Patent ID: 8684393
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A ski, having a longitudinal axis, a waist, first and second edges, and a shoe mid-point, comprising: a contact surface extending between front and rear contact lines when the ski is flat on a horizontal plane and loaded at the waist such that the first and second edges touch said horizontal plane at the waist; and a contact length extending between front end and rear end contact points when the ski pivots about the longitudinal axis at a tilt angle (α) relative to the horizontal plane and is loaded at its waist such that the first edge touches the plane at the waist; and wherein when the tilt angle (α) is about 35°, the ratio of the distance (Dα) separating the front end contact point and the front contact line to the distance (D) separating the mid-point of the shoe and the front contact line, is more than 12%.