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A sports board (e.g., a snowboard, ski, or surfboard) has a sensor panel comprising a plurality of individual sensors on a surface thereof such that deflection or vibration of surface of the sports board due to contact with a surface of the medium being ridden (e.g. snow or water) causes the individ

A sports board (e.g., a snowboard, ski, or surfboard) has a sensor panel comprising a plurality of individual sensors on a surface thereof such that deflection or vibration of surface of the sports board due to contact with a surface of the medium being ridden (e.g. snow or water) causes the individual sensors of the sensor panel to detect such contact. Each sensor on the sensor panel may be a simple switch, piezoelectric sensor, strain gauge, or a variable resistance type sensor. The sensors are monitored so as to detect the points of contact of the lower surface of the sports board with the snow or water. Detailed information related to the contact between the sports board and the snow or water is processed so as to provide auditory, visual or training information.

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A method of sensing contact of a sporting device with a medium being ridden, said method comprising steps of: providing a sports board with a plurality of sensors on a surface thereof, each of said plurality of sensors providing a signal indicating a stressed condition of a respective area of a ridd

A method of sensing contact of a sporting device with a medium being ridden, said method comprising steps of: providing a sports board with a plurality of sensors on a surface thereof, each of said plurality of sensors providing a signal indicating a stressed condition of a respective area of a ridden surface of said sports board corresponding to a respective one of said plurality of sensors as said sports board is traversed on said medium; continuously monitoring said plurality of sensors; and processing stress information obtained from said plurality of sensors into sensory information.