Bodyboard with stiffening reinforcement

A bodyboard in the form of an elongate substantially planar board having a semi-rigid foam core and an outer skin which includes a top skin for supporting a rider extending over the upper surface of the core and a bottom skin for planing on water extending over the lower surface of the core, the bodyboard comprising:

• at least one layer of foam beneath the surface of the outer skin extending between the outer skin and the foam core in selected regions of the board,
• an expanse of stiffening material extending between the foam core and the at least one layer of foam in selected regions of the board, the stiffening material being in the form of a sheet of open pattern, crosshatched fiber mesh and the foam core and foam layer being joined to one another through the openings between the fibers in the mesh, whereby the fibers of the mesh are embedded in and surrounded by foam.

A bodyboard in the form of an elongate substantially planar board having a semi-rigid foam core and an outer skin which includes a top skin for supporting a rider extending over the upper surface of the core and a bottom skin for planing on water extending over the lower surface of the core, the bottom skin including at least one backing layer of foam extending between the bottom skin and the foam core, the improvement comprising:

• an expanse of stiffening material in the form of a sheet of open pattern, crosshatched fiber mesh positioned in selected regions adjacent the bottom skin between the backing layer of foam and the foam core, the backing layer of foam being joined to the core through the openings between the fibers in the mesh, whereby the fibers of the mesh are embedded in and surrounded by foam.