Brake for installation on a snow ski

A brake mechanism for installation on a snow ski having a top surface and a bottom surface interconnected by two side surfaces, comprising mounting carrier means for securing said brake mechanism to said top surface, a fulcrum formed by said carrier means, lever means having two arms for transmitting a braking force to a level below said bottom surface, said fulcrum including journal means having a journal shaft for mounting said lever means intermediate said two arms to said carrier means for tilting about said journal shaft said two arms of said lever means including an operating lever arm and at least one brake lever arm having a brake end arranged for engaging the ground in a brake operated position and for assuming a resting position at a level at least above said bottom surface, said operating lever arm extending approximately radially relative to said journal axis and upwardly in a forward direction as viewed by a skier, said operating lever arm having an insertion opening means for inserting a brake operating member so that a skier can pull said brake operating member substantially in a horizontal direction opposite to said forward direction for rotating said operating lever arm about said journal shaft in an upward direction while simultaneously rotating said brake lever arm about said journal shaft in a downward direction for applying a braking force.