Press

From local rags here in the Wood River Valley to The New York Times and Powder Magazine, The Waxroom has been featured coast to coast for our dedication to top-tier tuning and our deep roots in ski culture.

  • Gear Patrol

    Meet the Unknown Man Behind Countless Winter Olympic Medals / Nov. 2017

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  • Sun Valley Magazine

    Atmosphere & Temperature/ Winter 2016

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  • Ski Racing Magazine

    When Olympic gold medalist and snowboarder Seth Wescott needed a quick board in a hurry, veteran wax tech Curtis Bacca jet-set to the rescue/ January 21, 2009

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  • POWDER Magazine

    The Technician / December 2005

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  • Idaho Mountain Express

    Wax welder shines at Games / Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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  • Gear Patrol

    (16) Best Ski & snowboard shops in North America / Feb. 2019

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  • Sun Valley Magazine

    Tip to Tail. Tuning is what you’ve been missing / Winter 2023/2024

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  • New England Ski Journal

    A few takeaways from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame induction / March 2022

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  • Associated Press

    Wax Wizard keeps US Boards fast / February 2010

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  • Medium

    Behind the Scenes with the US Snowboarding SBX Olympic Athletes of the #Sochi2014 Winter Games / March 2014

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  • ESPN

    Waxing for Gold / January 20, 2010

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  • ESPN

    WAX ON /  January 26, 2006

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  • ESPN

    Curtis Bacca:Waxing Philosophic / January 16, 2004

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  • Idaho Mountain Express

    Wescott throws down fastest runs at Arosa / Wed. Dec 24, 2008

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  • Idaho Mountain Express

    The Winter Olympics, seen through a waxer’s eyes / Friday, Feb. 24, 2006

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  • Ski Racing

    TORINO: Snowboard: American Seth Wescott wins snowboardcross gold /  February 16, 2006

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  • The Olympian

    Winter Olympics Event Watch: Boardercross / Feb. 15, 2010

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  • The Indianapolis Star

    Vancouver 2010: day 3 Wax technician must be on mark / Feb. 15, 2010

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  • The Columbus Dispatch

    Snowboardcross: Wax job critical in determining who wins / February 2010

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  • Aspen Times

    Holland repeats in Men’s Boardercross / Januarry 2007

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  • Sun Journal

    Snowboardcross set to soar again / Feb. 15, 2010

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  • Morning Sentinel

    Wescott aims to strike Olympic Gold again today / Feb. 15, 2010

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  • University of Southern California Anneberg

    How the Vancouver Winter Olympics (and other big stories) can help a hyperlocal news website grow / February 2010

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  • WAXROOM 2008

    2008 X-Games........3 Gold Medals!

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