Foldable gliding sports apparatus, wherein the foldable gliding sports apparatus is preferably controllable by upper body and/or arms and/or hands and/or fingers, which gliding sports apparatus extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge in an intended direction of overflow when it is fastened to a user, and wherein the gliding sports apparatus (25, 25') at least comprises: - two shoulder ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the shoulder ribs is connectable fixedly to an upper arm of the user but is rotatable about the axis of the upper arm, - two arm ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the arm ribs is fixedly connectable to a lower arm of the user; - two hand ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the hand ribs is connectable fixedly to a hand of the user, - a back airfoil which is formed between the two shoulder ribs, and - two arm airfoils, which are formed in each case between a shoulder rib and a hand rib. wherein each of the two arm airfoils is divided into an upper-arm airfoil, which is formed between the respective shoulder rib and arm rib, and a lower-arm airfoil, which is formed between the respective arm rib and hand rib; characterized in that - the gliding sports apparatus comprises a receiving element (15, 22, 23) for at least partially receiving an arm of the user, wherein the shoulder rib and the arm rib are fastened fixedly to the receiving element, wherein the receiving element is formed from an upper-arm receiving element for receiving the upper arm and a lower-arm receiving element for receiving the lower arm, which are connected to one another by way of a flexible connection and which, together, form a torsionally stable receiving element, and wherein the shoulder rib is provided on the upper-arm receiving element and the arm rib is provided on the lower-arm receiving element. - two shoulder ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the shoulder ribs is connectable fixedly to an upper arm of the user but is rotatable about the axis of the upper arm, - two arm ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the arm ribs is fixedly connectable to a lower arm of the user; - two hand ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the hand ribs is connectable fixedly to a hand of the user, - a back airfoil which is formed between the two shoulder ribs, and - two arm airfoils, which are formed in each case between a shoulder rib and a hand rib. wherein each of the two arm airfoils is divided into an upper-arm airfoil, which is formed between the respective shoulder rib and arm rib, and a lower-arm airfoil, which is formed between the respective arm rib and hand rib; - the gliding sports apparatus comprises a receiving element (15, 22, 23) for at least partially receiving an arm of the user, wherein the shoulder rib and the arm rib are fastened fixedly to the receiving element, wherein the receiving element is formed from an upper-arm receiving element for receiving the upper arm and a lower-arm receiving element for receiving the lower arm, which are connected to one another by way of a flexible connection and which, together, form a torsionally stable receiving element, and wherein the shoulder rib is provided on the upper-arm receiving element and the arm rib is provided on the lower-arm receiving element.