Abstract:
A ski sport apparatus having a ski with a middle section and two outer sections. An interface device connected to the ski, with a binding region for accommodating a ski binding is arranged in the middle section. The ski sport apparatus has at least two force introduction regions distanced to one another in the longitudinal direction, for introducing forces from the interface device into the ski. The ski in the longitudinal direction has several regions of lower or higher flexibility alternating in the longitudinal direction. The middle section of the ski has a region with a higher flexibility. A frontmost and/or a rearmost force introduction region is allocated to a region with a lower flexibility of the ski and in the longitudinal direction is arranged further to the front or further to the rear than the binding region. The ski has good curve dynamics, has a good ski guiding and excels with an incomparable running smoothness.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. PATENT APPLICATION 
   This U.S. Patent Application is a continuation-in-part patent application of U.S. patent application having Ser. No. 09/914,275, filed on 15 Jan. 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,648,362 entitled SKI GUIDE PRESSURE INTENSIFIER PLATE (SNOW-SPEED). 

   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   This invention relates to a ski sport apparatus, snowboards or likewise, in the following generally called “skis”. The ski according to this invention has extremely good curve dynamics, has an extraordinary ski guiding and excels with an incomparable smooth running. The ski according to this invention can maintain tight radii of curvature even with relative tall skiers, with a high stability and a high speed. 
   2. Discussion of Related Art 
   A typical conventional ski  3  according to the state of the art is shown in  FIG. 1 . With a conventional ski  3  the force introduction F 1  through the snow sportsman is in the middle  7  of the ski where the ski is at its thickest and/or has a high bending stiffness. To the front and to the rear the ski flex  1 ,  1 ′ becomes increasingly weaker. A ski  3  which in the binding region  5  has a high bending stiffness and is thick has a good ski guiding and a great smoothness of running. In the curve the bending line of the ski  3  should adapt to the radius of the travelled curve  4 . The stabilizing high bending stiffness in the middle of the ski  7  due to the stiffness prevents the formation of a free bending line  6 , and lets the ski  3  bend only to a certain radius of the curve to be travelled and thus prevents good curve dynamics. The resulting force, composed of the intrinsic weight of the snow sportsman and the centrifugal force in the curve  4  counteracts a counter force F 8  from the ground or snow such that the bending line  6  of the ski  3  in the binding region  5  during the curve  4  is negatively compromised. The ski  3  does not permit the travel of tight radii. 
   A ski which were to have a lower bending stiffness in the binding region  5 , for example were to be designed soft and/or thinly constructed, would have very good curve dynamics. The bending line of such a ski would be optimal. The ski would be able to bend easily and one would be able to travel very tight curves. This direction was followed in the broadest sense in the U.S. Patent Publication 2001/0,035,630 (Cuzzit et al.) and the U.S. Pat. No. 6,325,404 (Liard et al.) because the bending stiffness or the bending in the longitudinal axis of the ski together with the ski binding device is redefined as a unit because the force of the bending stiffness which the ski binding creates was eliminated in the ski. However, the two newly defined bending stiffness of the ski and of the ski binding plate again correspond to the usual standards of current conventional skis. If one reduces the bending stiffness in the middle of the ski, the front and rear contact pressure Fp (see  FIG. 1 ) is reduced. This means that the ski guiding is poor at the front and at the rear on the ski. The ski is unstable, the running smoothness is considerably worsened. In order to prevent a fluttering, the ski is constructed shorter which again leads to a poor guiding of the ski at a high speed. 
   The positive characteristics, specifically good ski guiding and good curve dynamics apparently cannot be unified. Longer skis have a good ski guiding and worse curve characteristics, while shorter skis have good curve dynamics and worse ski guiding. One may only optimize a good setting by weighing up the positive properties such as good curve dynamics and a good ski guiding. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   It is one object of this invention to provide a ski which unifies good ski guiding with good curve dynamics and optimizes these without inhibiting these positive characteristics. With a longer ski with a high stability, tighter radii of curvature are to be able to be travelled at a high speed. 
