Abstract: A snow gliding board includes an upper protective layer and an internal mechanical structuring beam. The upper protective layer partially covers the internal beam, without significantly influencing the mechanical behavior defined by the internal beam while also including a visible skin, and a 3D visible decorative element which projects above the skin while being fixed in a cutout perforated in the visible skin.

Abstract: A snow gliding board comprises an upper protective layer (5) and an internal mechanical structuring beam (21). The upper protective layer (5) partially covers the internal beam (21), without significantly influencing the mechanical behavior defined by this internal beam (21), and comprises a visible skin (7), and a 3D visible decorative element (6) which projects above this skin (7) while being fixed in a cutout (8) perforated in the visible skin.

Abstract: This method relates to the manufacture of a gliding board having a non-rectangular cross-section including an upper assembly including at least one upper protective layer and a fibre stiffener impregnated with a thermosetting resin, a polyurethane foam-based core, and a lower assembly including a base of the board. The method involves placing the lower assembly and the upper assembly in a mould, and then injecting a reactive mixture into a space enclosed between the lower assembly and the upper assembly in order to produce an expanded polyurethane foam. The thermosetting resin used to impregnate the fibre stiffener is based on polyurethane and the expanded foam of the core comes into direct contact with the fibre stiffener.

Abstract: A board for gliding over snow, more particularly for children, includes a structure made of just one homogeneous material of an injected thermoplastic polymer, two metal side edges with wings, bordering the bottom surface forming the gliding surface. The structure includes a top surface and a bottom surface forming a gliding surface, and defines a hollow volume. The wings of the metal side edges are embedded in the homogeneous material of an injected thermoplastic polymer material of the structure.

Abstract: A short ski (1) having a length LT of less than 110 cm, in particular for skiing by children, having a reduced-thickness region (3) in its central zone (2), which is bounded at the front and the rear by maximum-thickness regions (4, 5) each capable of holding the elements (6, 7) of a safety binding, said ski having an overall flexibility (SG), that is to say a flexure under deformation by a force F of 20 decanewtons applied to the upper surface of the ski midway between the two supporting points respectively lying level with the front contact line (LCFR) and rear contact line (LCRE), which is between: L p 3 H max 2 × 10 - 5 ? ? and ? ? L p 3 H max 2 × 2.10 - 5 expressed in millimeters, where Lp is the bearing length as defined between the front and rear contact lines and Hmax is the maximum thickness of the ski, both expressed in millimeters.

Abstract: A device (1) for mounting the components of a safety binding on a ski (2), comprising: a rigid platform (3) that extends over the entire length of the area in which the binding is mounted and comprises lateral slides (12); an elastomer element (4) that extends under the rigid platform (3) and is intended to come into contact with the upper surface of the ski (2); two limit stops (6) and (5), front and back respectively, that cooperate with the rigid platform (3) in order to restrict its longitudinal displacement; a rear plate (7) capable of accommodating the heel piece of the binding, said rear plate (7) being mechanically linked to the rigid platform (3) and secured on the board through retention elements (42, 44) that are directly fixed on the ski either side of the rigid platform (3).

Abstract: A board for gliding over snow, more particularly for children, comprises a running surface forming a bottom-surface element (6) bordered by two metal side edges (8) with wings (18), a top surface (7) and a core (13) defined between the running surface (6) and the top surface (7), produced by injection of a thermoplastic polymer material, said core (13) having a hollow volume (14). The running surface forming the bottom-surface element (6) is produced with the polymer material of the core (13). The wings (18) of the metal side edges (8) are embedded in said polymer material of the core (13) and of the running surface forming the bottom-surface element (6).

Abstract: A short ski (1) having a length LT of less than 110 cm, in particular for skiing by children, having a reduced-thickness region (3) in its central zone (2), which is bounded at the front and the rear by maximum-thickness regions (4, 5) each capable of holding the elements (6, 7) of a safety binding, said ski having an overall flexibility (SG), that is to say a flexure under deformation by a force F of 20 decanewtons applied to the upper surface of the ski midway between the two supporting points respectively lying level with the front contact line (LCFR) and rear contact line (LCRE), which is between: L p 3 H max 2 × 10 - 5 ? ? ? and ? ? ? L p 3 H max 2 × 2.10 - 5 expressed in millimeters, where Lp is the bearing length as defined between the front and rear contact lines and Hmax is the maximum thickness of the ski, both expressed in millimeters.

Abstract: An alpine ski includes a board for gliding which has a zone for attaching a ski boot binding assembly on its upper face, which assembly includes a toe stop and a heel binding. A thickness of the board at a front portion of the zone is greater than a thickness of the board at a rear portion of the zone so that the front portion is elevated with respect to the rear portion. A rigid plate, located on the board in the zone, has a front part for attaching the toe stop and a rear part for attaching the heel binding. The front part of the rigid plate is rigidly secured to the front portion of the zone. The rear part of the rigid plate overlies the rear portion of the zone and is separated from the upper face of the rear portion by a gap for permitting relative movement between the board and the rear part of the rigid plate.

Abstract: A board for gliding has an upper face which includes a zone for fitting the binding. The fitting zone is centered with respect to the point for fitting the mid-point of the boot, and receives the toe stop of a binding in its front portion and the heel binding in its rear portion. The board includes a step between the front portion of the fitting zone and the rear portion of the fitting zone, and is modified such that gliding board at the front portion of the fitting zone is thicker than the gliding board at the rear portion of the fitting zone.

Abstract: A vibration damper device (1) intended to be mounted on a sports article such as, in particular, a tennis or squash racket, a gliding board or a golf club, whereinthe device includes at least two elements (3, 4) superposed to form a stack and mounted so as to slide relative to one another, each element (3, 4) in said stack being secured to the article by one end, the ends (13, 14) of the adjacent elements being offset relative to one another so that the deformations of the article (8) due to the vibrations cause the adjacent elements (3, 4) to slideand at least one of the superposed elements (4) is magnetized, one of the other elements (3) in the stack being made of a material which is sensitive to the magnetic field generated by the magnetized element (4).

Abstract: A ski damper which can be inserted into a hole formed in the ski blade comprises a pair of housing portions which can be joined together from opposite sides of the blade to define a receptacle in which a disk is shiftable between a pair of foam rings. The disk is composed of a material having a specific gravity greater than 10 and has a thickness/diameter ratio between 1/3 and 1/30 and damps primarily vibrations in the frequency range between 100 and 200 Hz.