Patent ID: 8292681

Claim:
A water recreation device comprising: a riding board having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front section, a middle section, and a rear section; a tow hook disposed on the front section of the riding board; first and second handles disposed side-by-side on the front section of the top surface of the riding board aft of the tow hook; first and second foot bindings disposed side-by-side on the middle section of the top surface of the riding board aft of the first and second handles; and a plurality of rails protruding from the bottom surface of the riding board and extending substantially the full length of the riding board; wherein the tow hook includes a rearward-facing concave section sized to receive a tow rope bar and positioned to allow the riding board to be pulled in a forward direction by a tow rope attached to the tow rope bar, wherein the first and second handles and the first and second foot bindings are configured for simultaneous engagement by a rider to position the rider in a crouching stance facing in a forward direction, wherein the plurality of rails are disposed relative to a longitudinal axis along the bottom surface of the riding board, the longitudinal axis projecting rearwardly from a reference location substantially central to the front section, and each of the plurality of rails is laterally spaced closer to the longitudinal axis nearest the rear section of the riding board than the each of the plurality of rails is laterally spaced from the longitudinal axis nearest the front section of the riding board thereby allowing the water that moves across the bottom surface nearest the front section of the riding board to funnel towards the bottom surface nearest the rear section of the riding board for the purpose of generating lift force against the bottom surface of the riding board.