   The ski according to this invention is defined in this specification and in the claims and achieves these and other objects. The force introduction of the user or snow sportsman by an interface device which may be integrated above the ski, on the ski or in the ski, is accomplished via at least two outer force introduction regions outside the ski-binding region further to the front or rear, on the ski. The ski in the middle is thinner and/or softer and/or has a lower bending stiffness than a conventional ski. Thus it may bend to a greater extent and more easily, which contributes to good curve dynamics. The ski is thus designed for an active action means for interactive force transmission from the front and rear ski flex to the middle of the ski and vice versa. The ski at the force introduction regions is thick and/or here has a high bending stiffness. Proceeding from the force introduction regions the bending stiffness in both directions of the longitudinal axis of the ski is normally again gradually reduced according to the type of ski. The bending line of the ski is thus actively optimized under the variously acting forces during the travelled curve. The force introduction of the user or snow sportsman onto the ski is effected via the following different variations.
         1. Via a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate with/without length compensation, by which the ski may extend out below the plate.   2. Via a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate with/without length compensation and one or more wedge functions, by which the ski may extend out below the plate.   3. Via a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate with/without length compensation, which may bend and thus act as a leaf spring for springiness and/or damping.   4. Directly via the ski shoe and the ski binding, which permits a length compensation.   5. Via an interface plate with/without length compensation which is integrated on or in the ski.   6. Via a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate which in its bending stiffness is computed such that during the curve it may bend just as much during so that it corresponds to the predefined radius of the ski, specifically such that during the travelled curve in the middle of the ski it slightly contacts the ski. This embodiment ensures that the main force introduction is effected via the corresponding force introduction regions. This plate is firmly assembled on the ski or forms a unit with the ski, for example because it is adhered to the ski.   7. The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate is computed with a bending stiffness as in point 6, but integrated in the ski.   8. One makes do without a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate. Instead the bending stiffness of the plate computed according to point 6 is implemented or calculated into the thickness or bending stiffness of the ski, so that it is ensured that the main force introduction is effected via the force introduction regions.       

   The above mentioned embodiments of the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate may be provided with the fastening means and/or the compensation means and/or the active means as one piece and/or with resilience means and/or shock absorbing means at the force introduction regions. The resilience means and/or shock absorbing means preferably comprise a compression or tension spring and/or an air or oil cylinder or another elastic or damping element. The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate is manufactured in the form of at least one plate, at least one rail, at least one tube and/or other elements, and accommodates a ski binding or is integrated into a ski binding, or the ski binding is integrated on or in the ski or on or in the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate or plate, rail, tube or other element. The ski, the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate, the rail, the tube or the other elements may be designed such that a ski binding may be pushed on and/or the ski binding is displaceable in the longitudinal direction and/or the length compensation of the ski binding is ensured in or on the ski or in or on the plate or rail, the tube or the other elements. 
   With the cited force introduction possibilities, on the one hand a larger pressure is produced at the front and rear on the ski, by which an extraordinarily direct ski guiding and a revolutionary grip are produced, and vibrations are better absorbed which provides the ski with an incomparably good running smoothness. The bending stiffness of the ski is reduced in the middle of the ski compared to a conventional ski, by which the ski may bend better. The radius of the curve is thus determined not only by the setting, but also by the bending line of the ski. The more pressure is given, the more the ski is bent and accordingly the radius to be travelled becomes tighter. If the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate is not a unit with the ski, for example is not adhered to the ski or integrated in the ski, the ski, the tighter the curve travelled does not become increasingly harder and does not reach a bending limit. It is thus easy to travel, having extreme curve dynamics which has a positive effect in the carving region. 
   The ski sport apparatus according to this invention has a ski defining a longitudinal direction with a middle section and two outer sections and an interface device with a binding region for accommodating a ski binding, the interface device is arranged in the middle section and connected to the ski, at least two force introduction regions are distanced to one another in the longitudinal direction for introducing forces from the interface device into the ski. The ski comprises several regions with a higher and lower flexibility alternating in the longitudinal direction. The middle section of the ski comprises a region with a higher flexibility. A frontmost force introduction region is allocated to a region with a lower flexibility of the ski and in the longitudinal direction is arranged further to the front than the binding region, and/or a rearmost force introduction region is allocated to a region with lower flexibility of the ski and in the longitudinal direction is arranged further to the rear than the binding region. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     Preferred embodiments of this invention and, for comparison, of the state of the art are described in detail by the attached drawings. 
       FIG. 1  shows a ski according to the state of the art in a lateral view. 
