Ski having protective edge strips on its upper edges

Claim 1

A SKI COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) MEANS FORMING AN ELONGATED, NON-METALLIC SKI BODY HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES WHICH CONCEPT FOR THEIR EDGES ARE NON-METALLIC, SAID SKI BODY HAVING METALLIC REINFORCING STRIPS EMBEDDED IN THE BOTTOM SURFACE THEREOF AT THE BOTTOMM SIDE EDGES THEREOF, SAID SKI BODY HAVING, ON EACH SIDE FACE THEREOF, A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE NEAR THE TOP SIDE EDGE THEREOF; (B) TWO METALLIC PROTECTIVE STRIPS ARRANGED ALONG THE TWO SIDE FACES OF SAID SKI BODY, RESPECTIVELY, EACH STRIP HAVING A FLAT MAIN PORTION WHOSE FACES LIE AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE SIDE FACE OF SAID SKI BODY AND WHOSE UPPER EDGE FORMS THE UPPER EDGE OF THE SKI ON THE SIDE AT WHICH THE RESPECTIVE STRIP IS LOCATED, EACH STRIP FURTHER HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY CENTERED LONGITUDINAL WEB PORTION WHICH IS TRANSVERSE TO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE STRIP AND WHICH IS DIRECTED INWARDLY INTO SAID SKI BODY AND LIES IN THE RESPECTIVE LONGIDUTINAL GROOVE; AND (C) MEANS FOR ANCHORING EACH WEB IN THE RESPECTIVE GROOVE.