Abstract: The present invention relates to ski having a tip portion, a tail portion and a waist portion between the tip portion and the tail portion. In accordance with the present invention, the ski has a wider tip and tail than do conventional skis. This widening of tip and tail are coupled with an exaggerated "side cut" or curvature of at least in the inside edge of the ski. A ski according the present invention has an exaggerated tip between 1.5 to 2.25 times the narrowest point of the waist and an exaggerated tail with a ratio of 1.05 to 2.14 times the narrowest point of the waist.