       FIGS. 2-14  show various embodiments of the ski according to this invention, in lateral views. 
       FIG. 15  shows a shock absorber device for the ski according to this invention: (a) in a cross section; and (b) in a longitudinal section. 
       FIG. 16  shows a further embodiment form of the ski according to this invention in a lateral view. 
       FIGS. 17-21  show schematic flexibility regions of the ski according to this invention, in longitudinal sections. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     FIG. 2  shows a preferred embodiment form of a ski  3  according to this invention. The force introduction of the unrepresented user or snow sportsman into the ski  3  is effected via a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  which is fastened on the ski  3 , at least two or more force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  further to the front and rear on the ski. For the sake of simplicity only two force introductions are shown in  FIG. 2  but there may be more of these (cf.  FIGS. 9 ,  10 , and  12 ). The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  is assembled onto the ski  3  such that the ski  3  may deflect below the plate  14  and may be easily bent so that the plate  14  acts as a leaf spring. The plate  14  may alternatively also be constructed onto the ski  3  such that the ski  3  and the plate  14  form a unit, or the plate  14  may be integrated in the ski  3 , or the plate  14  may be implemented or calculated into the bending stiffness of the ski  3  in the form of a computed force which corresponds to the bending stiffness of the plate  14 . 
   The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  comprises a binding region  5  for accommodating a ski binding, for example with a binding head  11  and a heel automatic device  12 . 
   The binding region  5  typically has an extension in the longitudinal direction of maximally 600 mm. Since the front force introduction region F 2  is to be arranged further to the front than the binding region  5  and the rear force introduction region F 3  further to the rear than the binding region  5 , the distance in the longitudinal direction between the front force introduction region F 2  and the rear force introduction region F 3  is typically at least 650 mm. Preferably a distance of approximately 800 to 900 mm is selected, and maximally approximately 1300 mm. 
   The middle of the ski  7  without the plate  14  is thinner than with a conventional ski and/or has a lower bending stiffness than a conventional ski and thus may be bent to a greater extent and more easily. The loss of stabilization in the front and rear ski flex  1 ,  1 ′ which thus arises is more than compensated by the stabilizing ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14 . 
   The ski  3  is an active means of a force transmission system  2  because the ski  3  in the region  2  of the force introduction F 2  and F 3  is constructed so thick and/or so strongly and/or has such a high bending stiffness, that an acting force F 10  according to the travelled curve  4  to the front and rear on the ski  3  is converted into an active force F 11  by a lever principle which becomes active in combination with the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14 . The active force F 1  overcomes the counter pressure F 8  from the ground or the snow and ensures an optimal bending line  20  according to the curve  4  to be travelled on the whole length of the ski  3 . In order to ensure an optimal force transmission F 10  from the front or rear part of the ski  3  to the middle of the ski  3  and to actively optimize the bending line  20  of the ski  3  under the variously acting forces during the travelled curve  4 , the ski  3  proceeding from the front force introduction region F 2  to the front  1 , and from the rear force introduction region F 3  to the rear  1 ′ becomes gradually thinner and/or is reduced in bending stiffness so that an optimal swing introduction phase or swing ending phase is possible. 
   Between the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3 , the ski  3  proceeding from the force introduction regions normally is gradually thinner or reduced in bending stiffness in the direction of the middle  7  of the ski, depending on the type of ski, so that the ski  3  serves as an active acting means because the ski  3  while taking account of all acting forces during the travelled curve  4  bends according to the desired radius of the ski manufacturer and actively optimizes the bending line. The thicknesses and/or bending stiffnesses of the individual regions of the ski  3  are made individually according to the desired ski characteristics and ski types as well as according to the various construction types of the ski manufacturer. The front ski flex  1  is now constructed stronger and longer. The construction types of the various skis  3  are varied and are not cited in detail. This document however includes all ski construction types, monocoque and shell design or sandwich, box and injection construction type or tube or hollow systems or other construction types, and is applied in all ski sport apparatuses, such as alpine skis, mono-skis, carving skis, free-skis, sqwals, snowboards, etc. 
