Wax is wax, well, up to a certain point. Out of all the waxes I’ve tried I really think that Kwik is my favorite. They are color coded so it’s easy to understand what temperature they are for (lavender is my personal favorite). Instead of coming in a brick, they are split into three sections you can split apart. They also have snowboard specific wax. These little differences really set them apart from much of other waxes out there. Their website is slightly confusing, but it’s nice to be able to order wax as you are dreaming of snowboarding while at work. They also have a lot of other tuning supplies. I head straight for the discount page.

www.kwikski.com

The Board Dock is an effortless and cheap way to hang your snowboard up on the wall.  It’s a nice and aesthetic way to get your board out of the way and as a bonus, you get to look at your board on the wall and dream of big white powder fields in the middle of the summer.

We tried the board dock out and were pleasantly surprised that it really didn’t take any effort to hang our board on the wall.  We received a package with the plugs and screws and an access code.  The people at BoardDock.com try to keep the cost as low as possible and therefore don’t include any instructions in the package, so you have to go to the assembly guide on their website.  There,  you insert the included code to get access to their assembly guides, one for hanging your board horizontally/diagonally and one for hanging your board vertically.  The assembly guide was in .doc format so you’ll need Microsoft Office Word or find an alternative (such as Google Docs).

The assembly guide contains a fairly simple and intuitive explanation of how the board needs to be hung up but nevertheless we struggled a little bit with the setup and had to remove the screw for the upper plug and move it to the other side of the lower plug before the board would stay up.  Make sure you find the studs in the wall for your screws too, or they might not be able to hold the weight.

The result was very nice looking and the plugs are almost invisible making the board look like it’s “floating” on the wall.  The Board dock costs $7,19 (plus $1.44 for shipping).

www.rixon.be