Patent ID: 7090621

Claim:
A ski exercising apparatus, comprising: a set of at least two parallel, partially arcuate rails joined to an underlying frame structure at opposite ends, the rails providing a track rising from each end; a wheeled carriage riding on the track, such that the carriage, in side-to-side movement rises to a maximum height at the center of the track, and descends from the center to each side; at least one articulated footpad mounted to the wheeled carriage; and a set of three power bands; characterized in that the power bands are arranged concentrically, with an outer, an inner, and a middle band, joined at one point each to the wheeled carriage and at at least two points each to the underlying frame structure, and in that the attachment of the middle power band to the underlying frame structure is through a pair of adjustment mechanisms having two rollers each, the adjustment mechanisms attached to the underlying frame structure on each side of center.