   As  FIG. 3  shows, in the reverse manner the ski  3  according to this invention acts as an active acting means of the force transmission system  2  because the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  in combination with the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  activate lever principles which transmit the counter force F 8  from the ground or the snow into a stabilizing contact pressure F 9  onto the ski flex at the front  1  and rear  1 ′. With this there results an excellent ski flex damping which excellently absorbs vibrations and gives the ski an incomparable smooth running, a phenomenal ski guiding and an enormous grip. The user or snow sportsman has an increased safety and an incomparable positive travelling comfort. 
     FIG. 4  illustrates that according to the manner of the desired ski type, the extent of the thickness and/or bending stiffness proceeding from the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  reduces in the direction of the middle of the ski and may become greater  9  again in the ski middle. 
     FIG. 5  shows an embodiment form of the ski  3  according to this invention in which the simple arrangement shown in  FIG. 4  of various bending stiffness regions  8 ,  9 ,  8  between the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  is repeated several times, wherein the various bending stiffness regions  8 ,  9  may also be distanced differently. Thus in comparison to  FIG. 4  one achieves an even more efficient force transmission from the front  1  or the rear ski flex  1 ′ according to the acting lever principle  2  via the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  of the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  in the direction of the ski middle. Thus under the differently acting forces in the travelled curve one obtains an even more optimally balanced bending line  20  of the ski  3 . 
   In order to achieve an even more efficient ski flex damping and an even better ski guiding than described in  FIG. 3 , proceeding from the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  the thickness and/or bending stiffness of the ski in the direction of the ski flex, the front  1  or to the rear  1 ′, is reduced and then increases again. This arrangement of various bending stiffness regions  10  may be repeated several times, wherein the various bending stiffness regions may be differently distanced. With this one achieves a better force transmission from the ski middle  7  in the direction of the ski flex  1 ,  1 ′. Such an arrangement of regions with a lower  10  or higher flexibility alternating in the longitudinal direction is not only advantageous for the ski  3  according to this invention but also for other skis. This arrangement effects a damping of the ski  3  by which means a fluttering of the ski  3  is prevented. 
     FIG. 6  shows a possible construction type of a ski  3  according to this invention with one or more tabs  10  which for example are manufactured of carbon fiber or are reinforced with carbon fiber and/or may contain other materials. The tabs  10  are attached so that they prevent a length compensation. They fulfill an analogous function as the various bending stiffness regions  10  in  FIG. 5 . The tabs  10  too may not only be applied to the ski  3  according to this invention but also to other skis with an advantageous effect. They effect a damping of the ski  3  and prevent a fluttering of the ski  3 . Such tabs or thickenings  10  may even be applied outside ski construction such as for mechanically damping an elongate structure, for example in engineering, airplane construction or cable-car construction or in other industrial applications. 
     FIG. 7  shows a further embodiment of the ski  3  according to this invention with a plate  14  and with a wedge function  16 . The ski  3  has three force introductions F 1 , F 2  and F 3 . According to the type of the desired ski the extent of the thickness and/or bending stiffness is gradually reduced proceeding from the force introduction regions F 1 , F 2  and F 3  in the direction of the middle  8  of the individual force introduction regions. 
     FIG. 8  shows a further embodiment form of the ski  3  according to this invention with a plate  14  in combination with a wedge function  16 , as  FIG. 7  but provided with the principle of force transmission as in  FIG. 5 . The thickness and/or bending stiffness thus proceeding from the force introduction regions F 2  and F 1 , or F 3  and F 1  reduces  8  in the direction of the middle of the individual force introduction regions, and in the middle between the force introduction regions increases  9  again. 
     FIG. 9  shows a ski  3  according to this invention with two arranged force transmission tabs  13  which are to assist the forces of the force transmission system  2  as described in view, of  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 . The force transmission tabs  13  may be an integral component of the ski  3 , assembled on the ski  3  and/or integrated in the ski  3  and may have one or no length compensation and/or at least one joint or elastic connection means  17  to the ski  3  (cf. elements  15 ,  17  in  FIG. 11 ,  12 , elements  17 ,  19 ,  21  in  FIG. 15 ; elements  17 ,  18  in  FIG. 16 ). The force transmission tabs  13  may be arranged as a leaf spring and/or between the tab  13  and the ski  3  may have a resilience and/or damping (cf. elements  15 ,  17  in  FIG. 11 ,  12 ; elements  17 ,  19 ,  21  in  FIG. 15 , element  17 ,  18  in  FIG. 16 ), with a spring, with an elastic or damping element or other elements, by which knocks are damped and absorbed and a rebound is produced. Thus in the curve a restoring force is produced under pressure which causes the ski  3  to return into its original position as quick as possible. 
