When to Use Toko HF Black and Why?

(Press release)

When Toko HF Black in the final layer and why?

When snow is cold but also dirty and machined, a black wax is generally not as necessary as HF Blue will make the base sufficiently hard and slippery to minimize the dry friction that occurs in these conditions. When snow is clean and wet, suction is the main factor slowing skis down which is easily minimized by a soft wax such as HF Yellow which will make the base very water repellent.

However, when the snow is both wet and dirty, there is a problem. Address the wet with HF Yellow and the skis will pick up dirt. The dirt needs to be addressed with a wax that

will repel dirt (a shear lubricant) that is also reasonably water repellent. The perfect wax for this is HF Black. For this reason, HF Black is most effective in snow that contains both free moisture and dirt. It can be used straight or mixed with another wax such as HF Yellow depending on conditions.

Obviously on top of the HF Black, ideally the JetStream wax and/or HelX wax of the day would be applied.

Race Wax Tips

The Toko Tech Team, a regional team of wax technicians almost all of which have been working for Toko for over 10 years, have tons of experience, and have been very well trained, research and prescribe race wax tips for you. There is a local and respected name behind every wax tip. Toko race wax tips are generally posted 2 days before an event and updated if needed. This is the most important thing that we do in the Nordic market.

Click here for the Race Wax Tip portal page

Wax Clinics

We are conducting over 100 wax clinics for you to attend and learn throughout the country. Click here for the schedule. Clinics will continue to be added, so be sure to check back.

Toko US Facebook Contest

Toko US has started a promotion on its Facebook page where questions are asked and the first correct recipient receives a prize.
Questions range from Toko trivia to “where was this photo taken”? Like Toko US today to have some fun and win some prizes!
This contest will run all winter!
Note: there is a Toko worldwide fb page which is quite good, but the contest
will be on the Toko US site.