Swix "Silver and Gold" Starter Kit - All You Need!!Don't believe those wax company bullies who tell you that you need 25 different flavours of wax in order to experience the joys of cross country skiing! Nope all you need is SILVER and GOLD. And if it's klister conditions, do another activity!!! Gold is for dry snow, and silver is for wet. Silver especially is a secret of top flight midpacker skiers such as Moose it really CAN be the right wax in certain very changeable conditions. These are never

And the chip in the front panel is due to the fact that this very kit was carried with the Birkebeiners as they spirited the young Prince Hakkon off to safety

this clearly distinguishable pair is useful when you only have time for a quick tarring between meetings

literally  means "blue ski"

these skates are in remarkable shape for their age

These were likely produced in Suomi for the Swiss brand of sports equipment

So they are ready to go

This pair is an example from the apex of the woodski era

such this light plastic example that Skifabrikk recently imported to the USA

But Head saw an opportunity in the Nordic ski boom of the 1970s and didn't want to miss out

such as in your back yard

Weight (pair): 545gm

but narrow and light