Definition: The actual board. The flat, long, oval/rectangular, usually wood part of the skateboard that you stand on. Skateboard decks are classically made from 7 plys of wood, usually maple, laminated together. Decks are often decorated with graphics from the company that makes them and stickers that show the board's owner's personality.
Skateboard decks come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, weights, strengths, and with a variety of concaves. As a skateboarder gets better as skateboarding, he or she will learn what type of deck he or she likes best - there is no right or wrong shape to a skateboard deck.
Decks have evolved quite a bit over the years, from homemade planks of wood with rollerskate wheels nailed to the bottom, to longboards, to the fishtailed skateboards of the 80s to the smaller more symmetrical trick skateboards of today. People are always looking for ways to improve skateboard deck design using metals, kevlar, plastics and fiberglass. However, the most popular skateboard decks with pro skateboarders are still the wooden kind.
Also Known As: board
Examples: "Erik rides an old school Powell deck with most of the graphics ground off the bottom."
