Patent ID: 6910695

Claim:
An elevated deck snowboard for sliding over snow, comprising: an elongated slide board having a slide surface on a lower surface thereof and having a defined length; an elongated step board defining a deck on an upper surface thereof which is capable of freely accommodating both feet of a user, and attached to an upper surface of the slide board in spaced and substantially parallel relationship via a connecting assembly including a plurality of connecting members, the step board having a length substantially equal to or greater than the length of the slide board; the connecting assembly being disposed inwardly of peripheral edges of the slide and step boards; and the connecting assembly substantially preventing the slide board and step board from pivoting relative to each other in at least a lateral direction of the snowboard where connected by said connecting members during use of the snowboard, such that when in use, the step board is capable of allowing significant leverage to be applied to the peripheral edges of the slide board.