Star Next Durable Long Distance Base (roto-block, 28g)

The new Durable Base Wax from Star comes in powder form for iron application, block form for fleece application, and liquid form. Both the block and the liquid forms contain additional adhesive ingredient to ensure that wax stays on the base, and the wax is formulated specifically to be tenacious and highly wear-resistant. While this product has been requested by long-distance racing teams, the formulation often wins testing on its own, and can be race wax in a very broad range, especially including harder and tougher snow types.

These "finishing block" waxes are specifically formulated to be applied using a roto fleece. We started tested this during the 2019 season, and quickly had outstanding results - particularly in older and more heavily groomed snow. In new snow we have found that these products can provide improved performance as underlayers for the Next liquids, or even liquids from other brands. These products can be applied by "crayoning" directly onto the ski, and then finishing with the fleece roller. But the method that we prefer is to run the roto fleece against the block to "load up" the fleece, and then apply the wax to the ski using the fleece. These fleece applied waxes are best when the film thickness is kept very low. The fleece application is extremely economical and is well proven in race settings. Provided the film thickness is kept very thin, we have seen benefit from multiple layers, and even layering different products on the ski when conditions call for it. It's a bit like kick waxing!