Peek into the back area of any major ski shop, and you’ll likely find a very large and very expensive machine mounted to the wall or affixed to a ski tuning bench. It’s called a Wax Future, made by ...

Steve Janisch irons wax onto a snowboard ... Last fall, Janisch found a green base grinder machine on eBay and drove to Massachusetts to pick it up. With a diamond tip, it helps him fix the ...

A machine wraps the cotton wick in a spiral around a small mold. That mold is then placed into a larger mold, and wax is poured in between them. While the wax is still hot, they pull out the inner ...