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CCC launches new Online Waxing Clinic

Cross Country Canada is proud to add another online training resource to its expanding e-learning portfolio, hosted in the Locker (the Coaching Association of Canada’s database).

This module is free for coaches with CCC Intro to Community Coach (ICC) or higher level training, and $12 for other persons interested in improving their waxing skills and knowledge. You don’t have to be a coach or have NCCP training to take this online waxing clinic!

If you wish to take this module and you already have a Locker  account (i.e. if you have NCCP training already), sign into your account using either your NCCP# or email address (you can use your email address if you don’t remember your NCCP#).  You can then access the Waxing Clinic module in the eLearning section under the heading “cross country skiing”.

If you do not have a Locker account, you can create one easily and then access the Waxing Clinic module under the e-learning tab.  For more information on accessing online modules in the Locker, please see “Online module sign-on” HERE. 

Throughout this online training module you will find a series of videos and other information on the following skills:

  • Applying and ironing parafin glide wax
  • Scraping and brushing parafin glide wax
  • Tools and tool care
  • Powders: application and ironing
  • Powders: rotocorking and finishing
  • Blocks and pucks
  • Liquids and gels
  • Structure
  • Kick zone sanding and binder
  • Applying kick wax
  • Removing kick wax
  • Klister base
  • Applying klister
  • Mixing klisters
  • Tips for klister
  • Removing klister
  • Travel wax and hot scraping
  • Hairies
  • Stone grinding and new ski prep

While pertinent to all avid skiers (racers or not), these skills and processes are the same used by technicians working at the top levels of racing. In this online module they are presented by Joel Jaques, the technical services coordinator for CCC’s National Ski Team.

Certified coaches* completing this training module will automatically be credited 3 Professional Development Points to their Locker account towards their Maintenance of Certification.

This new online resource has been produced in collaboration with XC Ski Nation. You can visit their website to access a vast amount of cross country ski related technical videos and ski related content: https://xcskination.com

 *Certified coaches are those who have completed not only the workshops within any given context, but also the Experience Form/evaluations and the Making Ethical Decisions (MED) test.