For the project, we had to write a synthesis paper, which is a section of our larger paper that we could just fit right into our final paper. Written below is my synthesis paper. The Basics of a Skateboard Skateboarding is at its peak with millions of people skating on a daily basis. Each has its own importance and varieties to help fill the various needs of many skaters.
All skaters agree that the production process of making a skateboard needs little or no improvement.
The same simple process with the same materials is used to make almost every skateboard. The majority of boards are seven ply, or layered, sugar maple veneers. Maple has been proven to have the best feel, response, durability and elasticity combination over all of the other materials that have been tested. These layers of maple have to be laminated, or united, together with polyvinyl glues in a press that uses metal or concrete forms to give the board a concave shape. A press will laminate 3-5 boards at once using somewhere close to 300 pounds per square inch for half an hour to an hour.