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What Is the Best Ski Wax for All Conditions? All temperature® / all temp / universal
If you've ever stood in a ski shop staring at a wall of color-coded waxes wondering which one to buy, you've already experienced the problem that Terry Hertel set out to solve in 1972. The traditional ski wax system was designed to sell products — not to help skiers. Temperature-specific waxes require you to know your snow temperature to the degree, carry multiple products, and predict how conditions will change throughout the day. On a real mountain, that system fails constantly. The All-Temperature Solution In 1974, Terry Hertel invented the All Temperature® ski wax system — a single formula engineered...
Terry Hertel Speaks — The Industry: What 50 Years Taught Me
The following is Terry Hertel speaking directly — in his own words, in his own voice. This is WAXFAX the way it was meant to be heard.I have been in this industry for 50 years. I have seen things that most skiers will never see — the inside of Olympic race rooms, the handshake deals between wax companies and national teams, the editorial decisions at ski publications that had nothing to do with which products actually performed best.I want to tell you what I have learned. Not to be bitter about it. I am not bitter. I am still here,...
Terry Hertel Speaks — The Olympic History of Hertel Ski Wax
The following is Terry Hertel speaking directly — in his own words, in his own voice. This is WAXFAX the way it was meant to be heard.People ask me about the Olympics a lot. And I understand why — it is a remarkable story. But I want to tell it the way it actually happened, not the way a marketing department would tell it.So here it is.Racing 739™ came first. I developed it in 1963 — a professional race wax built around one goal: maximum glide performance on competitive race courses. It was used at the Olympic and World Cup...
Terry Hertel Speaks — How to Wax Skis the Right Way
The following is Terry Hertel speaking directly — in his own words, in his own voice. This is WAXFAX the way it was meant to be heard.I have watched people wax skis for 50 years. And I have watched the same mistakes get made over and over again — not because skiers are careless, but because nobody ever told them the right way to do it.So let me tell you the right way.First: the iron. You need a dedicated ski wax iron. Not a clothes iron. A clothes iron has uneven heat distribution and no precise temperature control. You will...
Terry Hertel Speaks — The Science of Snow: What Every Skier Needs to Understand
The following is Terry Hertel speaking directly — in his own words, in his own voice. This is WAXFAX the way it was meant to be heard.Let me tell you something about snow that most skiers never think about.Snow is not a static surface. It is not a fixed thing you slide across. Snow is a constantly changing medium — changing by the hour, by the altitude, by the direction the slope faces, by whether the sun has hit it yet this morning. And every one of those changes affects how your ski base interacts with it.Most people think of...