Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A circular-shaped hydroplane board with a topside device for safer, more controllable skimming along a beach surface, the hydroplane board comprising: (a) a substantially planar bottom side having a first diameter; (b) a substantially planar top side having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter; (c) a curved circular side rail connecting the bottom side to the top side of the hydroplane board; and (d) a curved topside device attached to the top side of the hydroplane board; wherein the hydroplane board is substantially circular in shape, and has no defined front, rear, left, or right sides; and wherein the topside device comprises a speed rail extending upwardly from the top side of the hydroplane board.

3. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the speed rail is generally ring-shaped and centered on the top side of the hydroplane board.

4. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the speed rail is arch-shaped and comprises opposite tapered ends.

5. (canceled)

6. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the topside device further comprises a bumper extending around an outer edge of the hydroplane board, the bumper being generally circular in shape, and being adjacent to and encircling the speed rail.

7. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the topside device comprises a flexible bumper extending around an outer edge of the hydroplane board.

8. The hydroplane board according to claim 7, wherein the bumper is adhered to the hydroplane board, the bumper being generally circular in shape and encircling the top side of the hydroplane board.

9. The hydroplane board according to claim 7, wherein the bumper is segmented into a plurality of bumper segments, each of the bumper segments being attached to the hydroplane board, the bumper segments being spaced apart from one another.

10. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the speed rail slopes gradually upwardly from the top side of the hydroplane board to an apex of the speed rail and then slopes gradually downwardly from the apex to the top side.

11. The hydroplane board according to claim 3, wherein the speed rail comprises a topside rail inner edge and a topside rail outer edge, the topside rail inner edge and the topside rail outer edge contacting the top side of the hydroplane board, the topside rail inner edge being spaced apart from the topside rail outer edge.

12. The hydroplane board according to claim 11, wherein the topside rail inner edge or the topside rail outer edge is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the top side of the hydroplane board.

13. The hydroplane board according to claim 7, wherein the bumper is rounded and comprises an exposed bumper edge curving upwardly from the top side and outwardly from a bumper inner edge, the bumper inner edge contacting the top side above the outer edge of the hydroplane board, the exposed bumper edge curving downwardly toward the bottom side and inwardly to contact an outer edge of the hydroplane board.

14. The hydroplane board according to claim 13, wherein at least a portion of the exposed bumper edge is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the top side of the hydroplane board.

15. The hydroplane board according to claim 6, wherein an annular space separates the bumper, and the speed rail and the bumper do not contact one another.

16. The hydroplane board according to claim 6, wherein the speed rail contacts the bumper without a space in between.

17. The hydroplane board according to claim 2, wherein the topside device comprises a combined, circular-shaped speed rail portion and bumper portion, the bumper portion extending around the outer edge of the hydroplane board, and around the speed rail portion.

18. A curved topside device for attachment to a top side of a substantially circular-shaped hydroplane board, the topside device comprising: a) a curved, flexible speed rail attachable to the top side of the hydroplane board so that it extends upwardly from the top side of the hydroplane board and is substantially parallel to at least a portion of an outer edge of the circular-shaped hydroplane board, the speed rail comprising a substantially flat bottom, an arched top, and at least one tapered side; and b) a malleable, curved bumper attachable to an outer edge of the hydroplane board, the bumper comprising a rounded top, a tapered inside edge and a rounded outer edge, a portion of the bottom of the bumper being substantially planar; wherein the speed rail is adjacent an inner side of the bumper.

19. The topside device according to claim 18, wherein the speed rail is ring-shaped and of a size sufficient to generally encircle a center of the top side of the hydroplane board.

20. The topside device according to claim 18, wherein the speed rail is parallel to the bumper, and the speed rail and the bumper are both ring-shaped, a diameter of the speed rail being smaller than a diameter of the bumper.

21. The topside device according to claim 18, wherein the bumper is a plurality of bumper segments, each of the bumper segments being attachable to the hydroplane board.

22. The topside device according to claim 18, wherein the speed rail is a plurality of rail segments, the bottom of the bumper segments comprising a waterproof adhesive, each of the rail segments being attachable to the hydroplane board.