Science has spoken

Dynamic Wax
Performance &
Base Protection Report

We used a 5-hour test to compare the friction, wear, and lubrication of Dynamic Wax vs. traditional, roll-on, and untreated PTEX boards. Independent testing showed Dynamic Wax had a faster, smoother, more efficient ride.

Permanent 0.011 coefficient of friction · 58% lower than traditional wax
Ghost 0.018 coefficient of friction · 31% lower than traditional wax
Every formula 0% PFAS · third-party certified forever-chemical free
Independent testing · Nanovea Report TRB260324-6-P Full report for trade use · summary shown here

01 — Friction

Less resistance.
More speed for free.

Every run is a fight between your base and the snow. Snow crystals, water film, pressure, temperature — the surface underneath you never stops changing, and every bit of drag it creates is speed you paid for and didn't get to keep.

The coefficient of friction (COF) is how a lab measures that drag. Lower COF means the base is moving with less resistance — which means a smoother, faster, more efficient ride, run after run.

Friction — the day-one surface

Ranked lowest to highest.
Lower is better.

  1. 1 Permanent Lowest of all eight samples tested. The only outright win in the set. 0.011
  2. 2 Ghost Ahead of everything but Permanent — from a spray. 0.018
  3. 3 Permanent + Ghost, layered Higher than either alone — the system trades a little friction for wear protection. 0.021
  4. 4 Traditional hot wax The industry default. 0.026
  5. 5 Untreated base PTEX, straight out of the factory. 0.036
  6. 6 Roll-on wax Highest friction in the comparison. 0.048

02 — Wear

Glide is one story.
What's left of your base is the other.

After the friction test, the lab measured how deep the wear actually cut into the PTEX — using 3D profilometry, the same kind of scan used to map microscopic surface damage. Deeper cut means more damage to the base. Shallower means the surface held its ground.

This test ran on the three Dynamic Wax treatments after five hours of continuous, focused wear — a steel ball under load, driven across the base thousands of times.

Base wear — after five hours

Ranked least to most.
Less wear is better.

  1. 1 Permanent + Ghost, layered Least wear measured of the three. Better protection than Permanent alone. 120µm
  2. 2 Permanent Goes in deepest and stays — protection without a refresh. 162µm
  3. 3 Ghost The layer you refresh. The Permanent underneath stays put. 579µm

Maximum penetration depth into the PTEX surface, measured by 3D profilometry. Shallower well = shallower wear.

Layered ranks third on friction, first on wear. Permanent builds the foundation. Ghost keeps the surface fresh on top of it — and together they protect the base better than either does alone.

03 — Lubrication

The third pillar
of tribology.

Friction and wear are what a lab measures. Lubrication is what actually changes them — the thin working layer between the base and the snow that determines how much resistance and damage ever reach the PTEX in the first place.

Dynamic Wax's nano-layer is that mechanism. It works at a scale you can't see, so it holds up the same way whether the snow underneath is fresh powder, packed groomer, or wet spring slush.

Absorbs

Spreads into the microscopic structure of the PTEX rather than coating over it.

Bonds

Permanent chemically bonds to the base, so it doesn't scrape or wash off like a topical wax.

Protects

Reduces how deep abrasive snow can cut into the base, measured directly by the lab.

04 — The system

Two products. Two jobs.

Quick & convenient

Ghost

A 5-minute spray-on refresh. The layer you reapply before a big day, a warm afternoon, or whenever your base needs a boost.

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Long-term foundation

Permanent

A 30-minute application that bonds into the base and stays there — the lowest friction and the deepest protection of anything tested alone.

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The full system

Ghost + Permanent

Permanent lays the foundation. Ghost keeps it fresh on top. Together they posted the best wear protection in the test.

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05 — What's not in it

No PFAS.
No forever chemicals.

Some high-performance ski waxes have historically relied on fluorinated chemistry — PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that break down slowly and build up in people and the environment over time. The EPA has raised specific concerns about these compounds turning up in ski wax.

Dynamic Wax was built without them from the start, and it's been independently, third-party certified as PFAS-free — not just a claim on the bottle.

0 PFAS
Third-party certified

How it was tested

Friction — Nanovea T2000 tribometer

  • 10 mm SS 316C ball
  • 3 N load
  • ~74,998 revolutions at 250 RPM
  • 5-hour total duration
  • 10 ms acquisition time

Wear — 3D non-contact profilometry

  • Nanovea JR25 & PS50 profilers
  • 22×22 mm and 23×23 mm scan areas
  • 10×10 µm step size
  • Measured post-test, after the 5-hour wear cycle

Independent testing conducted by Nanovea, report TRB260324-6-P (Ver. A), dated March 31, 2026. Full lab report available for trade partners on request; the figures above summarize its customer-facing findings.

The takeaway

Three pillars.
One clear result.

Tribology comes down to friction, wear, and lubrication — and Dynamic Wax led on every one the lab could put a number on. Permanent posted the lowest coefficient of friction in the entire eight-sample set. Ghost beat every traditional and untreated surface it was measured against. And layered together, the two cut wear deeper into the base than either treatment managed alone.

None of that happens in a lab that only tests one kind of snow. Because the nano-layer works at a microscopic scale rather than sitting on top of the base like a traditional wax, it doesn't rely on one specific temperature or texture to function — it holds up the same way whether you're pushing through cold, dry powder early season, packed groomers midday, or heavy, wet spring slush that usually grabs at a base and slows a rider down. That's the real-world case the numbers point to: consistent glide as conditions change, not just a good score in one controlled setup.

Put together, that's the case for Dynamic Wax — a faster, smoother, more efficient ride, backed by independent testing rather than a claim on the bottle.

Friction

Permanent posted the only outright win of eight samples tested.

Wear

Layered Permanent + Ghost cut the least into the base after five hours.

Lubrication

A nano-scale layer that performs consistently across changing snow conditions.

Tested. Measured. Proven on the mountain.

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