   The force introduction of the user or snow sportsman is thus effected via force introduction regions F 4 , F 5 , F 6 , F 7  wherein the ski  3  has a large bending stiffness  9 . Between the force introduction regions F 4 , F 5  and F 6 , F 7  the bending stiffness of the ski  3  is reduced  8 . As shown in  FIG. 5  the arrangement of various bending stiffness regions may be repeated several times proceeding from the force introduction regions in the direction of the ski middle  7  or in the direction of the ski flex  1 ,  1 ′, wherein the force introduction regions may be differently distanced. The arrangement of the tabs  13  may be supplemented at the force introduction regions F 4  and/or F 5  and/or F 6  and/or F 7  so that e.g. eight or any greater number of force introduction regions may be arranged on the ski  3 . 
     FIG. 10  shows a ski  3  according to this invention with two force transmission tabs  13 , similar to that described in  FIG. 9 . The force introduction of the user or snow sportsman is however effected merely via three force introduction regions F 1 , F 4 , F 5  where the ski  3  is thick and/or has a large bending stiffness  9 . Between the force introduction regions F 4 , F 1  and F 1 , F 5  the bending stiffness of the ski is reduced  8 . As shown in  FIG. 5  the arrangement of various bending stiffness regions may be repeated several times proceeding from the force introduction regions in the direction of the ski middle  7  or in the direction of the ski flex  1 ,  1 ′, wherein the force introduction regions maybe differently distanced. The arrangement of the force transmission tabs  13  on the force introduction regions F 4  and/or F 1  and/or F 5  may be infinitely supplemented according to the same principle so that several force introduction regions may be arranged on the ski  3 . 
     FIG. 11  shows a ski  3  according to this invention described by way of  FIGS. 2 and 3  which in the region of the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  comprises means for resilience and/or shock absorbing between the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  and the ski  3 . The resilience means and/or shock absorbing means  15  preferably contain a compression or tension spring and/or an air or oil cylinder or another elastic or damping element. 
     FIG. 12  shows a ski  3  according to this invention as described by  FIG. 9  but which in the region of the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  comprises means  15  for resilience and/or shock absorbing between the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  and the force transmission tabs  13 , and/or in the region of the force introduction regions F 4 , F 5 , F 6 , F 7  comprises means for resilience and/or shock absorbing between the force transmission tabs  13  and the ski  3 . The resilience means and/or the shock absorbing means  15  preferably contain a compression or tension spring and/or an air cylinder or oil cylinder or another elastic or damping element. 
     FIG. 13  shows a ski  3  according to this invention as described in view of  FIGS. 2 and 3 , equipped with a ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  which in its bending stiffness is computed so that during the travelled curve it bends so that it just corresponds to the radius for the ski  3  predefined by the ski manufacturer. In other words the main load of the intrinsic weight and the centrifugal force of the user or snow sportsman in the travelled curve is mainly introduced into the ski  3  at the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3  into the ski  3 , while the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  in the middle of the ski  7  only slightly contacts the ski  3 . The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  is assembled onto the ski  3  in the form of one or more plates, rails, tubes or other elements, or by various materials forms a unit with the ski  3 , for example it is adhered to the ski  3 . 
     FIG. 14  shows a ski  3  according to this invention as described by way of  FIGS. 2 ,  3 , equipped with a specifically computed ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  as described in view of  FIG. 13 . The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  or rail, tube or other elements are integrated in the ski  3  or are e.g. in the form of carbon fiber strips. Alternatively the force and/or bending stiffness for the bending of the specifically computed ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14 , in order to correspond to the predefined radius of the ski  3 , may also be calculated into the thickness or bending stiffness of the ski  3  so that the force introduction of the user or snow sportsman is effected mainly via the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3 . 
   The materials of the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14 , rails, tubes or other elements and/or the materials of the ski or the materials which are integrated into the ski are e.g. connected to one another so that they permit a length compensation between the various materials (see  FIG. 16 ). This may e.g. be achieved by one or more layers of elastic elements which in the longitudinal direction are installed onto or into the ski  3  and permit a length compensation between the individual layers of the various materials, or by other specific construction types which permit a length compensation. 
