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Tim Baucom and the Art of Making Hand-Structured Skis

Matthew VoisinFebruary 11, 2026

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers who have helped put our Nat Herz on the ground at the Olympics. If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. Tim Baucom mountain biking with his parents on the Bangtail Divide Trail in Bozeman, Montana. (Photo: Courtesy Photo) After a historic day like yesterday, there are so many possible stories, some big, some smaller, but all...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Making the Grade: A, B, and D Teams. What’s the Difference?

Ken RothOctober 29, 2024

Every fall the U.S. cross-country ski team announces its new roster. But there are teams within the team which makes it a little complicated to figure out exactly who belongs where. With designations of A, B, and D teams. The method for how members are selected to these teams is well documented, and it’s all contained in a public document on the U.S. team’s website. But as you’ll see, that process is going to change...

Community Olympics Racing

An accountant, a summer flooring salesman and an Estonian helped Diggins deliver bronze. Here’s how.

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 12, 2022

ZHANGJIAKOU — Patrick Moore is a cheerful accountant from Edmonton, Alberta. Tim Baucom spends his summers working sales for a Vermont plank flooring company. Oleg Ragilo runs a cosmetic shop in Estonia with his wife. Jessie Diggins, the American cross-country ski star, couldn’t have won her Olympic bronze without them. Moore, Baucom and Ragilo all belong to America’s nine-member ski service team here — a mix of mostly paid staff and a couple of volunteers like Moore....

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U.S. Ski Team Locks In for Waxing, Winning with New Wax Truck

Jason AlbertDecember 7, 2017

Since 2008 when Sweden arrived on the World Cup scene with a full-scale, blue-and-yellow-wrapped wax truck, it didn’t take long for the other major cross-country ski nations to not only keep up with the Joneses but surpass them. 2009 saw Norway arrive and begin lording over the wax-truck world with a succession of vehicles. As only Norway might do on the nordic-resource amenities side of things — Norway out Norway-ed itself. Its World Cup...

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Nordic Nation: Wax-Truck Road Trip with Tim Baucom (While Andrew Morehouse Pilots)

Jason AlbertDecember 7, 2017

$600,000 dollars of precious wax truck (that amount includes the taxes on the truck), as well as something like 600 pairs of skis. That’s a lot of XC schwag. And a lot of eventual ski cleaning. (See below.) And just to be safe, we also dialed up Baucom on Day 2 of their three-day journey to Davos. It’s always a good idea to check back in — new pricey truck, irreplaceable skis and two of...

General News

Team Gregg Gets Own Wax Truck, Signs Deal with Reality TV Show

FasterSkierApril 1, 20147

The Greggs will be a force to be reckoned with this coming season, both on snow and on the road with a decked-out wax truck that's all their own and courtesy of a reality TV show.

World Cup

Bjoergen’s Boards and the Olsson Brothers: Inside Norway’s Wax Truck

Topher SabotFebruary 22, 2011

The Norwegian wax truck is anything but subtle. A jet black tractor trailer with the visages of Petter Northug, Marit Bjoergen, and Therese Johaug painted with the Norwegian tri-colors and twisted into various expressions of comical aggression, the vehicle travels the World Cup circuit, the workplace of 10 to 12 committed technicians. Arch-rivals Sweden and Norway are the only two nations to possess such a convenience, the product of a passionate national following (and the...