Patent ID: 8096573

Claim:
A gliding board comprising: an elongated structural beam having a length defining a longitudinal direction; a bottom gliding element having a pair of transversely opposed sides; a lower reinforcement structure; a lateral running edge extending along each of the sides of the bottom gliding element, each said running edge having a body and an anchoring blade, the anchoring blades of the running edges being oriented opposite one another and each of the anchoring blades projecting from a respective body laterally inwardly within the beam; an inextensible connecting element connecting the anchoring blades of the opposed running edges at least along a portion of the length of the beam; said connecting element comprising a plurality of anchoring segments, each of the plurality of anchoring segments extending between, anchored to, and oriented co-extensive with the anchoring blades to be tensioned to oppose separation forces of the anchoring blades; the anchoring segments of the connecting element being oriented in the extension of, or in the extension and alignment of, the anchoring blades.