Check this out if you are racing the upcoming Boulder Mountain Tour, Tug Hill, Birke, City of Lakes, Frisco Gold Rush, Great Race and other races.
Christina Paluselli of Italy won her second FIS Marathon World Cup race in a row, the Marcialonga, using SOLDA glide wax. Here is information on what wax combination she used, other wax reports and wax tips for a number of races around the country coming up this weekend the rest of the season.
Christina Paluselli of Italy won the Sunday’s Marcialonga 70-kilometer FIS Marathon by more than 3 minutes to second place and more than 23 minutes to third. The air temperature was roughly -11 Celsius and the snow temperature was -14 Celsius. The humidity was 67% and it was clear and sunny.
Paluselli used SOLDA HPO5 Powder heated in over a layer of SOLDA F-31 Blue. – The HPO5 was extremely durable and fast, great skis was her comment after the race.
Tentative Wax tips for the Boulder Mountain Tour, City of Lakes, Tug Hill, City of Lakes, Frisco Gold Rush and Other Races can now be viewed on TorbjornSport wax tips page www.torbjornsport.com/SOLDA/racewax.php
These recommendations will be updated frequently as we get closer and to start time.
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<p><B>Email received on January 31, 2005: Swweeeeet skis</B></p>
<p><I>Hey Torbjorn,<br />
Thanks to SOLDA and some fast boards I've had two incredible weekends in a<br />
row. Using the recommendations right off the chart, for example last Saturday<br />
I used F-31 Pink with PowerJet 1 over and had a 4 minute margin of victory in a 12k<br />
race. The weekend before at the Pepsi, also in the classic race, my skis were fantastic<br />
and I had a 3+ minute margin over 2nd place. Hopefully my body holds up and I<br />
can keep up with my skis.<br />
Thanks,<br />
Phil Rogers</I></p>
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<p><B>Some recent races: SOLDA users had good results in December and early January</B> </p>
<p>Two first and two second places in the <B>FIS marathon Cup races</B>, three first places at the December <B>Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow</B>, fastest Junior skier in two out of three races at <B>US Nationals</B>, 7th American in the women’s 5-kilometer classic at Nationals (by a 1984 Olympian!), 8th fastest time in the men’s sprint prolog at Nationals (first time this skier made top 16 in classic sprint) and a number of age-group victories and “great skis†reports from Team SOLDA/TBS members across the country. </p>
<p><B>Great Nordeen 42-kilometer free technique race, Bend, Oregon January 22:</B><br />
First place overall, Justin Wadsworth. Conditions: 30-40 Fahrenheit, mix of warm and dry snow. Wax: SOLDA HPO5 on top of SOLDA F-31 Orange. Great skis!</p>
<p><B>Teton Ridge 28-kilometer classic race Driggs, Idaho, January 15:</B><br />
First place overall women, Kelly Milligan. Conditions: Single digit in the morning and in the teens during the race. Wax: SOLDA F-15 Blue as base covered with SOLDA S30. Great skis!</p>
<p><I>– I skied with 3 men and they couldn’t pull away from me in the rolling double pole since my skis were faster. Being able to ski with them definitely made the hour and one half go by faster, said Kelly Milligan</I></p>
<p><B>What we have learned:</B><br />
The PowerJet waxes are great! We always have great skis when we use 1, 2 or 5 in moist snow. They are super durable and extremely economical Nothing is faster!</p>
<p>PowerJet 4 has become a favorite wax in the 15-30 Fahrenheit range when it’s not enough moisture/humidity for HPO5 or our other fluorocarbons. We use it a lot!</p>
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