About Us

Responsible for Speed since 1912.

Vauhti's story began over a century ago, back when ski wax meant tar and a hot iron. The people behind it were skiers first, and what they wanted was to go faster. Fittingly, "vauhti" is the Finnish word for speed.

 

That part hasn't changed. Everything around it has. Decades of work alongside elite athletes and a lot of laboratory time built Vauhti into one of the most trusted names in ski wax, and the range now covers Nordic and alpine, glide and grip, solid and liquid, along with care products and just about every accessory you can imagine. 

In 2015 Vauhti rebuilt production around robotics and a fully automated line. That sounds like a detail until you've raced on wax that wasn't quite the same tin to tin. Batch consistency is the difference between wax that works in testing and wax that works on race day, and it means weekend warriors get access to exactly the same wax Olympians use on the world's biggest stage.  

Along with it came a simpler idea: waxing shouldn't require a dedicated wax room, a bench full of accessories, and an evening of your time. Vauhti's liquid range is built around that. Apply, let dry, buff, ski.

 

Responsible for speed means the second word as much as the first. Even as Vauhti innovates, they stay mindful of what skiing will look like for the next generation. From production to packaging, choices are made to reduce the impact on the winter landscapes all of us love. In 2021 that led to the 360° collection, a line of waxes based solely on natural ingredients.

Working with the Finnish expert organization Lassila & Tikanoja Oy, Vauhti built an environmental and social responsibility program, and in 2023 earned ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system.
 

We are Vauhti's Canadian distributor: a small, Vancouver-based family business of ski enthusiasts on a mission to make skiing simpler and more enjoyable for as many people as possible. We're proud to represent Vauhti here, and we genuinely believe these are the best products out there for the job.

More than a century in, the goal hasn't moved: make skiers faster, and get more people out on snow.