Patent ID: 6857653

Claim:
A glider ski, comprising: a glider body having a tip end, a tail end, a running surface and a primary edge on each side of the running surface between the tip end and tail end, each side of the glider body having a continuous taper toward a center of the glider body from each of the tip end and tail end, the continuous taper defining a sidecut having a waist, wherein a width ratio of a maximum width of each of the tip end and tail end to a waist width is between 2:0.5 and 2:1.5, and the waist width is less than 40 mm, and wherein no part of the glider body extends past a vertical plane extending upwardly from each primary edge; and (b) a binding platform secured to the glider body at a binding assembly mounting position over the waist, the binding platform being configured to hold binding assembly spaced above the glider body.