How do you know when its time to wax your board-

How do you know when its time to wax your board?

the base starts to get white and dried out

Someone should make a wax thread a sticky

yup, i do it around every 5. depends on conditions and how the board looks

^ The base near the edges start getting dry looking white lines. Its easier to see on a darker color base.

I wax my boards every 1-2 days of riding. I know that's overboard and excessive, but I know my base and wax job is always good to go. I use Swix Wax. I live in Ca and use CH 6, CH 7, CH 8 and CH 10. It al depends on the conditions. You would be just fine by using the Universal wax made by Swix. Swix is a little more expensive than other companies, but its good wax. As long as you wax your board when the base looks dry (whitish color / white lines), you should be fine. If you ride powder or soft snow a lot, you will get more days out of your wax. If you ride on hard pack or ice, you will most likely need to wax more often.

I wax every 4-5 days, definitely if the board starts showing white streaks and preferably before a big pow day.

No perfect time, but i agree with everyone, when it starts to show some streaks, its probably a good time to do it

your base will start to look like dry skin. turns white and looks flaky. wax it when the edges starts to turn white.

When it needs it, your edges will turn white.   Snow conditions can play a big part of it; if it's icy/crusty out, your wax will disappear pretty quickly.  The way things have been on Hood, I've been waxing about every other full day of boarding. 

you go slower than usual

if youre wondering about it, usually means its about time

i would wax every 3-4 days just to keep the base waxy smooth

it's a preference thing. As a general rule, wax ur board once every 3 uses> basically u don't want the base to get dry.

I wax every 4-5 seasons or when i think i need to.

Really? Is it depending on how many times you go?

i just wax once before I go and one after...

there are heeps of other thread on this already, but i wax my board when i feel i'm going slow, or when i feel the board is starting to dry out.

i wax it every weekend or when the base look really dry