Skiing Equipment - Ski Equipment Manufacturers, Ski Wax, Ski Binding, Olin Corporation, Head, Ski Pole, Ski Boot, Goggles, Hart Skis, Karhu (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Ski equipment manufacturers, Ski wax, Ski binding, Olin Corporation, Head, Ski pole, Ski boot, Goggles, Hart Skis, Karhu, K2 Sports, Ski manufacturing techniques, 4FRNT Skis, Skis Rossignol, Monoski, Snow grooming, Fischer, Elan, Ski helmet, Atomic Skis, GOODE Ski Technologies, Salomon Group, One Way Sport, LOOK, Sidecut, Mammut Sports Group, Rosemount Engineering, Volkl, SCOTT Sports, Blizzard Sport, Alpine touring binding, Liberty Skis, Ski suit, Volant skis, Armada, List of ski brands, Hexcel, Twin-tip ski, Marker, Kneissl, Madshus, Rottefella, Kuusport, Swans, Alpina iri, Skirider, Swix, Ski simulator, Dynastar, Bombardier Bombi, Endless slope, Tua Sumo, BURT Retractable Bindings, Nordica. Excerpt: Ski wax is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. In general, ski wax can be broken down into two categories: "grip" and "glide." Glide waxing (inherited from wood ski treatment) although tedious, possibly involving expensive and toxic materials, can offer higher performance than a plain unwaxed reference ski, only over a very limited distance (before the wax coating gathers dirt, lumps down and the performance sinks below that of the reference ski). Note that skis are most of the time not sold with a machine planed (blade cut) reference base, but with stone ground surface structures, and might therefore perform below the reference ski from the start even if unwaxed. Glide wax describes a range of waxes which can be applied to Nordic skis, alpine skis, skiboards, and snowboards. The gliding property of a ski is an attempt to optimize the thickness of the thin film of water between the ski and the snow. Skiing over snow is a combination of both wet friction and dry friction: too much water will create "wet drag" (suction), while too little water will result in "dry ...