Patent ID: 8408579

Claim:
A ski adapted to support a user's boot, said ski comprising: a front tip; a rear end; a central portion positioned between the front tip and the rear end; the central portion, when positioned on a planar surface, forms at least two contact lines with said planar surface, said at least two contact lines comprising: a front contact line positioned closer to the front tip than to the rear end; a rear contact line positioned closer to the rear end than to the front tip; a distance separating the front contact line from the front tip being greater than 500 millimeters; a shovel extending from the front contact line to the front tip, said shovel comprising: a first shovel portion having a lateral profile contained within a space between a first pair of circular arcs, said first pair of circular arcs being a first circular arc having a radius of 5 meters and a second circular arc having a radius of 9 meters, each of said first pair of circular arcs extending through a point of the front contact line and tangent to a lateral profile of said central portion; a second shovel portion contiguous to said first shovel portion, said second shovel portion having a lateral profile contained within a space between a second pair of circular arcs, said second pair of circular arcs being a first circular arc having a radius of 1 meter and a second circular arc having a radius of 9 meters, each of said second pair of circular arcs extending through a forward end point of the lateral profile of the first shovel portion and tangent to the lateral profile of said first shovel portion.