Patent ID: 7900950

Claim:
Ski or snowboard in the form of a board-type gliding device, with a multi-layered gliding board body comprising at least one strength-imparting top belt, at least one strength-imparting bottom belt, at least one core disposed in between, at least one top layer constituting the top face of the gliding board body and at least one running surface facing constituting the bottom face of the gliding board body, and, at least one slot is provided in a middle portion of the gliding board body, which extends in the depth direction from the top face of the gliding board body in the direction towards the running surface facing and in a slot longitudinal direction, wherein the slot longitudinal direction is essentially parallel with a gliding board body longitudinal direction of the gliding board body to produce a cross-sectional weakening and reduce the stiffness of the gliding board body transversely to the gliding board body longitudinal direction and having at least one geometry-influencing means for producing a cross-sectional shape or contour of the gliding board body that is variable as a function of load, can be manually varied, or is variable as a function of load and can be manually varied, wherein the slot is covered by a bridging element which is elastically stretchable or widenable at least transversely to the longitudinal extension of the slot and the bridging element is designed so that it prevents snow from passing or getting inside the slot from the running surface facing in the direction towards the top face of the gliding board body.