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How To: Wax Your Bike Chain For the Cleanest Smoothest Ride You’ve Ever Had

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Whether you like to ride your bike in spandex or body armor, there is one universal truth to cycling: chain maintenance sucks. Keeping your chain clean and lubed can be a full time job that no one wants. The solution: Hot Wax. You already wax your skis, time to wax your bike! No joke, dipping your chain in hot wax is […]

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Mike Lavery | August 22, 2022
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Gear Recall: Black Diamond Voluntarily Replaces Ascension Climbing Skins Made in 2021

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Black Diamond (BD) announced they are voluntarily replacing their Ascension Climbing Skins that were manufactured between January and March 2021 due to defects in the glue. According to BD’s press release the defect was related to “…a particular batch manufactured during the noted timeline does not meet Black Diamond product standards due to glue-to-plush bond issue causing accelerated glue failure […]

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Ryan Kime | July 11, 2022
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Incentives Offered For Disposing of Harmful Fluoro Ski Wax in Colorado

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Many skiers and snowboarders care about the environment. Not only has climate change been at the forefront of our minds, but also eliminating toxic chemicals from our environment. Fluoro wax, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, that are commonly used in ski waxes can be toxic to the environment and do not biodegrade. This means as the wax wears off, we are leaving […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | May 2, 2022
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Shark Tank’s Most Popular Ski Products

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Shark Tank is one of the most popular shows in America and allows contestants to explain their businesses and potentially leave with an investment. The show has been running for nearly 15 years, and over $100 Million in investments have been paid out by the investing sharks, a few of which are skiers themselves. Whether the product is an application, […]

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Jesse | September 23, 2021
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Listen To This: Ski Wax Is Silently Polluting The Mountain

It’s the year 2019 and everybody knows that everything we do has a consequence, at some level, on Planet Earth. We have come a long way in developing awareness about this, we have messed up a couple of times in history, but we are finally starting to realize how important it is to take care of the places we live […]

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Micho | November 8, 2019
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Wax on. Wax… Still on? Not Quite Wax, Phantom

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Jon Roubik | December 7, 2018
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‘Never Wax Again’ – DPS Announces Phantom, a Wax Replacement: One Time Application for Infinite Glide

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Utah based DPS has recently announced Phantom, a new technology that they predict will totally turn the tuning and waxing business on its head. DPS describes it as ‘a permanent base glide treatment’. Developed in collaboration with a team of chemists and engineers from the University of Utah, Phantom is a base coating that you apply just once, lasts the […]

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Steven Agar | November 6, 2017
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