Patent ID: 8758206

Claim:
A balance board comprising: an elongated, planar board having a top, a bottom, a nose, a tail, a left side rail and a right side rail, the elongated, planar board further having a length that exceeds a width; a first pair of stops and a second pair of stops, the first pair of stops being mounted to the bottom of the elongated, planar board toward the nose and the second pair of stops being mounted to the bottom of the elongated, planar board toward the tail, one stop of each of the first and second pair of stops being mounted near the left side rail of the elongated, planar board, and the other stop of each of the first and second pair of stops being mounted near the left side rail of the elongated, planar board; and a first traction region and a second traction region applied to the bottom of the elongated, planar board between each stop of each of the first and second pair of stops, each of the first and second traction regions being formed of a layer of compressible material having a thickness of 0.5 to 5 millimeters.