Patent ID: 7338066

Claim:
A method for producing a board-like gliding device comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one decorative layer and at least first and second strength-related layers; (b) providing a core between the strength-related layers; (c) providing a cover layer and a coating of a gliding surface, at least the cover layer comprising an at least partly transparent material; (d) providing a variably shapeable background layer; (e) securing a structure-providing layer having a surface structure structured by at least one of recesses or elevations on a side of the variably shapeable background layer facing the core; (f) providing a transparent adhesive layer between the cover layer and the variably shapeable background layer; and (g) joining at least the at least one decorative layer, the first and second strength-related layers, the core, the cover layer, the coating, the variably shapeable background layer, the structure-providing layer, and the transparent adhesive layer together in a hot compression molding cycle via a heated platen molding device to form a one-piece composite body constituting the board-like gliding device; wherein the transparent adhesive layer joins the background layer with the cover layer to form a visual background for the cover layer; and wherein the surface structure of the structure-providing layer is at least partly permanently transferred to the background layer via pressure and heat acting on the structure-providing layer and the background layer while the at least one decorative layer, the first and second strength-related layers, the core, the cover layer, the coating, the variably shapeable background layer, the structure-providing layer, and the transparent adhesive layer are being joined during the hot compression molding cycle.