How can you tell when your snowboard needs waxed?

Answer 1

you should hot wax your snowboard everyother time you go out riding if you dont your gunna ruin the pores of the base of your board and you will go really slow

Really you can get by without a wax for a long time, but at a certain point in your riding you can tell if your board just doesn't glide like it used to. If the daily temperature changes by 10 degrees or so, you might need to throw a fresh layer of wax on. If you've been scraping over a lot of rocks, rails, boxes, patios, etc... then you'll need to wax up, not just to keep a layer of wax on, but to fill in all those holes you makin, brah.

Answer 2

Sorry about the last person who had a terribly incorrect answer. When you snowboard, you will get scratches in the bottom over time, there is no avoiding it. When you do, you need to wax your snowboard to fill in those scratches so you have a smoother ride. It isn't to "slick up" your board, it is to fill in the scratches.

Answer 3

put your hand on the back of your board and run it down to bottom if it slides nicely it is waxed but if you catch some sticky spot you have to wax those spots

Answer 4

any divots or nicks on the bottom of your board is one sign. . otherwise it's really up to you.

Answer 5

Are you going skiing today? Then it's time to wax your skis.