Gliding board for snow

A gliding board comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally spaced apart ends comprising:
• a forwardmost tip;
• a rearwardmost tail;
• a front section including a shovel extending longitudinally forwardly to the tip;
• a rear section spaced rearwardly from said shovel, said rear section extending longitudinally to the tail;
• an intermediate section extending longitudinally between the front section and the rear section;
• the front section, the rear section, and the intermediate section each including superimposed components as follows:
• a gliding sole providing a bottom surface of the gliding board;
• a top layer;
• an intermediate structure including a compression-resistant core;
• a lower reinforcement structure positioned below the intermediate structure and above the gliding sole, said lower reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said lower reinforcement structure comprising at least one lower reinforcement layer;
• an upper reinforcement structure positioned above the intermediate structure and below the top layer, said upper reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said upper reinforcement structure comprising at least one upper reinforcement layer;
• at least one of the front section and the rear section encompassing the following:
• a longitudinally extending zone extending to one of said ends, said longitudinally extending zone having a width less than a width of the gliding board;
• at least one of the lower reinforcement structure and the upper reinforcement structure being weakened within said longitudinally extending zone compared to outside said longitudinally extending zone;
• the intermediate structure further comprising a connecting element interposed width-wise within a vertical slit in said compression-resistant core, said connecting element and said core providing the intermediate structure with width-wise continuity;
• the core and the connecting element being made of different materials, the connecting element not being compression-resistant;
• the connecting element having a width that is larger than a width of said zone.

A gliding board comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally spaced apart ends comprising:
• a forwardmost tip;
• a rearwardmost tail;
• a front section including a shovel extending longitudinally forwardly to the tip;
• a rear section spaced rearwardly from said shovel, said rear section extending longitudinally to the tail;
• an intermediate section extending longitudinally between the front section and the rear section;
• a side cut radii of less than 15 meters;
• the front section, the rear section, and the intermediate section each including superimposed components as follows:
• a gliding sole providing a bottom surface of the gliding board;
• a top layer;
• an intermediate structure including a compression-resistant core;
• the intermediate structure further comprises a connecting element interposed width-wise within a vertical slit in said compression-resistant core, said connecting element and core providing the intermediate structure with width-wise continuity;
• the core and the connecting element are made of different materials, the connecting element not being compression-resistant, the core and the connecting element having identical thicknesses;
• a lower reinforcement structure positioned below the intermediate structure and above the gliding sole, said lower reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said lower reinforcement structure comprising at least one lower reinforcement layer;
• an upper reinforcement structure positioned above the intermediate structure and below the top layer, said upper reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said upper reinforcement structure comprising at least one upper reinforcement layer;
• at least one of the front section and the rear section encompassing the following:
• a longitudinally extending zone extending to one of said ends, said longitudinally extending zone having a width less than a width of the gliding board;
• at least one of the lower reinforcement structure and the upper reinforcement structure being weakened within said longitudinally extending zone compared to outside said longitudinally extending zone.

A ski comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally spaced apart ends comprising:
• a forwardmost tip;
• a rearwardmost tail;
• a front section including a shovel extending longitudinally forwardly to the tip;
• a rear section spaced rearwardly from said front section, said rear section extending longitudinally to the tail;
• an intermediate section extending longitudinally between the front section and the rear section;
• the front section, the rear section, and the intermediate section each including superimposed components as follows:
• a gliding sole providing a bottom surface of the ski;
• a top layer;
• an intermediate structure including a compression-resistant core;
• a lower reinforcement structure positioned below the intermediate structure and above the gliding sole, said lower reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said lower reinforcement structure comprising at least one lower reinforcement layer;
• an upper reinforcement structure positioned above the intermediate structure and below the top layer, said upper reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said upper reinforcement structure comprising at least one upper reinforcement layer;
• a longitudinally extending front zone extending within the shovel to the tip, said front zone having a width less than a width of the shovel;
• a longitudinally extending rear zone extending within the rear section of the ski to the tail, said rear zone having a width less than a width of the rear section;
• the lower reinforcement structure and the upper reinforcement structure both having a weakened area, said weakened area of each of the lower and upper reinforcement structures being weakened within said front zone compared to outside said front zone;
• the lower reinforcement structure and the upper reinforcement structure both having a weakened area, said weakened area of each of the lower and upper reinforcement structures being weakened within said rear zone compared to outside said rear zone;
• the core of at least the rear section comprising a rigid core and a connecting element made of a different material than the remainder of the core, the connecting element being positioned in said rear zone and being transversely flexible;
• said connecting element of the rear section having a width that is larger than a width of said weakened area of said rear zone.

A gliding board comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally spaced apart ends comprising:
• a forwardmost tip;
• a rearwardmost tail;
• a front section including a shovel extending longitudinally forwardly to the tip;
• a rear section spaced rearwardly from said shovel, said rear section extending longitudinally to the tail;
• an intermediate section extending longitudinally between the front section and the rear section;
• the front section, the rear section, and the intermediate section each including superimposed components as follows:
• a gliding sole providing a bottom surface of the gliding board;
• a top layer;
• an intermediate structure including a compression-resistant core;
• the intermediate structure further comprises a connecting element interposed width-wise within a vertical slit in said compression-resistant core, said connecting element and core providing the intermediate structure with width-wise continuity;
• the core and the connecting element are made of different materials, the connecting element not being compression-resistant, the core and the connecting element having identical thicknesses;
• a lower reinforcement structure positioned below the intermediate structure and above the gliding sole, said lower reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said lower reinforcement structure comprising at least one lower reinforcement layer;
• an upper reinforcement structure positioned above the intermediate structure and below the top layer, said upper reinforcement structure having a transversely extending width and a thickness, said upper reinforcement structure comprising at least one upper reinforcement layer;
• at least one of the front section and the rear section encompassing the following:
• a longitudinally extending zone extending to one of said ends, said longitudinally extending zone having a width less than a width of the gliding board;
• at least one of the lower reinforcement structure and the upper reinforcement structure being weakened within said longitudinally extending zone compared to outside said longitudinally extending zone;
• said connecting element having a width that is larger than a width of said longitudinally extending zone.