1. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising:
- a tip at the forward end;
- a tail at the rearward end;
- a mid-portion near a center of the snow riding device, the mid-portion having a front end, a rear end, and a binding region between the front and rear ends for attachment of boot bindings; the edges of the mid-portion forming at least a slight sidecut, the undersurface of the mid-portion at least in the binding region having at least a slight camber; the undersurface between the binding region and the front end including a transition from a cambered configuration to non-cambered;
- a fore-body portion extending between the tip and the mid-portion, edges extending along the fore-body portion not forming sidecut, the undersurface in the fore-body portion not having camber.
2. The snow riding device of claim 1, further comprising an aft-body portion extending between the tail and the mid-portion, edges along the aft-body portion not forming sidecut, the undersurface in the fore-body portion not having camber, wherein the undersurface of the mid-portion between the binding region and the rear end including a transition from a cambered configuration to non-cambered.
3. The snow riding device of claim 2, wherein the sides of the fore-body and the sides of the aft body are substantially straight.
4. The snow riding device of claim 2, wherein the sides of the fore-body and the sides of the aft-body are convex.
5. The snow riding device of claim 1, wherein the sides of the fore-body are substantially straight.
6. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising
- a tip at the forward end;
- a tail at the rearward end;
- a mid-portion extending along and past a center of the snow riding device, the mid-portion having a front end, a rear end, and a binding region between the front and rear ends for attachment of boot bindings; the edges of the mid-portion forming at least a slight sidecut, the undersurface of the mid-portion at least in the binding region having at least a slight concave camber; the undersurface between the binding region and the front end transitioning from a cambered configuration to non-cambered, the undersurface between the binding region and the rear end transitioning from a cambered configuration to non-cambered;
- a fore-body portion extending between the tip and the mid-portion, the edges extending along the fore-body portion not forming sidecut, the undersurface in the fore-body portion not having camber; and
- an aft-body portion extending between the tail and the mid-portion, the edges extending along the aft-body portion not forming sidecut, the undersurface in the aft-body portion not having camber.
7. A snow riding device having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising:
- a tip at the forward end;
- a tail at the rearward end;
- a mid portion near a center of the snow riding device, the edges in the area of the mid portion forming at least a slight sidecut, the undersurface in the area of the mid-portion having at least a slight camber;
- a substantially planar portion extending beyond the mid-portion toward the forward and rearward ends, the planar portion having a concave sidecut with a forward end and a rearward end;
- a fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the planar portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the planar portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the fore-body being widest at its rearward end and being straight or convex along its side to its forward end, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip; and
- an aft-body between the rearward end of the planar portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the planar portion, the aft-body being wider at its forward end than at its rearward end;
- wherein, the fore-body is rockered along most of its undersurface from the substantially planar portion to the tip.
8. The device of claim 7, wherein the device includes a longitudinally rockered undersurface along most of the aft-body.
9. The device of claim 7, wherein the rearward end of the aft-body is higher than the forward end of the fore-body relative to a plane extending across the lowest portions of the undersurface.
10. The device of claim 7, wherein the forward end of the fore-body is wider than the rearward end of the aft-body.
11. The device of claim 7, wherein the length of the substantially planar portion forms between about 20% and about 60% of a total length of the device.
12. The device of claim 7, wherein the waist of the mid-portion is narrower than the forward and rearward ends of the mid-portion.
13. The device of claim 7, wherein the mid-portion is adapted to receive a binding and wherein the mid-portion has a length substantially equal to a length of the binding.
14. The device of claim 7, wherein the widest width along the device is where the forward end of the planar portion meets the rearward end of the fore-body.
15. A snow riding device, having edges running along sides thereof and an undersurface between a forward end and a rearward end, the device comprising:
- a tip at the forward end;
- a tail at the rearward end;
- a mid-portion having a waist, a forward end, and a rearward end, the waist having a width smaller than the average of the widths of the mid-portion forward and rearward ends, such that a concave sidecut is created along the mid-portion, the waist being in a binding region of the mid-portion; and
- a fore-body between the tip and the forward end of the mid-portion, the fore-body having a rearward end where it meets the mid-portion and a forward end where it meets the tip, the fore-body being widest at its rearward end and being generally straight or convex along its side to its forward end, the sides of the fore-body converging towards the tip;
- wherein, the fore-body is rockered along substantially all of the undersurface, whereas the undersurface of the mid-portion is cambered at least in the binding region and the mid-portion transitions to rocker at or before the forward end of the mid-portion, a transition between the mid-portion and the fore-body forming a widest region of width along the device, the sides converging toward the tip beyond the transition.
16. The device of claim 15, further comprising an aft-body between the rearward end of the mid-portion and the tail, the aft-body having a rearward end where it meets the tail and a forward end where it meets the mid-portion; wherein the aft body is longitudinally rockered along substantially all of the length of its undersurface.
17. The device of claim 16, wherein the aft-body is wider at its forward end than at its rearward end
