Patent ID: 7303454

Claim:
A sports board comprising: (a) an elongated expanded closed-cell polyolefin foam core having an upper surface, an opposed lower surface, a side surface extending between said upper surface and said lower surface, a core density and a core thickness; (b) a top polyolefin film layer having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top film density and a top film thickness less than said core thickness; (c) an intermediate metallocene-based polyolefin film layer having an intermediate thickness less than said core thickness and laminated directly between said upper surface of said core and said inner surface of said top layer; (d) an expanded polyolefin foam side strip having an inner surface, an outer surface and a side strip density greater than said core density, said inner surface of said side strip laminated to said side surface of said core to cover, partially or completely, said side surface of said core; and (e) a bottom polyolefin film layer having an outer surface, an inner surface, a bottom film density and a bottom film thickness less than said core thickness, said bottom film layer laminated to said core.