Saturday, January 10, 2009
Methow Pursuit Skate
Sorry this is so late. Hope there are not too many of you out there holding your breath waiting for the word.
I have been watching the weather forecast change. It has gone from rain, switching to snow. Sunday was once to be sunny, now chance of rain. I have also just now finished waxing.
It has snowed about 2-3 inches since noon Saturday. It is 29F at 8:30 pm . I have the luxury of having a couple pairs of skis to choose from. I have prepared two with different wax combinations. It looks as though it will 30F at start time with 90% humidity. New snow mixed with old snow and possibility of rain.
On a pair of warm base skis with a grind for warm, wet snow I waxed with SODLA F40 Yellow and SOLDA Fluor 100. On a pair of skis with a plus base and a more universal grind I waxed with SOLDA F31 Orange and HP04. I will test skis in the morning and pick the ones that are running the best at the start.
If you have one pair of skis I would probably go for SOLDA F31 Orange and SOLDA Fluor 100. You could use SOLDA Powerjet 1 instead of Fluor 100. For this long race it would be good to iron it in, light scrape, cork and brush.
The skis for the classic race were great. Rode Multigrade Klister over a Klister binder was great for kick. SOLDA F40 Red with HP04 was out gliding most other skis on the trials. I cannot complain at all about my skis. Other Webskis/Solda skiers also had great skis. Per Johnson, Dave Knoop, Dan Packman all were there with super glide. Cynthia Engel learned how to apply klister and it worked really well gaining compliments from her coach. Aaron Tarnow may have had kick zones a bit long, but had descent skis.
Time to sleep.
Have a good one.
I have been watching the weather forecast change. It has gone from rain, switching to snow. Sunday was once to be sunny, now chance of rain. I have also just now finished waxing.
It has snowed about 2-3 inches since noon Saturday. It is 29F at 8:30 pm . I have the luxury of having a couple pairs of skis to choose from. I have prepared two with different wax combinations. It looks as though it will 30F at start time with 90% humidity. New snow mixed with old snow and possibility of rain.
On a pair of warm base skis with a grind for warm, wet snow I waxed with SODLA F40 Yellow and SOLDA Fluor 100. On a pair of skis with a plus base and a more universal grind I waxed with SOLDA F31 Orange and HP04. I will test skis in the morning and pick the ones that are running the best at the start.
If you have one pair of skis I would probably go for SOLDA F31 Orange and SOLDA Fluor 100. You could use SOLDA Powerjet 1 instead of Fluor 100. For this long race it would be good to iron it in, light scrape, cork and brush.
The skis for the classic race were great. Rode Multigrade Klister over a Klister binder was great for kick. SOLDA F40 Red with HP04 was out gliding most other skis on the trials. I cannot complain at all about my skis. Other Webskis/Solda skiers also had great skis. Per Johnson, Dave Knoop, Dan Packman all were there with super glide. Cynthia Engel learned how to apply klister and it worked really well gaining compliments from her coach. Aaron Tarnow may have had kick zones a bit long, but had descent skis.
Time to sleep.
Have a good one.
# posted by Bert Hinkley : 8:38 PM
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