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WAXFAX Podcast — WhiteGold™: The Olympic Wax That Made the Establishment Nervous

WAXFAX Podcast — WhiteGold™: The Olympic Wax That Made the Establishment Nervous
The WAXFAX Podcast episode on WhiteGold™ — Hertel's legendary all-temperature formula used at two Olympics, adopted by Burton Snowboards' elite team riders, and suppressed by the ski establishment. The most controversial product story in ski wax history.

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WhiteGold™ — The Ski Wax That Won Olympic Gold and Got Terry Hertel Kicked Out of the Industry

WhiteGold™ — The Ski Wax That Won Olympic Gold and Got Terry Hertel Kicked Out of the Industry

In the history of ski and snowboard wax, no product has a story quite like WhiteGold™.It won Olympic gold medals. It was adopted by the most influential snowboard team in the world. And it made the ski establishment so uncomfortable that Terry Hertel was told, bluntly, to leave the industry.This is that story.The Formula That Changed EverythingWhiteGold™ was developed by Terry Hertel as part of the All Temperature® system — a formula engineered to perform across a broad range of snow conditions without requiring temperature-specific selection.At a time when the ski wax industry was built around color-coded systems requiring skiers...

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