Snow riding implement
A ski in accordance with the invention increases in width from a tip or shovel portion to a mid-portion. The mid-portion includes at least a slight sidecut. The ski then decreases in width from the mid-portion to a tail portion. The ski also includes an undersurface with a substantial portion being rockered. A substantial portion of the mid-portion of the ski is not rockered.
1. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising:
a tip at the forward end;
a tail at the rearward end;
a mid portion near a center of the snow riding device, the edges in the area of the mid portion forming at least a slight concave sidecut in that the width of the ski in the mid portion increases as it extends toward the forward end and toward the rearward end;
a substantially planar portion extending beyond the mid-portion toward the forward and rearward ends, the concave sidecut extending through at least a forward portion of the substantially planar portion, the concave sidecut having a forward end and a rearward end;
a fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the planar portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the planar portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the forward end of the concave sidecut being offset in front of the planar portion such that it extends into the fore-body, the fore-body being widest near the forward end of the concave sidecut and being straight or convex forward of its widest location, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip; and
an aft-body between the rearward end of the planar portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the planar portion, the aft-body being wider at its forward end than at its rearward end;
wherein, the fore-body is rockered along most of its undersurface from the substantially planar portion to the tip.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device includes a longitudinally rockered undersurface along most of the aft-body, the rearward end of the concave sidecut being offset behind the planar portion such that it extends into the aft-body.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rearward end of the aft-body is higher than the forward end of the fore-body relative to a plane extending across the lowest portions of the undersurface.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the forward end of the fore-body is wider than the rearward end of the aft-body.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the length of the substantially planar portion forms between about 20% and about 60% of a total length of the device.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the waist of the mid-portion is narrower than the forward and rearward ends of the mid-portion, the undersurface in the area of the mid-portion having at least a slight concave camber.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the mid-portion is adapted to receive a binding and wherein the mid-portion has a length substantially equal to a length of the binding.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the widest width along the device is where the forward end of the planar portion meets the rearward end of the fore-body.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the undersurface in the area of the mid-portion has at least a slight convex camber.
10. A snow riding device, having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising:
a tip at the forward end;
a tail at the rearward end;
a mid-portion having a waist, a forward end, and a rearward end, the waist having a width smaller than the average of the widths of the mid-portion forward and rearward ends, such that a concave sidecut is created along the mid-portion, the waist being in a binding region of the mid-portion, wherein the mid-portion is widest at its forward end; and
a fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the mid-portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the mid-portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the fore-body being widest at its rearward end and being generally straight or convex along its side to its forward end, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip;
wherein, the fore-body is rockered along all of its undersurface, whereas the undersurface of the mid-portion is cambered at least in the binding region and the mid-portion transitions to rocker at or before the forward end of the mid-portion, a transition between the mid-portion and the fore-body forming a widest region of width along the device, the sides converging toward the tip beyond the transition.
11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising an aft-body between the rearward end of the mid-portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the mid-portion; wherein the aft body is longitudinally rockered along substantially all of the length of its undersurface.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the aft-body is wider at its forward end than at its rearward end.