Patent ID: 8317559

Claim:
A pair of elongate grips attached to an upper planar surface of a water sports board for improving control over the board, each elongate grip comprising: a sheet material defining a perimeter, the sheet material having a front end, a rear end, and inner and outer lateral edges extending between the front end and the rear end, the sheet material having a tapered shape with front end being substantially pointed and the rear end being curved and substantially broader than the front end; and a wedge of increased thickness positioned within the perimeter defined by the sheet, said thickness increasing in a lateral direction from the outer lateral edge toward the inner lateral edge, the wedge further comprising upper and lower surfaces, wherein the upper and lower surfaces diverge in the lateral direction from the outer lateral edge to the inner lateral edge; wherein the sheet is sized to correspond to a user's palm, index finger and thumb of a user's hand and wherein the wedge is configured to engage between the user's index finger and thumb when the user's hand is positioned on the grip.