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Keep your ski bases fast and slippery this winter using these simple steps for ski waxing. For many skiers, learning to wax your own skis is a bit of a rite of passage, a milestone of dedication to ...

Steve Janisch irons wax onto a snowboard, a 1980s ski movie playing on a TV in his south Minneapolis alley garage. Slope signs, skis and other equipment line almost every inch of the walls. Posters of ...

DULUTH — For eight hours a day during the winter, Carson Spohn stone grinds, edges and waxes dozens of skis at the Ski Hut, where he’s worked since 2007. “It’s my deal,” he said. “I love it. I get to ...