · 01-04-2013, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redlude97

I do the opposite, I apply wax to the tips and tails but don't usually bother scraping them

I don't know if this is troll or?
Why leave it on? all gloppy? Added weight. Much rather leave it dry.

jdmccright · 01-04-2013, 11:23 PM

I hear some people just don't wax there boards at all.

herzogone · 01-05-2013, 12:01 AM

I'm one of those who gave up waxing. I have well over 30 days since my last wax (I'm sure BA has gone much longer).

I haven't really missed it other than one brief moment when I first got to the hill. It was packed powder and my board felt very sticky when skating in the lift line. Interestingly, very quickly into my first run it seemed to get faster and ceased to be sticky after that.

With regards to the OP, back when I waxed my board I would usually hit the tip and tail with a little wax, but I wouldn't work too hard at it, or scrape it too thoroughly.

01-04-2013, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cavtrooper Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2	whole board not waxed???? So, being new to snowboarding, I took my MLY into Exit Real World and had them hot wax it. I got the board back with the front and back tips dry. The guy doing it told me that since the ends aren't contact points, they don't get waxed. Not knowing better I left but since have this suspicious thought he was just getting one over on me.... thoughts?

01-04-2013, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
zk0ot Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: WIS Posts: 634	you will suffer zero effect of the very tip and tail being dry. __________________ BUCK FURTON

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Donutz Drunk with power...er beer. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3,670 Blog Entries: 176	Tips are irrelevant. I wax my own boards and I don't go right to the ends. __________________ Illegitimi non carborundum Mountain Days: 30

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john doe Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,245	I wax my own boards and only wax the tip/tail once at the beginning. Even that is only to clean them. __________________ 2011 Smokin Buck Ferton 155 2013 Flow NX2-SE 2013 Flow Hylite boa Burton Stagger pants/jacket Smith I/O

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01-04-2013, 05:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
redlude97 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle/Portland Posts: 993	I do the opposite, I apply wax to the tips and tails but don't usually bother scraping them

01-04-2013, 05:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
509-pow Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington state. Posts: 315	ya same with me. only time i will wax the tips is when i will reading in powder. i still dont know if that does anything for me.

01-04-2013, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cavtrooper Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2	Cool, good to know

01-04-2013, 11:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
jdmccright Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 199	I hear some people just don't wax there boards at all.

01-05-2013, 12:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
herzogone -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Auburn, MA Posts: 278 Blog Entries: 20	I'm one of those who gave up waxing. I have well over 30 days since my last wax (I'm sure BA has gone much longer). I haven't really missed it other than one brief moment when I first got to the hill. It was packed powder and my board felt very sticky when skating in the lift line. Interestingly, very quickly into my first run it seemed to get faster and ceased to be sticky after that. With regards to the OP, back when I waxed my board I would usually hit the tip and tail with a little wax, but I wouldn't work too hard at it, or scrape it too thoroughly.