Wish for snow, wax your skis, don your down, and head to one of these New England state parks for some skinny skiing this ...

Different blends of wax are used for classical racing and freestyle racing, leading to athletes clicking out of one pair of skis and into another before beginning the freestyle stage of the skiathlon.

I get to sit back here, relax and scrape skis all day.” Just a few years ago, in preparation for cross-country races like the American Birkebeiner, he’d regularly melt on fluorinated wax for ...

Grip waxes are used for cross-country skis to create traction. Glide waxes are used to maximize your speed. Hot wax is the most traditional and the best performing application method. It’s ...

The other technique called skating emerged in the 1930s as skiers used their skis to skate like an ice skater over flat areas particularly when their wax ran out. Racers used it occasionally after ...

Some of Canada's best cross-country skiers are hitting the trails at the Lappe Ski Centre over the coming days, hoping to ...

where the athletes may scrape their skis to remove snow and ice and add wax, if necessary. Competitors may only be handed tools or materials, but the athletes, themselves, must do everything else ...

Between snowmaking and volunteer efforts, organizers are confident the courses will be in fine condition for the Thursday ...