Seated skiing or snowboarding device
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1. A downhill snowboard device mountable to a snowboard having a front binding and a rear binding defining a binding distance therebetween, the downhill snowboard device comprising:
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a seat attached to the frame for allowing the rider to ride down a snow covered downhill terrain while seated on the seat;
a front portion attached to the frame and receivable in the front binding of the snowboard;
a rear portion attached to the frame and receivable in the rear binding of the snowboard, a snowboard device distance defined by the front and rear portions being adjustably settable to equal the binding distance;
wherein front and rear portions have a tongue telescopingly receivable into an opening so that the tongue may be positioned within the opening at any position for fine tuning the snowboard device distance, the front and rear portions operative to slide and lock into position so as to fit in the front and rear binding of the snowboard.
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A seated skiing device having an adjustable heel protrusion and a fixed toe protrusion is provided. The distance between the toe and heel protrusions are adjustable such that the seated the skiing device may engage toe and heel bindings of a snow ski set to a riders ski boot. In this manner, the seated skiing device is engageable to the snow ski of the rider without any additional tools. Also, a seated snowboarding device is disclosed herein. The seated snowboarding device is removably attachable to standard front and rear bindings of a snowboard.
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1. A downhill snowboard device mountable to a snowboard having a front binding and a rear binding defining a binding distance therebetween, the downhill snowboard device comprising:
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a frame; a seat attached to the frame for allowing the rider to ride down a snow covered downhill terrain while seated on the seat; a front portion attached to the frame and receivable in the front binding of the snowboard; a rear portion attached to the frame and receivable in the rear binding of the snowboard, a snowboard device distance defined by the front and rear portions being adjustably settable to equal the binding distance; wherein front and rear portions have a tongue telescopingly receivable into an opening so that the tongue may be positioned within the opening at any position for fine tuning the snowboard device distance, the front and rear portions operative to slide and lock into position so as to fit in the front and rear binding of the snowboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A downhill snow ski device mountable to a snow ski having a toe binding and a heel binding defining a binding distance therebetween, the downhill snow ski device comprising:
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a frame defining a lower portion and an upper portion; a seat attached to the frame for allowing the rider to ride down a snow covered downhill terrain while in a seated position, the seat being pivotally attached to the upper portion of the frame; a toe protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in one of the toe and heel bindings of the snow ski; a heel protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in one of the toe and heel bindings of the snow ski; and a shock absorber attached to the seat and the lower portion of the frame for absorbing shocks imparted to the downhill snowboarding device; wherein a pivot axis of the seat is at an elevation at about an upper end portion of the shock absorber. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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