Ski

Claim 1

A SKI COMPRISING A RUNNER HAVING AN UPTURNED FORWARD END PORTION, A SKI BOOT FASTENING ASSEMBLY SECURED UPON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE RUNNER AT A LOCATION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE RUNNER, A BASE SECURED TO THE RUNNER AT A LOCATION SPACED BETWEEN THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE RUNNER AND SAID FASTENING ASSEMBLY, SAID BASE EXTENDING ABOVE THE RUNNER, SPACED UPSTANDING FRONT AND REAR STANDARDS PIVOTED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS ON SAID BASE ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE AXES, A SADDLE OVERLYING THE FRONT STANDARD, THE REAR STANDARD RISING ABOVE THE SADDLE, THE STANDARDS BEING PIVOTED TO THE SADDLE ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE AXES, AN UPSTANDING HANDLE CONNECTED TO SAID SADDLE AND STANDARDS, AND OUTRIGGERS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE SADDLE AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STANDARDS, SAID OUTRIGGERS BEING PIVOTED ADJACENT TO THEIR UPPER ENDS TO THE SADDLE ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINAL AXES, SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN THE OUTRIGGERS AT POINTS ABOVE THE PIVOTAL POINTS OF THE OUTRIGGERS, SAID SPRING MEANS SERVING TO BIAS THE LOWER ENDS OF THE OUTRIGGERS LATERALLY OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO THEBASE, SAID OUTRIGGERS NORMALLY OCCUPYING OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ANGLED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE BASE, AND GROUND-ENGAGING SHOES ON THE LOWER ENDS OF THE OUTRIGGERS.