Patent ID: 6036560
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A variable flexible bodyboard which comprises:a) a lightweight, generally elongated, foam core material having a top skin layer and a bottom skin layer, with a front nose end and a rear tail end; andb) an elongated stringer element having a one end and an other end, and generally longitudinally arranged within the foam core material and extending substantially from the tail end toward the front end; the stringer element varying in flexibility along the length from the one end to the other end, a substantial first length portion of the stringer extending at the one end from the tail end of the foam core material toward the nose end and adapted to increase the stiffness of the foam core material; and a second length portion toward the nose end of the foam core material, having greater flexibility than the first portion, and adapted to increase flexibility of the nose end of the bodyboard by a rider; and wherein the first length portion comprises a resin-impregnated fiber material, and the second length material comprises a polymeric olefin material.