Snowboarding sock

A sock particularly adapted for wear with a flexible snowboarding boot when snowboarding and being adapted to cushion selected areas of the leg and foot by providing pads of different fabric thickness in selected areas of the leg and foot of the wearer, said sock comprising

• (a) an integrally knit leg and foot knit of at least one body yarn,
• (b) said leg and foot including a front half covering the front of the leg and the top of the foot of the wearer, and a rear half covering the rear of the leg and the bottom of the foot of the wearer, said rear half of said leg including a high pad area in the medial portion thereof, and a high splice area in the lower portion thereof, said foot including a heel, a low splice area below said heel, an arch area, a ball area, an instep above said ball and arch areas, and a toe,
• (c) a first auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn and forming a first set of terry loops in said front half of said leg, said instep of said foot, said high pad area of said leg, said high splice area, said ball, and said toe to provide cushioning pads of medium fabric thickness in said areas,
• (d) a second auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn and said first auxiliary yarn and forming a second set of terry loops in said high pad area, said high splice area, said ball, and said toe to provide cushioning pads of heavy fabric thickness in these areas so that heavy cushioning is provided thereby, and
• (e) a third auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn, said first auxiliary yarn, and said second auxiliary yarn and forming a third set of terry loops in said high splice area to provide a cushioning pad of maximum fabric thickness in this area so that maximum cushioning is provided thereby.

A sock particularly adapted for wear with a snowboarding boot when snowboarding and being adapted to cushion selected areas of the leg and foot by providing pads of single terry loops, double terry loops, and triple terry loops in selected areas of the leg and foot of the wearer, said sock comprising

• (a) an integrally knit leg and foot and being knit throughout of at least one body yarn,
• (b) said leg and foot including a front half covering the front of the leg and the top of the foot of the wearer, and a rear half covering the rear of the leg and the bottom of the foot of the wearer, said rear half of said leg including a high pad area in the medial portion thereof, and a high splice area in the lower portion thereof, said foot including a heel, a low splice area below said heel, an arch area, a ball area, an instep above said ball and arch areas, and a toe,
• (c) a first auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn throughout said sock and forming single terry loops in said front half of said leg, and said instep of said foot to provide cushioning pads of single terry loops in these areas,
• (d) a second auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn and said first auxiliary yarn and forming double terry loops in said high pad area, said toe and said ball to provide cushioning pads of double terry loops in these areas, and
• (e) a third auxiliary yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn, said first auxiliary yarn, and said second auxiliary yarn and forming triple terry loops in said high splice area to define a locking cushioning pad of triple terry loops in said high splice area.