Patent ID: 8720935

Claim:
A ski with a connecting device for connecting a ski binding comprising a front and rear cup piece to the ski, comprising a plate-type support body for the front and rear cup pieces, which support body is designed at its front end portion to retain the front cup piece and at its rear end portion to retain the rear cup piece, and the support body has a fixing zone in its longitudinal middle portion for rigidly connecting to the ski, and at least the front end portion of the support body constitutes a flexural element extending freely with respect to the fixing zone and to the ski, the lengthways end of which facing away from the fixing zone is connected to the ski by means of at least one mechanical coupling device so as to be relatively displaceable, wherein the freely extending flexural element is made from plastic, and the coupling device comprises a connecting arm which has a first articulated connection to the flexural element in its first end portion and a second articulated connection to the ski in its second end portion, and the first or second articulated connection is disposed on a guide carriage displaceable in a sliding movement in the ski longitudinal direction, and a restrictor element is provided for suppressing, restricting or inhibiting lifting movements of the flexural element relative to the ski.