A piece of snow sports equipment comprises a sliding board with a sheetlike central part (110) which extends in a longitudinal direction, and two sheetlike side parts (120, 130) which are fastened to the central part (110) on both sides. The central part (110) has a sliding coating (115) on a lower side. The side parts (120, 130) can be folded over from a first position, in which a first main surface of the side parts (120, 130) is substantially co-planar with the lower side of the central part (110), into a second position, in which the side parts (120, 130) are folded under the central part (110) such that the first main surfaces of the side parts (120, 130) are supported on the lower side of the central part (110). Second main surfaces of the side parts (120, 130), which second main surfaces lie opposite the first main surfaces, have a climbing skin (125, 135).

Disclosed is a textile sliding surface with a functional layer (1) and a base layer (2), which are connected to each other by filament yarns. The functional layer (1) is formed of pile loops, whereby the height of the pile loops in the functional layer (1) has a height (4), depending on the sport, in the range 4-1 4 mm and the functional layer (1) has 400-2400 pile loops per dm.sup.2. The yarns are bound into the base layer (2) in the lower part of the pile loops by W-bonds (10).

On a pair of skis, a strip is mounted lengthwise to each ski's outer side along the ski center portion/grip zone. The strip's width is from about 15 mm to about 60 mm, height at most equivalent the ski thickness throughout, and length about equivalent the length of the ski grip zone. The strip's bottom inner edge is about smooth high with the ski base/sliding surface (A). The strip's underside (B) is widthwise outward sloping about 5 degrees upward related to the sliding surface (A). This underside (B) has an interleaving with a depth of about 2 mm, into which interleaving a piece of skins is attached, which skins constitutes the gripping surface (C). The inner edge of the gripping surface (C) then goes 4-5 mm from the outer edge of the sliding surface (A), and the anterior, outer, and rear edges of the gripping surface (C) go 1-2 mm from their respective adjacent edges on the underside (B).

Due to the described angel between the gripping surface (C) and the sliding surface (A), only the gripping surface (C) will be in contact with and rest on the substrate to give optimal grip, when this side is laid flat on the substrate. And only the sliding surface (A) will be in contact with and rest on the substrate to give optimal glide, when this side is laid flat on the substrate, due to the described distance as well to the angel between the two surfaces. Hence in order to get grip, stepping a bit over onto the outer side of the foot is required. With the Ski Grippers on the outer sides of the skis, the ski's inner bottom edges are retained for skating, or for plow breaking in downhills. The Ski Grippers are meant fairly easily to be taken off or mounted in a free position on the skis in conditions where they are less suitable.

A ski having a core that includes a left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and at least one central inner core positioned between the two lateral edges. The core also includes a plurality of left wings arranged between at least one central inner core and the left lateral edge, each left wing forming an angle between 5 and 85 or between 95 and 175 with the longitudinal axis X, and a plurality of right wings arranged between at least one central inner core and the right lateral edge, each right wing forming an angle between 5 and 85 or between 95 and 175 with the longitudinal axis X.