The Science of Ski Waxing

By Nicholas Lovett
Physics 212
April 20,2015

• Friction Reduction
  
• Contaminant Repulsion
  
• Moisture Content
  
• Charge Negation
  
• Theory

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The Science Behind Ski Waxing

    Skiing has been around for many hundreds of years. It began as a way for people to travel around over the snow in the winter for practical reasons like hunting and moving their camp.  Over the years it progressed and people began coating the bottom of their wooden skies in natural substances that would make them faster, and thus more efficient for travel. In recent years skiing has developed into many different professional sports such as down hill racing, Nordic racing, and freestyle. With the development of professional sports came the need to maximize ski speed, and the science of ski waxing came into full fruition.