   In  FIG. 15  there is shown one embodiment for the resilience and damping at the force introduction regions F 2  and F 3 . Such a resilience and damping comprises a spring element  17 , for example a helical spring or an elastic element (cf. element  18  in  FIG. 16 ), and/or a damping element  21 , for example an air or oil cylinder. The strength of the damping may be set by a setting mechanism  19  by which means the stiffness of the ski  3  may also be indirectly varied. The resilience and damping may be incorporated between the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  and the ski  3 , or in the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14 . It may be integrated in the ski  3  or (as in  FIG. 12 ) may be attached at the force introduction regions F 4 , F 5 , F 6 , F 7  between the force transmission tabs  13  and the ski  3 . The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  or the force transmission tab  13  is fastened on the ski  3  by a fastening element  22 . With the resilience and damping, shocks are absorbed by way of the bending of the ski  3  and in the reverse manner a recoil is produced. On bending of the ski  3  a potential force is produced which with the return to the natural position of the ski  3  is reduced again because the ski  3  is forced to return into the initial position. 
     FIG. 16  shows an alternative arrangement with resilience and damping on a ski  3  according to this invention. At least one elastic and/or damping material  17  is installed between the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  and the ski  3 . It also assists the length compensation between the ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  and the ski  3 . It may be attached at the same locations as in  FIG. 15  and produces a recoil in an analogous manner to that described by  FIG. 15 . The ski guide pressure reinforcement plate  14  is fastened on the ski  3  by an elastic and/or damping fastening element  18 . 
     FIGS. 17-21  show various construction types, by which the ski according to this invention may be realized with various reinforced or reduced regions of stiffness. Without reinforcement in the region X the ski in the curve would bend uniformly in the region X+Y. With attached reinforcements the ski in the curve is forced to bend in the region Y between the attached reinforcements just as the ski would normally bend in the region X+Y. The region Y is loaded more for an equal bending. The material reaches its upper elasticity limit quicker which permits a higher force transmission while maintaining the good bending characteristics. The ski is stabilized in a more efficient manner and vibrations are better absorbed. 
     FIG. 17  shows cut-outs of a ski according to this invention with reinforced or reduced regions of bending stiffness, wherein the ski e.g. has thick or thin regions. Alternatively, the various bending stiffness regions may be realized with materials whose bending stiffnesses are different or with mixtures of different materials or specific construction types, which change the bending stiffness of the ski. 
     FIG. 18  shows cut-outs of a ski according to this invention with reinforced or reduced regions of bending stiffness, wherein on the ski or integrated into the ski there is attached a reinforcement in the form of a tab, a plate, of rails or tubes, of carbon fibers or of other elements which are attached in the longitudinal axis as one piece or as several pieces distanced to one another. 
     FIG. 19  shows cut-outs of a ski according to this invention with reinforced or reduced regions of bending stiffness, wherein on the ski or integrated in the ski a reinforcement in the form of several tabs, plates, rails, tubes, carbon fibers or other elements are attached in a layered manner, possibly different in length, in the longitudinal axis as one piece or several pieces distanced to one another. 
     FIG. 20  shows cut-outs of a ski according to this invention with reinforced or reduced regions of bending stiffness, wherein on the ski or integrated in the ski a reinforcement in the form of several tabs, plates, rails, tubes, carbon fibers or other elements are attached in a layered manner, possibly different in length, in one or several blocks, possibly in different lengths and differently distanced to one another. 
   Finally,  FIG. 21  shows a ski  3  according to this invention in the region of the force transmission system  2  in that the ski comprises a reinforcement/reduction of the bending stiffness as explained in view of  FIGS. 17-20  and/or on the ski or in the ski there is attached a force transmission tab  13  as described by way of  FIG. 9 , or a plate  14  as described by way of  FIG. 16 . 
   Other combinations of the above-cited embodiment forms are possible. With the knowledge of this invention it is also possible for the man skilled in the art to design further embodiment forms which accomplish the same or similar results as the subject matter of this invention. 
   INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
   The entire disclosure including the specification, the drawings and the claims of the parent co-pending U.S. patent application, having Ser. No. 09/914,275, filed on 15 Jan. 2002, entitled SKI GUIDE INTENSIFIER PRESSURE PLATE, is incorporated, by reference thereto, into this specification.