A snowboard and/or ski jumping structure configured to be run along a riding direction and made with snow of a ski area; the snowboard and/or ski jumping structure comprising a ramp, in particular made with snow of the ski area, which comprises a transition zone and a take-off zone, wherein the take-off zone is characterized by a take-off angle at a take-off point of the take-off zone; and a landing zone, particularly made with snow of the ski area, comprising a first zone, such as a sweet-spot zone, and a second zone, such as a critical zone; wherein the sweet-spot zone has variable slopes along the riding direction.

A method for handling insulating materials used for storing snow, wherein the insulating materials covering a heap of snow stored through the summer are taken off the heap of snow before the snow in the heap of snow is transferred to a selected use. In the method, the insulating materials used for covering the heap of snow stored through the summer are transferred to such another use, in which the insulating materials have at least one function other than mere storage of the insulating materials.

A method for handling insulating materials used for storing snow, wherein the insulating materials covering a heap of snow stored through the summer are taken off the heap of snow before the snow in the heap of snow is transferred to a selected use. In the method, the insulating materials used for covering the heap of snow stored through the summer are transferred to such another use, in which the insulating materials have at least one function other than mere storage of the insulating materials.

A textile run with a slide surface (1, 51) consisting of looped fabric, the looped fabric comprising loops (4, 54) which are formed of warp threads by weaving or of pile threads by tufting and have a height (3, 53) of between at least 3 mm and at most 10 mm, 100 to 950 loops being disposed over an area of 1 dm 2. The invention further concerns the use of the textile run.