Patent ID: 8808047

Claim:
A standup paddleboard comprising a right board slidingly connected to at least one interlocking sliding means and a left board slidingly connected to at least one interlocking sliding means interlocking sliding means, wherein said interlocking sliding means is embedded in said right board and said interlocking, sliding means is embedded in said left board, wherein said sliding means limits relative movement between said right board and said left board only to movement within the horizontal plane of said paddleboard that is parallel with the long axis of said paddleboard, such that substantially no relative movement is permitted within the vertical or transverse planes and no lateral movement is permitted within the horizontal plane of said paddleboard, and such that the lateral distance between said right board and said left board is affixed, wherein forceful movement of a standing user's legs and feet forcefully and reciprocably slide said right board and said left board fore and aft, and wherein at least one paddle is connected to the bottoms of each of said right board and said left board, and wherein said paddle rotates to a deployed position when either said right board or said right board slides aft, and wherein said paddle rotates to a non-deployed position when either said right board or said left board slides fore.