Patent ID: 7666128

Claim:
A method of training a user in increasing levels of skill, control and maneuverability of a board for a board sport, comprising the steps of: providing a portable apparatus to said user, wherein said portable apparatus comprises: a foot placement mat comprising a plurality of placement zones, wherein said placement zones indicate a first location for positioning a support unit and second locations for placing feet of said user; said support unit comprising: laterally opposite support members, wherein each of said laterally opposite support members comprises an elongated section and a lower protruding section for supporting opposite ends of a plurality of hand placement platforms; and said hand placement platforms detachably attached to said elongated section and said lower protruding section of the laterally opposite support members for enabling placement of hands of the user in an elevated position and a lower position respectively; positioning the portable apparatus on said indicated first location on the foot placement mat; placing hands of the user on one of the hand placement platforms detachably attached to one of the elongated section and the lower protruding section of the laterally opposite support members in one of said elevated position and said lower position, to align body of the user in a prone body position; and mounting the foot placement mat from said prone position by placing said feet at said indicated second locations and simultaneously withdrawing said placed hands from said hand placement platform.