to turn the snowboard in the other direction a similar torque would be applied at the torsional bases 56 and 58 and the v drives 52 and 54 would advantageously apply a load through the stiffener fingers 64 and 68 along the opposite running edge at load points similarly located adjacent the ends of the fingers 64 and 68 as compared to the conventional snowboard 10 fig1 the v drives 52 and 54 advantageously direct the load applied by the snowboard during a turn to load points 35 and 37 that are much closer to the central axis a1 than the load points 34 and 36 of the conventional snowboard 10 see fig2 because the snowboarder 39 s boots 23 and 25 are elevated and the load points 35 and 37 are applied closer to the central axis a1 the body 12 of the v drive snowboard 50 flexes an additional amount as shown by the cross hatched areas 38a and 40a in fig7 the increased flex areas 38a and 40a increase the length of positive running edges 28 and 30 along the running edge 26 at edge portions 28a and 30a the ratio of a positive running edge which causes the snowboard to follow an arc defined path to a negative running edge which causes the snowboard not to follow an arc defined path is far greater using the v drive snowboard 50 as shown in fig6 the turning shape of the running edge 26 of the v drive snowboard 50 is a substantially.