Apparatus and method to assist with water sport board maneuvers

An apparatus capable of being removably affixed to a water sport board at a point where the user places her hands to assist the user in standing up, the board comprising a deck originating at a tail and extending to a nose;

• a bottom opposing said deck;
• an outer edge, or rail, along the lateral margin on each side of said board between the deck and the bottom;
• said apparatus comprising:
• a top surface being adapted for supporting a user as the user pushes against it creating distance between the user and the board as the user moves from a first prone position to a second substantially standing position;
• a bottom surface located opposite the top surface, at a distance which provides sufficient additional space between the user's hands and the deck of the board to facilitate the user swinging the user's feet underneath the user's body as the user moves from the first prone position to the second substantially standing position;
• an interconnecting structure adapted for connecting the top surface to the bottom surface;
• said top surface, bottom surface, and interconnecting structure forming a support;
• wherein the bottom of the support is an oval shape approximately four-and-a-half inches across a first semi-major axis and approximately four inches across a second semi-major axis, being approximately two-and-a-half inches in height.

An apparatus to be used while surfing, said apparatus comprising:

• a board, said board comprising;
• a deck originating at a tail and extending to a nose;
• a bottom opposing said deck;
• an outer edge, or rail, along the lateral margin on each side of said board between the deck and the bottom;
• and,
• at least two raised protrusions extending upward from the deck, each being located only a short distance from the sides of the apparatus such that the area of the surfboard in the center of the board is not raised above the deck, said protrusions extending upward from the deck at a point approximately midway between the nose and tail, being in a location most convenient for a user's hands to be placed while moving from a first prone position to a second substantially standing position;
• said protrusion extending upward from the deck a sufficient distance to allow a user to place the user's hands on the protrusion in order create more space between the user's body and the deck as the user moves from a first, prone position, to a second, substantially standing position;
• and
• wherein the protrusions are approximately four-and-a-quarter inches wide and approximately seven inches long at a point where they begin rising above the deck of the surfboard while the top surface is approximately one-and-a-half inches long and approximately three-and-a-half inches wide.