The invention relates to a method for producing a board-like gliding device (1), in connection with which strength-related and decorative layers (2, 3, 4) are joined together to form a one-piece composite body (6) in a hot compression molding cycle by means of a heated-platen compression molding device (5), whereby a cover layer (10) and/or a coating (11) of the gliding surface are selected from at least partly transparent plastic material, and the side (15) of the cover layer (10) and/or coating (11) of the gliding surface facing the core (9) of the composite body (6), is joined by means of a transparent adhesive layer (17) with a background layer (16) forming the visual background of the cover layer (10) and/or coating (11) of the gliding surface. Before the thin, variably shaped background layer (16) is introduced in the molding process, a layer (21) structured by recesses (22) and/or elevations (23) is secured on the side (20) of the background layer (16) to be facing the core (6), whereby by application of pressure and heat in the course of the process in which the layers (2, 3, 4) are joined, the surface structure (25) of the structured layer (21) is at least partly permanently transferred to the variably shaped background layer (16). Furthermore, the invention relates to a board-like gliding device (1) produced accordingly.