Device for mounting a brake on a ski

For use with a ski binding having a slide bar extending longitudinally of the ski and mounted in a fixed position in use on the ski, a ski brake comprising a heel plate having coupling means for slidably engaging said slide bar longitudinally of the ski for removably coupling and fixing said ski brake thereon without movement transverse of said slide bar, means on said heel plate to releasably fix said heel plate axially on said slide bar, said heel plate having pivotally mounted thereon at least one brake lever, means on said heel plate pivotally mounting said brake lever, biasing means constantly biasing said brake to an operative position for braking a ski when mounted thereon, pedal means pivotally mounted on a forward end of said heel plate extending toward a rear end of said ski in use and having means cooperative with said brake lever for actuating said brake lever to a retracted position and for rendering said biasing means ineffective when said pedal is pressed in a direction downwardly toward said ski with a predetermined pressure overcoming said biasing means.