Patent ID: 8356822

Claim:
A board for riding on a snow surface, comprising: a base comprising: side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface; a front end having an upwardly curved tip; a back end having an upwardly curved tail; a front binding attachment element positioned closer to the tip of the base than to the tail of the base; and a rear binding attachment element positioned closer to the tail of the base than to the tip of the base; and a first snow engaging element, a second snow engaging element, and a third snow engaging element each positioned on the bottom surface of the base; wherein: the first snow engaging element is positioned approximately along a centerline of the base and positioned such that at least a portion of the first snow engaging element is generally in the same longitudinal position as the front binding attachment element or between the front binding attachment element and the tip of the base, the first snow engaging element being positioned entirely on a forward half of the base, the forward half of the base extending from a middle of the base to the tip of the base; the second snow engaging element is offset from the longitudinal centerline of the base and is positioned such that at least a portion of the second snow engaging element is generally in the same longitudinal position as the rear binding attachment element and at least partially on a rearward half of the base, the rearward half of the base extending from the middle of the base to the tail of the base; and the third snow engaging element is offset from the longitudinal centerline of the base and is positioned such that at least a portion of the third snow engaging element is generally in the same longitudinal position as the rear binding attachment element and at least partially on the rearward half of the base.