Seattle, WA – Until now, those who enjoy riding certain water boards, commonly known as "wakeboards", in particular the boards that have the ability to jump, were only able to move forward by getting pulled by a boat, winch, or cable – in the future all of that will change.
Wakeboarding is a water sport in which a rider negotiates waves and wakes (waves created by boat) behind a powerful towing boat and executes controlled jumps that are the main attraction of the sport of wakeboarding. The wakeboard rider controls and executes jumps by skillfully using and coordinating both the hydrodynamic forces present on the bottom and side surfaces of a wakeboard and fins as well as by holding on to a towing rope that is attached to the towing boat.
A wakeboard assembly transports a rider across a body of water. The rider defines a rider center of gravity. The wakeboard assembly includes a hull that extends between a stem and a stern. The hull defines an interior compartment and a deck for receiving the rider thereon during operation of said wakeboard assembly. An engine is mounted to the hull within the interior compartment. The engine is mounted to the hull at a position between the stem and the stern below the deck. The engine is mounted such that the engine extends through the center of gravity of the rider.
It is a fundamental object of this invention to provide a self propelled, steered by body balance, board type watercraft that enables a rider to perform jumps above water surface, both on flat water and on waves, similar to those attributed to wakeboarding, sailboarding, and kiteboarding without the need for a towing boat, sail or a kite.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a motorized wakeboard with low rotational moment of inertia around the vertical axis that passes through rider center of gravity so as to enable rider to control an airborne craft with a small effort, feasible for an average size and strength person.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a craft which retains its riding characteristics and still provides a large flat deck area to support a rider, regardless of the craft length, especially a short length.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a self propelled board type watercraft with a generally flat deck throughout its length, therefore a craft that is visually appealing.
More details to come from your friends at CWB Board Co.
