COMPOSITE SPORTING EQUIPMENT

1 . A sporting equipment, comprising:

an elongated platform having an outward-turned leading tip and a trailing end; and

a mounting track located at a surface of the elongated platform between the outward-turned leading tip and the trailing end,

wherein the elongated platform and mounting track are integrally formed as a monolithic structure having at least one continuous fiber passing from the elongated platform through the mounting track.

2 . The sporting equipment of claim 1 , further including a strain gauge integrally fabricated into the elongated platform.

3 . The sporting equipment of claim 2 , wherein the strain gauge includes at least one of an electrically and optically conductive fiber passing around a perimeter of the elongated.

4 . The sporting equipment of claim 1 , further including:

a sensor integrally fabricated into the elongated platform; and

a visual feedback device integrally fabricated into the elongated platform and selectively illuminated based on signals generated by the sensor.

5 . The sporting equipment of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the elongated platform and the mounting track are fabricated from a plurality of different types of fibers.

6 . The sporting equipment of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of different types of fibers includes:

a structural type of fiber; and

a functional type of fiber.

7 . The sporting equipment of claim 6 , wherein:

the functional type of fiber includes at least one of an electrically conductive fiber, an optical fiber, and a shape memory fiber; and

the structural type of fiber includes at least one of an aramid fiber, a carbon fiber, and a glass fiber.

8 . The sporting equipment of claim 1 , wherein the at least one continuous fiber is at least partially coated with a plurality of different types of matrixes.

9 . The sporting equipment of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of different types of matrixes includes:

a structural type of resin that is stiff after curing; and

a functional type of resin that is springy after curing.

10 . The sporting equipment of claim 1 , wherein the at least one continuous fiber includes a plurality of fibers that overlap in at least one of different directions and different densities.

11 . The sporting equipment of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of different directions and different densities is customizable.

12 . The sporting equipment of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of different directions and different densities is user-selectable.

13 . The sporting equipment of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of different directions and different densities is automatically selected based on at least one of a monitored user performance or a scan of a user.

14 . A sporting equipment, comprising:

an elongated platform configured to support a user and being fabricated from matrix-coated fibers; and

a sensor integrally fabricated into the elongated platform and connected to the matrix-coated fibers.

15 . The sporting equipment of claim 14 , further including a visual feedback device integrally fabricated into the elongated platform and electrically connected to the sensor via the matrix-coated fibers.

16 . A sporting equipment, comprising:

an elongated platform configured to support a user and being fabricated from matrix-coated fibers; and

a mounting hardpoint formed within the elongated platform during curing of the matrix-coated fibers, and having a center that is free of fibers.

17 . The sporting equipment of claim 16 , further including a wall of matrix-coated fibers surrounding the mounting hardpoint.

18 . A method of manufacturing a sporting equipment, comprising:

wetting a continuous fiber with a matrix;

discharging a matrix-wetted continuous fiber through a nozzle;

moving the nozzle during discharging to extend a structural type of fiber through an elongated platform of the sporting equipment;

moving the nozzle during discharging to extend a functional type of fiber that is different from the structural type of fiber through the elongated platform of the sporting equipment; and

exposing the matrix wetting the structural and functional types of fibers to a cure energy.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further including:

imbedding at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, an LED, a switch, a battery, a filter, and an interrogator within the elongated platform; and

connecting the at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, an LED, a switch, a battery, a filter, and an interrogator to the functional type of fiber.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further including:

at least one of monitoring a performance of a user of the sporting equipment and scanning a body of the user; and

customizing at least one of a direction and a density of the structural type of fiber within the sporting equipment based on at least one of a monitored performance and a scanned body of the user, wherein monitoring the performance of the user includes interpreting signals transmitted via the functional type of fiber.