Monoski with deep side cuts and cambered segment in the binding portion

Claim 1

A monoski having an elongate body to which a skier's boot bindings are intended to be mounted such that the skier's boots are symmetrically mounted along each side of said monoski in a longitudinal direction, comprising a shovel section separated from a tail section by a waist section, each of said sections being symmetrically oriented along a longitudinal axis which extends centrally along said elongate body, said shovel section, waist section and tail section forming a continuous bottom surface of said monoski, said shovel section having a widest portion, measured perpendicularly from said longitudinal axis, which is at least 30 percent wider than a narrowest portion of said waist section similarly measured perpendicularly from said longitudinal axis, said shovel section further having a front end portion which curves upwardly in a direction away from said bottom surface, said tail section also having a widest portion measured perpendicularly from said longitudinal axis, which is wider than said narrowest portion of said waist section, and at least 25% narrower than said widest portion of said shovel section, said tail section also having a back end portion which curves upwardly in a direction away from said bottom surface, said elongate body including a cambered segment between said widest portion of said shovel section and said widest portion of said tail section, said cambered segment causing a segment of said bottom surface corresponding thereto to be curved upward while in a non-stressed state, said cambered segment further being formed with a camber stiffness sufficient to prevent forces of less than 20 pounds applied to said elongate body from flattening said segment of said bottom surface corresponding to said cambered segment, whereby when said monoski is placed on any relatively flat sloping surface, including as a hill covered with snow, the stiffness of said monoski will cause contact forces between the flat sloping surface of said bottom surface of said monoski to be concentrated at said widest portion of said shovel section and said widest portion of said tail section, and away from said waist section, said front portion of said shovel section and said back portion of said tail section, and whereby, a downward force applied to said tail section, due to a smaller size compared to said shovel section, causes greater pressure on the flat sloping surface than a similar force applied to said shovel section.