Abstract: The invention relates to a heel-piece for binding a boot on a gliding board that includes a frame including a vertical extension; a body rotatably mounted about the extension; at least two rods supported by the body, extending on respective sides of the vertical extension, the two rods each having a free end to cooperate with a housing in the heel of the boot; and a holding mechanism for maintaining a spacing between the free ends of the rods. The vertical extension supports at least one contact zone fixed in relation to the frame. Each rod cooperates with a respective portion of the contact zone, specific to each rod. The contact zone is arranged such that a rotation of the body about the extension, from a descent configuration, causes an increased spacing between the two rods. The invention also relates to a binding system and a gliding board equipped with such a binding.

Abstract: An article of footwear including an outer sole assembly, the outer sole assembly extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise between a free surface and a connection surface, the outer sole assembly including a core made of a first material. The core of the outer sole assembly includes a plate that demarcates the connection surface, as well as at least one boss that projects from the plate towards the free surface. The outer sole assembly includes an outer layer made of a second material, the outer layer at least partially demarcating the free surface, the outer layer at least partially covering the plate and at least partially covering a boss.

Abstract: A gliding device includes a gliding board, a mechanism for binding a boot to the gliding board; the binding mechanism including a retaining device allowing rotation of the boot about an axis transverse to the gliding board; and an arrangement for applying a pulling force on the shovel of the gliding board. The arrangement for applying a pulling force on the shovel is not elastic; and the gliding device further includes a device for adjusting the length of the pulling arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a helmet that includes an outer shell and a cap, the cap being comprised of a material such as EPS or EPP and arranged inside the shell. The shell has an upper portion designed to cover at least the crown portion of the skull, the cap further comprising a first layer having a thickness covering substantially the upper portion and a plurality of pads of height projecting from the first layer towards the head, the first layer and the pads forming a single piece, and the height of the pads being greater than the thickness of the first layer.

Abstract: A gliding apparatus includes four gliding bodies that can be selectively separated or assembled together. In the assembled configuration, the first and second gliding bodies form opposite lateral portions of the gliding apparatus, and the third and fourth gliding bodies form a longitudinally extending intermediate gliding body defining a median portion of the gliding apparatus. A device to affix the four gliding bodies together includes first and second assembly elements that are affixed, respectively, to the third and fourth gliding bodies to form the intermediate gliding body. The first assembly element includes at least a first longitudinal projection, projecting from the fourth gliding body and designed to extend over an upper surface of the third gliding body. The first longitudinal projection of the first assembly element is designed to be engaged with the second assembly element to limit relative longitudinal spacing between the third and fourth gliding bodies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving a boot on a gliding apparatus, such device comprising a binding base extending along a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and widthwise from a first side to a second side; a heel loop extending in the direction of the rear end of the receiving device, the heel loop being self-supported by at least one attachment point, the heel loop being connected to the binding base by a connection system comprising at least one point of attachment with the binding base. The connection system between the heel loop and the binding base enables relative spacing or approaching movement between the heel loop and the binding base, and comprises at least one connecting element connecting the rear portion of the heel loop to the binding base and limiting the spacing between the binding base and the rear portion while allowing the approaching movement.

Abstract: A toe-piece for binding a boot to a gliding board, the toe-piece including a first front boot-retaining device and a second front boot-retaining device. The first front boot-retaining device is designed for ascending a slope and includes boot-fastening mechanisms defining a hinge axis about which the boot pivots when the toe-piece is in an ascent configuration. The second front boot-retaining device is designed for descending a slope and includes two wings each supporting a lateral interface surface designed to come into contact with a front portion of the boot when the toe-piece is in a descent configuration. The toe-piece also includes a longitudinal stop surface movable between an active position in which it is designed to cooperate with the front portion of the boot, and an inactive position in which it is arranged so that it is no longer capable of cooperating with the front portion of the boot. The longitudinal stop surface is movable in relation to the wings.

Abstract: A sports boot that includes a lower portion designed to surround the foot of a user, an upper portion provided to surround the lower leg of the user and movable in relation to the lower portion, mechanisms for blocking the lower portion in relation to the upper portion. The upper portion includes a lateral portion and a medial portion, disjointed and each rotationally articulated with the lower portion. The blocking mechanisms includes a blocking element movable in relation to the lower portion between a blocking position, in which the blocking mechanisms at least partially lock the movements of the upper portion in relation to the lower portion, and an unblocking position in which the blocking mechanisms allow free movements of the upper portion in relation to the lower portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe comprising, from within the shoe, a first flexible textile layer (10, 16) forming a sock, and a reinforcing structure (3) in which the textile layer is arranged and to which it is fixed using fixing means.

Abstract: A sports boot having a rigid shell base designed to hold the foot of a user, the shell base including a sole and two lateral sides extending from the sole and defining an upper recess therebetween. The boot includes a mechanism for tightening the shell base around the foot of the user, the tightening mechanism including a filiform element for tightening the sides towards one another, the filiform element being tightened by pivoting a lever of the mechanism. The lever is provided to be pivoted in a notch of a rack designed to cover the two sides of the shell base in the tightened configuration and to bend the sides towards the sole under the pivoting action of the lever. The rack extends across the upper recess E2.

Abstract: An article of footwear (1) comprising a first casing (21), the first casing (21) extending lengthwise from a rear end (24) to a front end (25), widthwise between a lateral edge (26) and a medial edge (27), and heightwise from a base (28) to an upper end (29), the first casing (21) comprising yarns (44, 45, 46, 47, 48) linked to one another mechanically, at least a portion of the yarns comprising at least one hot-melt filament. The yarns (44, 45, 46, 47, 48) comprising at least one hot-melt filament are distributed over the entire first casing (21), and the shape of the first casing (21) is set by melting the yarns comprising at least one hot-melt filament.

Abstract: A pole/wearable article assembly that includes a pole, a handle for the pole, and a wearable article designed to at least partially cover a user's hand. The wearable article includes an element for fastening to the handle. The handle includes the following: a body having a housing to receive the fastening element; a retaining element cooperating with the fastening element when the latter is within the rear housing; and a latch. The retaining element is movable in relation to the body between a position for retaining the fastening element and a position for releasing this fastening element. The latch is movable between a locking position in which the latch cooperates with the retaining element so as to maintain the retaining element in its retaining position, and an unlocking position in which the latch no longer cooperates with the retaining element to maintain it in its retaining position. The handle of the assembly includes a return mechanism biasing the latch towards its locking position.

Abstract: A toe-piece for binding a boot to a gliding board, the toe-piece including a frame; two wings each pivotable in relation to the frame about an axis of rotation and supporting a lateral interface surface designed to come into contact with a front portion of the boot when the toe-piece is in a descent configuration. The toe-piece further includes a lateral release mechanism that includes a connecting element connected to the wings such that the displacement of the connecting element causes the rotation of the wings about their axes of rotation; a first elastic member, a first end of which is connected to the connecting member; and a body against which a second end of the first elastic member presses.

Abstract: An end piece for a pole and a pole including such end piece, the end piece including a basket including a housing for receiving a distal end of a shaft of the pole, as well as a locking ring for surrounding at least a portion of the housing. The housing is demarcated by a wall supporting at least one catch provided, at a first end, with a nub configured to extend within the housing, the catch being capable of assuming a plurality of configurations corresponding to various radial positions of the nub. The ring is shaped to limit the radial displacement of the first end of the catch outward of the housing when the ring is assembled to the basket.