Fast Trax Ski Ready Service - To ensure that you are skiing on the proper ski Fast Trax has several methods of testing your skis. These tests look at different aspects of your skiing, including your technque, body weight, and height. The tests include;

1. In store paper test of skis for proper ski selection
2. In store camber test with CWS camber tester

Each pair of new skis purchased comes with the following;

1. Free Hot Box
2. Free Mounting of Bindings
3. Free Ski Straps
4. Package Discount ~ 10% Discount when purchasing skis, boots, bindings & poles

Skis

• Fischer
• Salomon
• Atomic
• Rossignol
• Trab
  

Waxes

• Swix
• Start
• Rex
• Solda & Magnar
• Ski Go
  

Boots

• Salomon
• Alpina
• Atomic
• Rossignol
• Fischer
  

Poles

• Swix
• Exel
• One Way

Gloves

• Lil Sport
• Craft
• Salomon
• Paris
  

Clothing

• Craft
• Sporthill
• Salomon
• Halti
  

Training Products

• Polar
• Suunto

SKI SELECTION

Classic Skis
The wax pocket is fully analyzed and marked. The skis are first marked with you standing evenly weighted on both skis. In this position the wax pocket is marked pretty closely with appropriate positioning of 2, 3, 4 and 6 layers of wax. Skis which are appropriate for klister are also marked with a klister zone and a klister cushion zone (an area where it's safe to build thickness on days when a cushion is necessary).

The ski is then marked in the load position with your full body-weight on one ski. This simulates a neutral-position glide phase with full body weight. At this setting the wax pocket is checked to ensure that it remains open in front of the foot. To ensure good speed it is important that there is not a lot of pressure put on the wax in a neutral full-weight position. Some skis which are particularly well suited for soft snow may stay open significantly forward of the half-weight marks and it is possible that another mark may be made in front of the half-weight kick-zone indicating the ability to lengthen the kick zone in soft conditions.

The load is then placed under the ball of the foot. With your full weight applied the ski is checked to ensure that the wax-pocket is flattened out. Many skis have a small residual camber at full-weight in a forward position. This zone is marked as an area where it can be a good idea to cushion the wax job with a slightly softer underlayer to ensure good kick.

Skate Skis
The wax pocket is fully analyzed and marked. The skis are first marked with your half-weight camber height, and then with your full-weight camber height. These markings, in combination, can tell a great deal about the "action" of a ski. In general, the greater the difference between the half and full weight camber, the more lively the ski will feel. The larger the difference the greater stability the ski will give because of the broader distribution of the load. A ski with a short difference will tend to have a high camber-height differential and will generally demand a fairly aggressive skiing style but will give a lot back to a skier who skis aggressively. A long difference ski will favor a smoother lower-energy skier. For a given skier, a short difference ski will tend to be better in harder conditions and a long length ski will tend to be better in softer conditions.