re: #231 oaktree
>If you’re bushwacking you want the wider skis
and the metal edges though.
Back in the day (late 70s) I had three pairs of skis. A pair of Trax no-wax for slop days and changing conditions. A pair of wax skis (don’t recall the make) for going out with friends and family. And a pair of Rossi Racing-X with narrow bindings that I raced in as my high school actually had a cross-country ski team.
And I actually got to ski once on *very* old skis. 8’ long, 6” wide, and the bindings were the type with the cable that wrapped around your boot. No pins with special boots on those puppies. Weighed a ton as well.
that’s the point with no wax beaters…I didn’t like taking my expensive Rossi’s off road…so in the end I just lost interest in wax…I would clean and sharpen then and toss some light hard wax on once a season and go