Abstract: An alpine ski has an independent element forming the shovel and tip of the ski, this element being secured to the front end of the ski body which is provided with a slightly upwardly turned transverse edge abutting a shoulder upon a rear part of this element where it is attached to the ski.

Abstract: A tennis racket comprising an annular head and a shaft forming the handle, the head being spanned by stringing, has a pair of profiled members one of which is open-ended and forms the external periphery of the head and the sides of the shaft, the other profiled member being closed into a loop and forming the internal periphery of the head. The mutually opposite faces of the racket are constituted by two substantially flat parallel elements which form, together with the profiled members, a tubular structure whose interior is filled with a synthetic resin cast in situ. The confronting surfaces of the two profiled members are formed with grooves in which reduced edge portions of the flat elements are received to define the space filled with the synthetic resin.

Abstract: A ski comprising an upper protective plate, a lower low-friction sole plate and a core of a synthetic-resin material molded between the plates and reinforced with steel filaments or wires extending the full length of the ski. Except at the spoon or toe of the ski and at the heel thereof, the steel filaments are bonded directly (without give or play) to the synthetic-resin core while at the heel and toe portions of the ski the steel filaments are bonded to the synthetic-resin core by an elastic pliable material (i.e. with give or play).