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A ski in accordance with the invention increases in width from a tip or shovel portion to a mid-portion. The mid-portion includes at least a slight sidecut. The ski then decreases in width from the mid-portion to a tail portion. The ski also includes an undersurface with a substantial portion being

A ski in accordance with the invention increases in width from a tip or shovel portion to a mid-portion. The mid-portion includes at least a slight sidecut. The ski then decreases in width from the mid-portion to a tail portion. The ski also includes an undersurface with a substantial portion being rockered. A substantial portion of the mid-portion of the ski is not rockered.

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1. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising: a tip at the forward end;a tail at the rearward end;a mid portion near a center of the snow riding device, the edges in the area of the mid portion fo

1. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising: a tip at the forward end;a tail at the rearward end;a mid portion near a center of the snow riding device, the edges in the area of the mid portion forming at least a slight concave sidecut in that the width of the ski in the mid portion increases as it extends toward the forward end and toward the rearward end;a substantially planar portion extending beyond the mid-portion toward the forward and rearward ends, the concave sidecut extending through at least a forward portion of the substantially planar portion, the concave sidecut having a forward end and a rearward end;a fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the planar portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the planar portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the forward end of the concave sidecut being offset in front of the planar portion such that it extends into the fore-body, the fore-body being widest near the forward end of the concave sidecut and being straight or convex forward of its widest location, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip; andan aft-body between the rearward end of the planar portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the planar portion, the aft-body being wider at its forward end than at its rearward end;wherein, the fore-body is rockered along most of its undersurface from the substantially planar portion to the tip. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes a longitudinally rockered undersurface along most of the aft-body, the rearward end of the concave sidecut being offset behind the planar portion such that it extends into the aft-body. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the rearward end of the aft-body is higher than the forward end of the fore-body relative to a plane extending across the lowest portions of the undersurface. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the forward end of the fore-body is wider than the rearward end of the aft-body. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the length of the substantially planar portion forms between about 20% and about 60% of a total length of the device. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the waist of the mid-portion is narrower than the forward and rearward ends of the mid-portion, the undersurface in the area of the mid-portion having at least a slight concave camber. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the mid-portion is adapted to receive a binding and wherein the mid-portion has a length substantially equal to a length of the binding. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the widest width along the device is where the forward end of the planar portion meets the rearward end of the fore-body. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the undersurface in the area of the mid-portion has at least a slight convex camber. 10. A snow riding device, having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising: a tip at the forward end;a tail at the rearward end;a mid-portion having a waist, a forward end, and a rearward end, the waist having a width smaller than the average of the widths of the mid-portion forward and rearward ends, such that a concave sidecut is created along the mid-portion, the waist being in a binding region of the mid-portion, wherein the mid-portion is widest at its forward end; anda fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the mid-portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the mid-portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the fore-body being widest at its rearward end and being generally straight or convex along its side to its forward end, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip;wherein, the fore-body is rockered along all of its undersurface, whereas the undersurface of the mid-portion is cambered at least in the binding region and the mid-portion transitions to rocker at or before the forward end of the mid-portion, a transition between the mid-portion and the fore-body forming a widest region of width along the device, the sides converging toward the tip beyond the transition. 11. The device of claim 10, further comprising an aft-body between the rearward end of the mid-portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the mid-portion; wherein the aft body is longitudinally rockered along substantially all of the length of its undersurface. 12. The device of claim 11, wherein the aft-body is wider at its forward end than at its rearward end.