JerseyPete
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Thank you for sharing that. I have been looking at those, the marquette and one's made in PA with steel teeth on the bottom. I may now go with the Hok's.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Yeah, I didn't even attempt it, although I did hear that when snow softened a bit late morning, it set up for good skate skiing, just use your rock skis, thin cover.
C'mon snow, where are you?
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Took the Hoks out this morning. This snow isn’t exactly wha I call fun - heavy and dense. They are very fun on flat and rolling hills. Turning in a non-plastic boot is a bit of a challenge. The snow didn’t help. But they are very fun. Exactly what I was looking for.
I found leaning forward a bit when going downhill helps out with speed and control.
It was nice to be out.
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Is 6-8" too much snow.
I went out Friday after the storm for a bit at the Central Park of Morris. It was good for the first lap or two and then it started to deteriorate. There wasn't that much snow and it got warm and every time I picked my foot up a chunk of the snow came with it.
every time I picked my foot up a chunk of the snow came with it. It was a
That would be F4 Swix wax. Its a basic glide wax that comes in paste form, you work it into bottom of skis.I used a swix wax.
That would be F4 Swix wax. Its a basic glide wax that comes in paste form, you work it into bottom of skis.
I got to Watchung around 12pm, the hikers and snow shoe-er helped beat down the snow, I only had to break trail for about a mile. North face was good, I should have known better to go over to south, it was too thin and too wet, i jumped back over to north at first trail head.They got about a foot up in mahlon breaking trail sucked the first lap but it was good after that. Cascade is broken out now.
Took the Hoks out this morning. This snow isn’t exactly wha I call fun - heavy and dense. They are very fun on flat and rolling hills. Turning in a non-plastic boot is a bit of a challenge. The snow didn’t help. But they are very fun. Exactly what I was looking for.
I found leaning forward a bit when going downhill helps out with speed and control.
It was nice to be out.
That was my first thought. It’s a waxless ski. But it still benefits from wax?That would be F4 Swix wax. Its a basic glide wax that comes in paste form, you work it into bottom of skis.
Waxing is often over looked, whether it be on down hill or xc skis. Not only will it prevent the build up of snow sticking to bottom of xc skis, it will help tremendously with glide. When you weight a xc ski, it will glide and help propel you forward, to maintain that glide you need to wax...even though it's a waxless ski. When you weight a downhill ski, it will help you turn, waxing it will help your skis turn with less effort.
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That was my first thought. It’s a waxless ski. But it still benefits from wax?
Do you use these on your Hoks? Not on the skin part, but the front and rear areas?It does.
It’s not a hot wax tho (the type for DH skis where you use an iron and scraper to put it on). It’s more of a chemical coat that repels water.
Do you use these on your Hoks? Not on the skin part, but the front and rear areas?