Surfboard with nose and/or midsection lift generating means

Claim 1

A SURFBOARD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BUOYANT MEMBER WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID IN CROSS-SECTION HAVING A DECK FACE, AN OPPOSITE UNDERFACE AND FRONT AND REAR ENDS, ABOUT THE FIRST THIRD OF SAID BOARD''S LENGTH FROM SAID FRONT END AFT CONSTITUTING ITS NOSE PORTION, ABOUT THE SECOND THIRD OF SAID BOARD''S LENGTH AFT OF SAID NOSE PORTION CONSTITUTING ITS MID-SECTION, AND ABOUT THE REMAINING THIRD OF SAID BOARD''S LENGTH AFT OF SAID MID SECTION TO SAID REAR END CONSTITUTING ITS REAL STANCE PLANING SURFACE, AND MEANS IN THE UNDERFACE OF SAID BOARD FORWARD OF SAID REAR STANCE PLANING SURFACE PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE OPEN CONCAVE AREA TO ENTRAP WATER AND THEREBY INCREASE LIFT AT SAID CONCAVE AREA WHEN THE RIDER IS POSITIONED ON SAID DECK SURFACE FORWARD OF SAID REAR STANCE PLANING SURFACE, SAID FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF SAID MEMBER BEING TAPERED AND LONGITUDINALLY UPTURNED AND SAID PLANING SURFACE INCLUDING A DEPENDENT SKEG.