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According to one disclosed embodiment, a skateboard deck comprises a carbon-fiber shell surrounding a longitudinally-extending interior space. The carbon-fiber shell has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface opposite the upper inner surface; and a longitudinal beam disposed within the int

According to one disclosed embodiment, a skateboard deck comprises a carbon-fiber shell surrounding a longitudinally-extending interior space. The carbon-fiber shell has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface opposite the upper inner surface; and a longitudinal beam disposed within the interior space. The longitudinal beam has an upper flange bonded to the upper inner surface of the shell, a lower flange bonded to the lower inner surface of the shell, and a web interconnecting the upper flange and the lower flange. The skateboard deck further comprises a generally rigid exterior portion encasing the core member. The exterior portion comprises at least one layer of wood disposed above or below the shell.

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1. A laminated skateboard deck, comprising: a skateboard body comprising a first end, an opposing second end, and edges extending from the first end to the second end, the edges defining a skateboard planform;the body comprising a plurality of layers of wood pressed and bonded together, the pluralit

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A laminated skateboard deck, comprising: a skateboard body comprising a first end, an opposing second end, and edges extending from the first end to the second end, the edges defining a skateboard planform;the body comprising a plurality of layers of wood pressed and bonded together, the plurality of layers of wood defining the skateboard body edges and comprising a first outer wood layer, a second outer wood layer, and a plurality of inner wood layers sandwiched between the first and second outer wood layers, the plurality of inner wood layers each having an aperture formed therethrough so that a space is substantially enclosed within the body; anda core member comprising a hollow cured composite material defining an upper wall, a lower wall, and a hollow core member space between the upper and lower walls, the core member having a first mount portion and a second mount portion that are each configured to receive elongate fasteners so as to hold a pair of skateboard trucks to the deck, first and second truck blocks enclosed within the core member space and arranged in the first and second mount portions, respectively, the truck blocks extending from the upper wall to the lower wall of the core member, the core member being elongate so as to extend from the first mount portion to the second mount portion, an edge wall extending between the upper and lower walls at an edge of the core member and about the entire circumference of the core member;wherein the core member is encased within the skateboard body in the space defined in the skateboard body. 2. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 1, wherein the hollow core member comprises a foam. 3. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 1 additionally comprising an elongate longitudinal beam between the first and second mount portions, the beam extending between and connecting the upper and lower walls. 4. A laminated skateboard deck, comprising: a skateboard body comprising a first end, an opposing second end, and an edge about the periphery of the body, the edge defining a skateboard planform, the body having first and second spaced apart mount zones, each having a plurality of holes through the deck, each hole configured to receive an elongate fastener therethrough so as to hold a first skateboard truck onto the deck at the first mount zone and a second skateboard truck onto the deck at the second mount zone, the body being curved concave upwardly between the mount zones and the edge about the perimeter of the body;the body comprising a plurality of layers of wood pressed and bonded together, the layers comprising a first outer wood layer, a second outer wood layer, and a plurality of inner wood layers sandwiched between the first and second outer wood layers, each of the layers comprising an outer edge corresponding to the skateboard body edges, and at least some of the plurality of inner wood layers each have an aperture formed therethrough, the layers arranged so that the apertures generally align to define a space substantially enclosed within the body; andan elongate core member comprising an upper wall, an opposing lower wall spaced from the upper wall so that a core member space is defined between the upper and lower walls, a first end, a second end, and an edge wall extending between the upper and lower walls about the periphery of the core member, the upper wall, lower wall and edge wall enclosing a space therebetween, the core member having longitudinally spaced apart first and second mount portions in the first and second mount zones, respectively, first and second truck blocks extending from the upper wall to the lower wall in the first and second mount portions, respectively, and engaging both the upper and lower walls in the respective mount portion, the truck blocks being fully enclosed within the core member space, the core member being concave upwardly between the truck mounts and the edge about the periphery of the core member;wherein the core member is encased in the space defined in the skateboard body. 5. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3, wherein the core member walls comprise a fiber-reinforced composite. 6. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3, wherein the core member space is hollow. 7. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3, wherein the core member space comprises a material that is less dense that the composite material that makes up the core member walls. 8. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 7, wherein the core member space comprises a foam. 9. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3 additionally comprising a longitudinal beam extending between the upper and lower walls and within the core member space. 10. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 9, wherein the truck blocks are formed of a different material than is the longitudinal beam. 11. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 10, wherein the longitudinal beam extends between the first and second truck blocks. 12. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 11, wherein the longitudinal beam has an “S”-shaped cross section. 13. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 11, wherein the longitudinal beam additionally extends between the first and second truck blocks and the first and second ends, respectively, of the core member. 14. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3, wherein the edge about the periphery of the core member defines a core member planform, and wherein the core member planform and the skateboard planform both have shapes that approximate an elongate oval. 15. A laminated skateboard deck, comprising: a skateboard body comprising a first end, an opposing second end, and an edge about the periphery of the body, the edge defining a skateboard planform, the body having first and second spaced apart mount zones, each having a plurality of holes extending all the way through the deck, each hole configured to receive an elongate fastener therethrough so as to hold a first skateboard truck onto the deck at the first mount zone and a second skateboard truck onto the deck at the second mount zone, the body being curved concave upwardly between the mount zones and the edge about the perimeter of the body;the body comprising a plurality of layers of wood pressed and bonded together, each of the layers comprising an outer edge corresponding to the skateboard body edge, and at least one of the wood layers has an aperture formed therethrough, the aperture having an elongated oval shape, the aperture extending from a point between the first end and the first truck mount to a point between the second end and the second truck mount; andan insert formed of a fiber-reinforced composite material and having a peripheral edge, the insert peripheral edge defining an elongate oval shape approximating the elongated oval shape of the aperture, the insert having first and second truck mount portions corresponding to the first and second mount zones, respectively, and having holes formed therethrough, the insert being curved between the mount zones and the insert peripheral edge to correspond to the curvature of the body;wherein the insert is fit into the body aperture so that the wood of the at least one of the wood layers having the aperture extends between the peripheral edge of the fiber-reinforced composite insert and the edge about the perimeter of the body. 16. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 6, wherein a first distance is defined between the insert peripheral edge and the body edge at a point along the length of the skateboard deck at the first mount zone, and wherein a distance between the insert peripheral edge and the body edge between the first and second mount zones is no less than the first distance. 17. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 3, wherein the elongate longitudinal beam divides the core member space into a left space and a right space. 18. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 4, wherein the truck blocks each comprises a plurality of holes formed therethrough and a aligned with holes extending through the deck, and each hole is configured to accept an elongate fastener therethrough. 19. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 9, wherein the beam comprises upper and lower flanges interconnected by a web, and wherein the upper flange is attached to the core member upper wall and the lower flange is connected to the core member lower wall. 20. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 10, wherein the truck blocks comprise wood. 21. A laminated skateboard deck as in claim 13, wherein the longitudinal beam divides the core member space into a left space and a right space.