TOKO Wax Room: How to Maintain Speed Skis for Super-G and Downhill
TOKO Wax Room: Annika Hunt shares her speed ski maintenance routine—wax cycling, hot scraping, and smart edge care that keep super-G and downhill skis fast season after season.
TOKO Wax Room: Abishai Corey’s Fall Camp Tuning Guide
For this TOKO Wax Room article, NCAA skier Abishai Corey shares her essential fall camp tuning and travel setup. Her guide outlines the wax, tools, and packing strategies racers need for early-season snow.
How to Use Toko XCold Powder to Protect Your Skis from Base Burn in Frigid Conditions
Cold, dry snow can wreak havoc on your skis, causing dreaded base burn that slows you down. In this guide, Toko athlete Mia Hunt shares her step-by-step process for using XCold Powder to protect your skis in frigid conditions. Learn how to prevent base burn, extend the life of your skis, and stay race-ready, even on the coldest days.
Why Your Ski Edges Aren’t Sharp: Troubleshooting and Fixing Them
Dull edges can frustrate skiers, but troubleshooting the basics can often restore sharpness. Ensure the sidewall is planed to expose the edge, replace dull files, and use a 3-degree guide for proper grip. If the edge feels hardened, a coarse diamond file can cut through before finishing with finer tools. For an aggressive finish, a final pass with a hard Arkansas stone might do the trick.
Solving the Copper Snow Conundrum: Adapting Ski Tuning to Dry Colorado Conditions
Sam "Moose" Morse Kvitfjell 2024: GEPA pictures The Copper Mountain Conundrum We have a bit
World Champion Bruno Kernen Elevates TOKO as New Brand Director
This past May, former World Champion Bruno Kernen took on the role of Brand Director at TOKO. Based in Switzerland, Kernen is now channeling his passion for excellence into TOKO’s operations.
Mastering Ski Edge Tuning with TOKO Wax Room: A Guide to Gummy Stone Techniques
The Edge Grinding Rubber, or "gummy stone," is one of my most utilized and thought-about pieces of tuning equipment. A gummy stone can be used to remove rust. (But if you use it on your base edge, do so sparingly). Base edges are easily affected and shouldn’t be meddled with). A gummy can also be used to take the spiky-ness off of a particularly bad burr (but a file and diamond stones will do the actual fixing).
Toko Wax Room: Mia Hunt Unveils Her Must-Have Ski Tuning Tool
I'm Mia Hunt, a sophomore athlete representing the University of Denver Pioneers in alpine skiing. As a proud alpine Toko athlete, I'm excited to share insights on one of my favorite tools: the World Cup Sidewall Planer. For all levels of skiing, this tool is essential for keeping your skis in optimal shape throughout the season. I wish I had realized the importance of a sidewall and second edge tool when I started tuning my skis. I aim to give you all my tips and tricks for using it, especially if you’re only beginning to tune skis.
