If you have the pleasure of owning your own snowboard, you’ll want to make sure it gets the best treatment. part of the care responsibilities is waxing the base frequently. The reason you wax the board is not to increase grip like waxing surfboards, it is to make the board more slippery and faster on the slopes. When applied, the layer of wax ingrains deep into the board’s base layer. The wax actually causes the snow to melt under your board when you’re riding so in essence you ride over a very fine layer of water. Here is the advice you need to apply wax the right way

Take off old wax. Ensure that you’ve cleaned the base well and removed any covering before applying a new wax coat. This can be done by scraping it down with a plastic utensil using long strokes. You may want to use a hair-dryer to soften the wax and base cleaner which you can get from a snowboards store. Avoid using anything metal to do this job however as you risk doing permanent damage to the underside of the board.

Wax on. Get an old iron at try to use a heat that melts your wax at a gentle pace. Set the iron heat to ‘cotton’ as this is usually the ideal level. Touch the wax against the irons base when you have the optimum heat and drip it around the bottom side of board. Now iron the board directly and move it all around so that every inch has a thin wax coating.

Finishing. When the wax has had 30 mins to cool down, you need to finish the base. To do this you need to get the wax to shine by rubbing it down well with a cloth. Finally, take a hard-bristled brush to the wax and take off any thick wax areas, then buff one last time. Now your ready for a taste of extreme sports

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