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<\/a><\/p>\nGrip zone\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n That is the part of the ski where you have to put the wax on. This part only touches the snow during kicking. –> you need grip to move the ski!<\/p>\n Hard wax<\/strong><\/p>\n We used alway hard wax to get the grip.<\/p>\n You put on 2 or 3 thin layers of wax and cork it into the base. But the wax has to fit to the conditions of the Snow and the temperature.<\/p>\n Snow conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n On the ski wax you find two different types of snow New fallen and old snow. New fallen Snow has nice crystals \u00a0with and gives a good grip. When the snow get older the crystals get more round and loses the grip.<\/p>\n If the snow ones melts and freeze again during the night the snow has no crystal form anymore. they are round and have no armes anymore –> no grip left.<\/p>\n –> so you alway have to check the snow and the temperature first then choose the proper wax !<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0What if the wax doesn\u2019t work?<\/strong><\/p>\n What to do If you slip backwards a lot?<\/strong><\/p>\n increase the grip zone. first forward then backward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before you can go skiing you have to prepare you skis. in this Article i will explain the basic preparation skills. A cross-country ski is divided into three different zones. Grip zone\u00a0 That is the part of the ski where … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n\n