Snowboard

摘要

The disclosure herein is directed toward systems and methods for supporting a person and enabling motion of a person across a surface of snow can while satisfying the countervailing requirements of increasing surface area for weight-carrying capacity on soft snow and reducing the opposing forces, like for example drag and friction, in hard snow. More specifically, a snowboard with improved rider support, increased speed and enhanced safety performance.

主权项

1. A snowboard, comprising
a board having an upper surface and a lower surface and a first and second end, both the first and second ends being curved upward, the upper surface having locations for a first binding and a second binding to allow the bindings to be arranged transverse to a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second ends, and the lower surface having a first and a second rail extending along the longitudinal axis and being separated by a flat recess extending along the longitudinal axis, each rail having a tapered outer shoulder and a tapered inner shoulder, the rails being tapered to narrow a thickness of the respective rail from the recess to a peripheral edge of the board, to have the peripheral edge of the board substantially at a height of the recess, the rails and the recess each having a width measured transverse to the longitudinal axis and the width of the recess being greater than the width of each respective rail and the first and second rails and the recess extending the width of the bottom surface and extending substantially the length of the bottom surface.