Patent ID: 9067125
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A method of adapting a skateboard for the performance of ollie maneuvers in which a rider impacts a bottom surface of an end of a skateboard downwardly against a riding surface to transfer energy of the impact to the skateboard to cause the skateboard to pop in the air, the method comprising the step of providing on a bottom surface of an end of a skateboard blank, where such impacts occur, a replaceable energy-transfer element having a curved edge substantially corresponding to a curvature of the outer edge of the end of the blank, wherein a downwardly facing exposed surface of the element comprises a material which is harder and less elastic than the end of the blank and has lower mechanical damping capacity than the end of the blank, to maximize the transfer of energy during ollie maneuvers, and wherein the blank defines a recess having a curved surface which matches a curved surface defined by the element, the respective curved surfaces being fitted to each other in a flush manner.