Skateboarding has become an increasingly popular hobby especially in teenage and young adult circles. Skateboarding has began to define a whole section of teenage circles that identify themselves as skaters. Skateboarding has become much more than a hobby, but rather, a lifestyle. This lifestyle is completely comprehensive down to the music the skaters listen to and clothes they wear. Even skaters speech and slang terms can be completely different from other popular circles. Within the past decade skateboarding competitions have become so popular that they are now being televised and viewed worldwide. The sport is definitely growing. The skateboard is truly inspiring an entire group of young adults that may have not fit in with other social circles in their age group.

The skateboard itself is actually a very complex item that most people do not realize how much actually goes into the making of a skateboard. In particular the skateboard deck itself is much complicated than it may originally seem. The deck usually is about seven to nine ply thick of wood. The most popular used wood is Canadian Maple, although certainly other woods are used in the process of making a skateboard deck. A typical deck is about 7 to 10.5 inches wide and 28 to 33 inches long. Grip tape is placed on the top of the deck to help the skater’s shoes stick to the deck while riding. On the underside two trucks are placed on the deck to place the wheels on. Usually on the underside the company paints their logo and name for promotion.

In particular, [1] element skateboard decks come in a variety of styles. Element provides the basic skateboard decks that most skaters today use, as well as long boards, cruisers, and other specialty shapes such as their coffin style element skateboard decks. The specific lines of element skateboard decks include the pro board series, logo boards, completes (decks including trucks and wheels), fun shapes, travel well, and pro boards. With six full lines of element skateboard decks, it takes Element above the rest of skateboard companies because of the variety of board types offered through the company.