Patent ID: 8641055

Claim:
A snow ski comprising: a base having a top adapted to be connected to a snow machine and a gliding surface disposed at the bottom thereof for traveling over snow, the gliding surface extending in a longitudinal direction positionable to correspond to a desired direction of travel; a pair of keels integral to and extending downwardly from the base, said keels and a portion of said base therebetween defining a snow channel, with one of the pair of keels being shorter than the other one of the pair of keels, with said shorter one of the pair of keels being outboard from said other one of the pair of keels; a pair of wear bars extending along the bottom of the pair of keels, with an outboard wear bar being shorter than an inboard wear bar; and a pair of wings, one extending laterally from one of said pair of keels, and the other extending laterally from the other of said pair of keels, with a thickness of said pair of wings being smaller than a thickness of the ski within the snow channel, and a pair of ribs defined at outermost edges of said wings, said ribs being substantially thicker than other portions of said pair of wings.