Abstract: A ski manufactured to have screw holes for receiving binding mounting screws in the intermediate mounting zone of the ski. The screw holes correspond in number and position to the arrangement of mounting screws of at least one binding apparatus for binding a shoe or boot to the ski. The screw holes can be made by molding or machining the exterior envelope and inner core layer of the ski and can be capped or filled with plugs. The screw holes are preferably covered with a protection sheet provided with corresponding references designating the location of the covered screw holes. Manufacturing skis to have pre-bored screw holes eliminates the need for templates and boring tools otherwise required when mounting bindings to skis which is normally performed in ski shops by the retailer.