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- noun skiing A
soft wax used on skis especially for corn snow orcrust .
Etymologies
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You likely care about other people, spotted owls, the hole in the ozone layer and declining literacy rates, but the truth is you care more about a well placed double pole interval, whether or not the grooming is tight or which klister …
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You likely care about other people, spotted owls, the hole in the ozone layer and declining literacy rates, but the truth is you care more about a well placed double pole interval, whether or not the grooming is tight or which klister …
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But we had no klister, so instead gooped on sticky purple wax the consistency of chewed bubblegum.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010
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Our final stage, the groomed track of the Owl Creek Trail, had become so soft that only a klister would hold.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Staff Writer 2010
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The ski conditions quickly changed from very icy to a steady snowfall, so the klister used by the teams was creating challenges for each team's middle man - as they were again skiing classical.
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Women looking to capture their man's attention on these cold winter nights should take a lesson from the wax techs putting on clinics, and use the proper application of klister as a romantic lure.
JSOnline.com 2009
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Women looking to capture their man's attention on these cold winter nights should take a lesson from the wax techs putting on clinics, and use the proper application of klister as a romantic lure.
JSOnline.com 2009
annefluke commented on the word klister
Substance put on the "kick zone" of cross-country skis to get grip (or "kick") on snow in certain snow conditions when hard wax (which is a solid) doesn't work. It comes in a tube (like toothpaste, but more gooey and sticky).
March 26, 2009