With the recent adoption of rules by FIS and US Ski & Snowboard banning the use of fluoro waxes effective immediately this season, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail announced a two-year strategic partnership ...

Fluorinated glide wax is being banned from elite competitions, and big brands like Swix say they’re searching for environmentally friendly alternatives. But the seductively speedy—and ...

in Jackson, N.H. It's not that I'm an X-C snob and can't be satisfied with anything less that the Mecca of cross country skiing located in northern New Hampshire. On the contrary, I'm a novice in the ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia As large, wet snowflakes fell onto the finish area at the cross-country skiing venue at the Vancouver Olympics, Tjere Smevold appeared to be more than a little exasperated.

Team Coop, the world’s leading long distance cross country ski team, is in full preparation for the winter. A new collaboration with the world’s leading ski wax manufactures, Swix and Toko will ensure ...

High performance Nordic ski manufacturer Madshus announced its popular racing ski, the Terrasonic Classic, will now be available integrated with the brand's patented IntelliGrip skin base that ...

DPS’ Phantom Glide is a novel, permanent waxless base treatment for skis. Having launched two years ago, it has provided an alternative to frequently waxing your skis, although it has been wrought ...

MISSOULA — Snowflakes are tiny ice crystals. So how can something made of ice be so sticky? “Boy, that makes it miserable when snow builds up on the skis,” said Lee Metzger, a longtime cross-country ...

It was cold and the snow was fresh and deep; the cross-country skiing should have been terrific. But, as I shuffled along through the woods one day recently, it felt as though I was skiing in molasses ...

Famed ski area Park City has chosen to ban ski wax containing toxic ‘forever chemicals’ after contaminants were discovered in local drinking water. The ban in the small Utah city - just east of Salt ...