ski wax

ski wax
A material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards, in order to improve their gliding and gripping properties.

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  • Ski wax — is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. Types of ski wax In general, ski wax can be broken down into two categories: grip and glide. Glide wax Glide wax describes a range of waxes which can… …   Wikipedia

  • ski wax — noun wax used on the bottom of skis • Hypernyms: ↑wax …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester …   Wikipedia

  • wax — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, aluminum oxide, ambergris, anoint, antifriction, appreciate, augment, auto polish, balloon, bear fruit, beeswax, black lead, bloat, bloom, blossom, blubber, boom, boost, breakthrough, breed …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Ski touring — up a mountain slope. Ski touring is a form of backcountry skiing (or off piste skiing) involving traveling over the winter landscape on skis under human power rather than through the assistance of ski lifts or snow vehicles. It can take place in… …   Wikipedia

  • Ski — This article is about the sporting device. For the related activity, see Skiing. For other uses, see Ski (disambiguation). A shaped, twin tip alpine ski A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to… …   Wikipedia

  • Ski Langlauf — Skilangläufer (klassischer Stil) in Oberstdorf Skilangläufer (Skating) bei Einsiedeln …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ski — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alpine, backcountry (AmE), cross country ▪ Backcountry skis are carefully designed to save weight. ▪ powder, slalom ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • wax — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Wax is used before these nouns: ↑candle, ↑crayon, ↑paper, ↑polish, ↑seal, ↑tablet Wax is used after these nouns: ↑bikini, ↑candle, ↑ear {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb …   Collocations dictionary

  • Dry ski slope — Warmwell artificial ski slope in Dorset, U.K. (Snowflex) A dry ski slope or artificial ski slope is a ski slope that mimics the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable people to ski where natural slopes… …   Wikipedia

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