Here Comes New Years

World wide there will be celebrations kissing the old year good bye and embracing 2009. If you are not dancing in the street in Copenhagen, or eating grapes and drinking local wine in Sicily, and you are in Bend, Oregon, consider entering the New Years Day Relay race. Special prizes will be given for teams skiing in costume. Maybe you could just not change clothes after the New Years Eve party. Teams of three skiers will ski a loop just over 1km. It is a mass start for the classic leg that goes out first. Two skate legs follow. Start time is 10 am.

It looks as though it will be pretty snowy between now and then. My guess is it will be soft, new snow that is in mid 20s F for temp. Choose skis that are fairly soft with a medium grind. You might try a medium linear rill over the grind. I am guessing a SOLDA F31 Pink. If you want to use a fluor Powder, top with either SOLDA Fluor 100 or SOLDA HP04. A quick way to apply a top coat for a short race like this is to use SOLDA Power Jet 1. It is a solid block fluoro that is rubbed on at the start, corked and brushed. If it is really important to beat that team from the other business go with SOLDA F31 Pink, covered with SOLDA F40 Red, covered with Power Jet 1.

Even if you are not at Mount Bachelor, we wish you a Happy New Year from the gang at Webskis.com.

If you are just going out for a nice day with your favorite skiing partner, try SOLDA F15 Pink on skis that have a medium grind.