Flying ski and elongated board for flying ski

An elongated board configured for use with a recreational device that supports a seated human rider while the rider and the device are towed behind a powered watercraft, comprising:

• a front end and a back end, the front end extending from a front edge to about one-half of the length of the elongated board and the back end extending from a back edge to about one-half of the length of the elongated board, wherein the back end has a greater mass than the front end;
• and
• an opening in the back end configured to couple with a seat portion extending upward from a top side of the back end of the board and a strut extending downward from a bottom side of the back end of the board;
• a foam core with a plurality of fibrous layers on a top and a bottom surface of the foam core, wherein the plurality of fibrous lay ers comprise more than one fibrous layer on a least one of the to and the bottom surfaces of the foam core, the fibrous layers on the at least one of the top and the bottom surfaces of the foam core comprises a first fibrous layer that extends from a front edge to a back edge of the foam core and a second fibrous layer sandwiched between the first fibrous layer and the foam core, the second fibrous layer extending from the back edge toward the front edge of the foam core to a first position before the front edge of the foam core.