2025/26 Wax Recommendations

This season, every one of our wax-recommendation posts for Nordic races will be shared right here, and you’ll also get notified on our socials when a new one goes live. Pin this page, and check our Instagram/Facebook the week of your race to stay in the loop.

Whenever snow conditions shift or we’ve dialed in a hot tip — we’ll post it here first. Get ready, stay tuned, and race strong!

JQ DULUTH

CXC Junior Qualifier #1

12/13-12/14

Duluth, MN

Saturday mass start

Sunday interval start

Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. Wind chill values between -20 and -30. Blustery, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Breezy, with a west wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -11. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 7. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Saturday

Paraffin: Start Green RG OR Swix Polar mixed with Toko X-Cold Powder

Liquid: Star Polar liquid

Structure: No additional structure

Grind: LZ0 or LZ2

Sunday

Same as Saturday