Ever wonder what’s actually happening when you drop your skis off to get tuned at your local ski shop? We all need to tune ...

What’s in a ski tune? And how do you know when you need one?The following are some guidelines. But why bother getting your skis tuned at all? Quite simply, keeping your skis tuned is the same as ...

Back when I was a college racer, I remember a girlfriend finding me in my kitchen with a pair of skis on the table, an iron in my hand and a big red block of Toko wax. “What are you doing?” she asked.

As ski season kicks into gear, lots of people eagerly grab their boards and race up to the slopes. They’re leaving performance behind. Before heading to the hills, consider taking your boards in for a ...

For the next four days, we’ll go over what types of things you can do to maximize the performance of your boards on the slopes. Check back tomorrow to learn how to deburr and sharpen your edges. While ...

Our wet, warmish weather has postponed the epic ski experience I hoped for. The wait for winter to make up its mind leaves plenty of time for a thorough ski tune. I like to do it myself. But after ...

Sam Simonds' Green Light Tuning stars in the latest episode of Peaks & Passages, a web series that illuminates the quieter, ...

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"Ninety percent of people do nothing to take care of their skis from the day they buy them to the day they throw them in the trash," says Peter Boyer, of Boulder, Colorado's Alpine Base & Edge. Don't ...

With the Vancouver Olympics fast approaching, it’s appropriate that researchers in Germany are studying how to adapt ski wax and coatings to best suit particular snow conditions, allowing skiers to ...