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A land ski has an elongated support simulating a conventional snow ski and having an upper surface carrying a conventional ski-binding, as well as an opposite lower surface and front and rear ends, the elongated support having a longitudinal central axis situated in a substantially upright plane during use of the land ski.
Land skis of this general type are known, but up to the present time they have not achieved any considerable popularity because the conventional land skis suffer from a number of drawbacks.
Thus, with the land skis of the invention the operator can during use thereof tilt the land skis, in the same way as conventional skis on snow, in one lateral direction or the other, thus contributing greatly to an operation which closely simulates that which is provided with conventional skis on snow.