Re: START kick scotch tape???

I found a few things on the web that seem to confirm what you've
heard. Check out  www.biathlon.asn.au   This is a long document, but
there's an extended reference to Start Grip Tape that does make it
sound like a very cool idea, though there's no account of how it
actually works. I imagine it's abrasive on the business side, and
sticky on the other. It will have to be relatively easy to remove, and
yet stay in place while skiing, which seems like a non-trivial
problem. Has anyone tried it? Would it be suitable for racing in place
of klister?

Onno Oerlemans

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (revyakin) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I spoke to a service man of the Russian National Team during my visit
> to Moscow a week ago. He just came back from a START waxing clinique
> in Finland. He told me that START came up with a new "grip tape"
> that will make kick wax and klisters obsolete. He says the tape works
> between
> -20 and +5 and stays for at least ~250 km. Applying the tape is like
> applying scotch tape. Sounds unbelievable. If it's true I may start
> classic skiing again. Does anyone know anything abut this?
> 
> Andrey Revyakin.