I had the Camox freebirds and I didn’t really like them either. For a similar ski on paper but much better execution in my opinion check out the Voile Hypervector (or ultravector). I like them alot.

Voile V6 is another option.

I have hot waxed my skins for years. Works better than rubbing in the globstopper or spray on treatments that I’ve tried.
I rub on a warm/soft wax (yellow), turn iron on lowest temp, and make quick...