Reduced contact length snowboards and splitboards
AssigneeCardiff Backcountry Colab LLC
InventorSamuel J. Bawden
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Abstract
Snowboards and splitboards having a contact length less than or equal to 65% of the length of the snowboard or a contact length equal to or less than half the length of the snowboard are disclosed. In some embodiments, a peak of a cambered section is aligned with a horizontal midline of the snowboard. In other embodiments, a peak of a cambered section is aft of a horizontal midline of the snowboard. Optional features of the snowboards and splitboards include bi-lobed tips, bi-lobed tails, touring tails and/or dual recurved tails.
Claims19
A snowboard comprising a rockered tip, a rockered tail, and one cambered section between the rockered tip and the rockered tail, wherein a ratio of an effective edge to a contact length of the snowboard is at least 1.1, and wherein the rockered tail is a dual recurved tail.
A method of making a snowboard, comprising:
- forming a snowboard comprising a rockered tip, a rockered tail, and a cambered section between the rockered tip and the rockered tail, wherein a ratio of an effective edge to a contact length of the snowboard is at least 1.1, and wherein the rockered tail is a dual recurved tail.
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