neděle 9. listopadu 2025

What is crucial to achieve a reliable kick? Part IV.: correctly choosen kick waxes

Kick ski waxes are not easily to be used, for this reason they are often replaced by different alternatives as e.g. mohair skis, wax tapes, no wax skis with nano-structure etc.

We recommend to use kick waxes if snow conditions are stable and predictable, for example when they do not change for longer time (e.g. several days).

Under stable and predictable snow and weather conditions kick ski waxes can be used safely and reliably without any big issues.

If you are not experienced enough DO NOT USE kick ski waxes in case of snow fall, close to zero degrees, any time when snow or weather conditions change fast.

General advice how to use kick waxes:
  • apply kick waxes in kick zone only
  • NEVER combine kick waxes with alternatives
  • always start with a colder / harder wax applied in a thin layer
  • hard kick waxes need to be rubbed by a cork
  • before you “go” to a warmer / softer wax, try to apply more thin layers of a colder / harder wax
  • do not apply more than ca. 4 thin layers
  • hard waxes are dedicated for crystalline snow conditons or snow conditions where the snow crystalls did not lose their forms and shapes completely
  • clisters are dedicated for transformed snow conditions or snow conditions where original snow crystalls have transformed to more or less oval cornes of different size
  • you can put clisters on hard waxes but not vice versa

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