Patent ID: 7717763

Claim:
A personal water sports board for operation in a flow of water, said board having an elongate flotation board having a front end, a back end, a longitudinal centerline and a lower surface; and, a plurality of wave engagers formed as indentations in the lower surface, each wave engager of said plurality of wave engagers positioned so as to be independent of, and not connected to any other of said plurality of wave engagers except by the lower surface in which each wave engager is formed, and each wave engager having; a wall portion positioned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the elongate flotation board; a flowing side, wherein water traveling in a first direction substantially flows by said wall; an engaging side, wherein water traveling in an opposite second direction engages said substantially perpendicular wall; and said engaging side positioned so as to engage the flow of water whereby water first entering the wave engager must travel out of the wave engager and over the lower surface before it may enter any other of said plurality of independent wave engagers.