Patent ID: 8448974

Claim:
A board-like sliding device in the form of a ski or snowboard, comprising a multi-layered sliding board body with a strength-relating upper layer, at least one strength-relating lower layer, at least one cover layer forming an upper side of the sliding board body having grooves arranged thereon, and at least one running surface coating forming a lower side of the sliding board body, a binding device for an optionally detachable connection with a sports shoe, and with at least one elongated force-transmitting element including side arms arranged at last partially within the grooves and supported on the upper side of the sliding board body for influencing the bending resistance or the vibrational behaviour of the sliding board body, and an engaging coupling means arranged between the lower side of the force-transmitting element and the upper side of the sliding board body, wherein the force-transmitting element is designed as a thin-walled shell body with a wall thickness of less than 5 mm, which has at least within the main part of its longitudinal extension a substantially U-shaped cross section.