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The invention relates to a buoyant board (10) for water sports. The board includes a vertically flattened elongated body (12). The body has a lower face (14) for contact with water, and an upper face (16) for supporting a person, the lower face and the upper face meeting along a peripheral edge (18)

The invention relates to a buoyant board (10) for water sports. The board includes a vertically flattened elongated body (12). The body has a lower face (14) for contact with water, and an upper face (16) for supporting a person, the lower face and the upper face meeting along a peripheral edge (18) of the body. The body is constituted by a pair of end parts (20, 22) and at least one intermediate part (24, 26) which is located between the end parts. The parts are arranged in series in abutment, and are separable such that each intermediate part is removable and optionally replaceable, to permit adjustment of the length of the body and to facilitate transport of the board when the various parts are separated. The invention extends to a backpack (110) for receiving the board, and to a kit comprising, in combination, the backpack and the board.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A buoyant board for water sports, which board comprises a vertically flattened elongated body having a lower face for contact with water, and an upper face for supporting a person, the lower face and the upper face meeting along a peripheral edge of the body, the body b

The invention claimed is: 1. A buoyant board for water sports, which board comprises a vertically flattened elongated body having a lower face for contact with water, and an upper face for supporting a person, the lower face and the upper face meeting along a peripheral edge of the body, the body being constituted by a pair of end parts and at least one intermediate part located between the end parts, the parts being arranged in series in abutment, and being separable such that each intermediate part is removable and optionally replaceable to permit adjustment of the length of the body and to facilitate transport of the board when the various parts are separated, the abutments between adjacent parts of the body having zig-zag or wave-form profiles, each part, at each abutment, having an abutment face defining a plurality of crests alternating with a plurality of valleys, when seen in plan view, each abutment face of each part being provided both with a plurality of transverse rods and with a plurality of tranverse slots, the rods alternating with the slots across the width of the board, the rods being provided adjacent the floors of the valleys and the slots being provided in the peaks of the crests, the rods of each abutment face being received in the slots of the associated opposed abutment face, each rod and the associated slot providing a connection formation connecting the abutting parts together, the slots opening outwardly in the longitudinal direction of the board. 2. The buoyant board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection formations include securing formations for preventing separation of the parts of the body. 3. The board as claimed in claim 2, wherein a clamp is located in at least one of the slots in each part, each clamp being fast with the part of the body in which the slot is provided, a locking mechanism being associated with each clamp and locking the associated clamp so that each rod received in a slot provided with a clamp is help captive and clamped in said slot, the clamps and locking mechanisms providing said securing formations and each securing formation forming part of an associated connection formation, the connection formations connecting together the parts of the body. 4. The board as claimed in claim 3, wherein each locking mechanism comprises an over-centre cam mechanism. 5. The board as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an impact guard extending at least partially along the peripheral edge of the body, protecting the peripheral edge of the body against impact damage and protecting a user against injury caused by impact with the peripheral edge of the body. 6. The board as claimed in claim 5, wherein the impact guard is in the form of a shock and impact-absorbing flexible strip extending along the entire peripheral edge of the body. 7. The board as claimed in claim 6, wherein the flexible strip is divided into a plurality of parts respectively fast with the peripheral edge of the respective parts of the body. 8. The board as claimed in claim 1, further comprising seals in each abutment between adjacent parts of the body for sealing the abutment between said parts. 9. The board as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one attachment formation on at least one of the end parts of the body, for releasably attaching at least one fin or skeg to the lower face of said body. 10. The board as claimed in claim 9, comprising a said attachment formation on each of the end parts of the body, to provide for use of the board as a bi-directional board. 11. The board as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one anchoring formation on the upper face of the body for anchoring at least one foot strap to the upper face of the body.