Patent ID: 6544089
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A device for the practice of Bodysurfing (surfing the ocean waves with the own body) characterised in that during bodysurfing the device is held and guided with both hands, which are placed together one beside the other in the horizontal level, whereby during wave riding the bodysurfer performs a gymnastical push-up movement over the device, so that the whole upper half of his/her body travels constantly above the water's surface, the device comprising:a floating body extending along a longitudinal direction from a nose to a tail, having the general shape of a surfboard or windsurf in miniature; and a transversal handling system running across the top surface of said device, in correspondence of the central part of the total length thereof, and having enough width to accommodate the two hands of the user put together one beside the other; and a system of directional tins, placed in the tail area of the bottom surface of said device; wherein said device has a maximum length of 55 cm, whereby the tail extremity of said device travels approximately in correspondence of the forearms or elbows of the user of said device during bodysurfing.