GNS is now closed for the summer months.   We will re-open with regular hours a few days before the Thanksgiving Weekend in October 2024.  We will be available with a reservation during the time we are closed.  

To contact us, please send us an email: wayne_johannsen@hotmail.com

Have a good summer!

GNS staff  

Peltonen Skis

We have a very good selection of classic, skate and Junior Race skis.  All the classic skis that we have are waxable.  The classic skis can be used as waxable skis OR have skins installed on these skis.   If you need skis, there is a very good chance that we can find skis for you.  

Peltonen Skis 

Stone Grinding  for the Gatineau Loppet 2024

GNS will be grinding skis for the upcoming Gatineau Loppet.  We will be providing full waxing service for skis that we grind for the skate race.   If you are interested in having your skis stone ground OR stone ground and waxed for the skate races, please contact us.  On an individual basis, we will arrange when and where I will get your skis and when I will get your skis back to you. 

The skis that I grind and wax skis for the skate races on Sunday will be brought to the Gymnasium by 7 am Sunday at the Cyclery booth.

Contact: wayne_johannsen@hotmail.com

Star Waxes

We will be using the Star Next Liquids and the Star Next Glide waxes (solid) for the Loppet.  When the liquids are ironed in, brushed with a fine stainless steel brush and fleeced, the wax will last well beyond 50 km of skiing.

If you would like to buy some of the Star waxes, you can now find a product list and instructions on how to order the waxes on our website. We will ship you the waxes that you purchase.

Order Star Liquid waxes
Star Waxing Formula
Application of Star Liquids for Training (video)
Application of Star Liquids for Racing (video)

Montana Win the Race Silicone Compound

A  great number of skiers are using the Montana Win the Race with great success, particularly on skin skis.  
If you would like to purchase Montana Win the Race liquid you can view the products we sell and instructions for how to order them from us on our website.

Montana Win the Race
Application of Win the Race (video)

Back Country Skis

For the first time, we now have full-length skins that can be installed on skis of all lengths with a maximum width of 100 mm.

BC skis that have the ‘positrack grip’ have 4 good options:

 1.   For those who ski aggressively in rough terrain, leave the skis as they are.  
 2.   In new cold snow, apply about 3 layers of blue grip wax on the glide zones at the front and back of the skis.  Cork well.  You will have much better grip and the glide will be better than the glide with skins. This also allows you to ski in rough terrain that would damage the skins.
 3.   We can install skins, 55 cm in length in the wax pocket of the skis.  The skins are glued in place and therefore they are not removable.                        
 4.   Install full length clip on skins that can put on and taken off on demand.

Atomic Savor Grip Classic Skis

This year we are selling Atomic Savor 46 Grip and Atomic Savor 52  Grip classic skis.  The grip for these skis is provided by the scales in the bases of the skis.  These skis come with the  Prolink Classic binding.  The cost for the skis and the bindings is $249.  For those who prefer skins,  we pass the skis through the grinding machine to remove most of the scales and then install skins.  We charge  $50 to install skins on these skis. We have these skis in 4 different lengths.

For those skiers who are participating in the CSM or the Gatineau Loppet, good luck!

GNS staff

GNS will be closed for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Have a safe and happy holidays!

Monday           12pm   to    5pm
Tuesday           closed
Wednesday     closed
Thursday         12pm   to   6pm
Friday               12pm  to    5pm
Saturday          12pm  to    5pm
Sunday             closed 

We will be open on Thursday, October 5 and Friday, October 6.

We will be closed for the Thanksgiving Weekend.

We will open with Regular Hours on Thursday, October 12.

On Saturday April 1st at 5pm, GNS will be closed. We will re-open with regular hours a few days before the Thanksgiving Weekend in October 2023. We will be available with a reservation during the time we are closed.  

To contact us, please send us an email: info@gatineaunordiquesport.com 

Have a good summer, from GNS staff!    

