While the grooviest stuff is rarely the most expensive, exceptions abound. One such exception is what ski racers refer to as “cake,” as in a cake of contraband. I am talking about the highly toxic, ozone-ravaging and birth-defect inducing ski wax know as “pure flouro.” While it comes in different forms, this “cake” is effectively a small chunk (think hashish, or so I am told) of 100% fluorocarbon. A cake the size of your fingernail retails for about $120.00. The same amount in powder goes for $170.00. You’ll get about 15-20 runs on the stuff (that’s race runs, you have to re-apply after each run.)
Why?
Because it makes you go faster. That is something to seriously consider before your ski vacation this spring break. What’s one little piece of indulgence in a country that engages in a veritable orgy of spending money it does not have? Seriously. $100.00 for 20 fast runs or 100,000,000,000.00 for 20 bridges and, well, John Thain buys before re-decorating. (Love his pad in Vail.)
True true. But my little cake has lasted about 10 years now, and shows very few signs of wear and tear… a little goes a long long long way.
Not every run is a race.
A good aphorism, that!