Patent ID: 6843496

Claim:
A board for gliding on snow, the board comprising: a longitudinally extending core having proximal and distal ends; a gliding sole affixedly positioned beneath said core and extending substantially from the proximal to the distal end of the core; and at least one load carrying structural element selected from the group consisting of an upper reinforcement layer affixedly positioned above said core and extending substantially from the proximal to the distal end of the core, a lower reinforcement layer affixedly positioned between said core and said gliding sole and extending substantially from the proximal to the distal end of the core, a pair of running edges affixedly positioned at opposite lateral sides of the gliding sole and extending substantially from the proximal to the distal end of the core; wherein at least one of the at least one load carrying structural element is formed from a bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy material, and wherein wherein the bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy has an elastic limit up to 1.2% or more and a critical cooling rate of 1000 K/s or less.