Ski brake

A ski brake having a lever assembly (6, 10, 11) adapted to be mounted on a top surface of a ski with a pivotal axis disposed in close proximity to the top surface of the ski at least approximately transversely to the length of the ski, said lever assembly including first arm means pivotally connected to said ski about said pivotal axis for carrying (6) second arm means (10, 11), said second arm means comprising two brake wings extending generally longitudinally and having end portions disposed beyond the sides of the ski when the brake is in a braking condition, a pedal adapted for pivotal connection to the ski and (19) operable by a ski boot for actuating and moving the ski brake from the braking condition to an inoperative condition, and spring bias means for moving the brake wings laterally with respect to the ski so that the ski brake automatically assumes its braking condition upon removal of a boot from the pedal, the ski brake being characterised in that pivot connection means pivotally connect each brake wing (10, 11) to the said first arm means (6), the pivot connection means including two pivot pins (12) positioned at right-angles to the said first arm means, and that connection means connect the pedal directly to the brake wings so that, when said first arm means is parallel to the ski surface, movement of the pedal (19) swings the wings relatively to said first arm means to the inoperative condition wherein the two brake wings are disposed above and parallel to the ski surface with their end portions forced towards each other.