Stone Grinding & Waxing Services

GNS will be offering stone grinding services for the classic and skate races and race day waxing services for the skate races.

To get us your skis, you have 3 options:

1. Bring your skis to GNS in Wakefield, during our open hours. 

2. Drop off your skis at Euro-sports in Ottawa before they close on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The skis will be ground on Wednesday and returned to the store by 2 pm, Thursday. If you want GNS to fully wax your skate skis, we will bring these skis to the CJEP for 7 am on Sunday. 

3. Drop off your skis before 8 pm, Friday, Feb. 17, at the Euro-sports booth at the CJEP.

For the skis that we grind and do race day waxingfor the skate races on Sunday, we will have these skis ready to pickup for 7 am Sunday morning at the Euro-sports booth at the CJEP.

Costs: 

Stone Grinding & Heatbox​​​​$70

Stone Grinding/Heatbox/Harden the bases​$95

Stone Grinding/Heatbox/Harden the bases/ 

RACE DAY WAXING USING STAR WAXES​$160

 ***Video on the website on how we apply the Star Liquids.***

 Under the heading Star Liquids in the menu bar, there is an article called   “Waxing Formulas Using Star Waxes”.

If you intend on getting skis to us to grind and/or wax for the Loppet, please send us an email at wayne_johannsen@hotmail.com.

Good luck in the races,

GNS

Peltonen Skis

Currently we have a very good selection of classic, skate and Junior Race skis. The classic skis can be selected as waxable skis or as skis in which we can install skins.  If you need skis, there is a very good chance that we can find skis for you.  

Peltonen Skis

Stone Grinding for the Gatineau Loppet

GNS will be grinding skis for the upcoming Gatineau Loppet.  We will be providing full waxing service for skis that we grind for the skate race.   Please get in touch with us if you are interested in having your skis stone ground and waxed for the loppet.

Heatbox and Hardening

Recently, with some advice, I wrote an article on Heatbox and the Hardening of the bases of skis. This article is on the website under the heading Stone Grinding.

Heatbox and Hardening the bases of skis.

Zandstra  Nordic Blades 

We now sell Zandstra Nordic Blades.  

Zandstra Nordic Blades 

We sharpen Nordic blades for a cost of 20$.

Star Waxes

We continue to be very pleased with the on-snow results of Star Waxes,  in particular the liquids. There are 2 videos on the website that provide very good information on using the Star liquids.

Application of Star Liquids for Training.

Application of Star Liquids for Racing.

Montana Win the Race Silicone Compound

As the name implies, Win the Race is a Silicone Compound and not wax.  Silicone and wax do not mix.  A lot of people who own a pair of skin skis that are their only pair of classic skis, apply Win the Race on the skins and on the glide zones when the temperature is about -4 C’ and above.  Some skiers, including myself, use liquid waxes on the glide zones in colder temperatures.  If you want to be able to go back and forth from using Win the Race and liquid waxes,  you will need to clean the skins and the bases.  In the spring when it warms up, I suggest that you use Win the Race on the glide zones and on the skins for the rest of the winter.

There is an updated video on the website on the application of Win the Race.

Maintenance of Skins

All-year log skin skis need to be kept inside at more or less room temperature.  If skins get wet and are left outside at night when the temperature goes below zero, the hairs of the skins may fall out.  If skin skis are left in a storage cabin during the summer in which the temperature can become very high,  the high heat can cause the skis to lift up. There is a video on the website that shows how to clean skins.

If the forecast is correct we should have very good snow conditions for the month of February and hopefully well into the month of March.  For those who ski the Canadian Ski Marathon and/or the Gatineau Loppet, Good Luck!

GNS

REGULAR HOURS

Monday 12pm to 5pm

Tuesday closed

Wednesday closed

Thursday 12pm to 6 pm

Friday 12pm to 5pm

Saturday 12pm to 5pm

Sunday closed