Table 1 Sample of skateboard decks and associated attributes (deck name, deck name code, date of first manufacture, binary code: length <28 inches, length 28–34 inches, length >34 inches, width less than seven inches, width seven to nine inches, width greater than nine inches, nose length less than four inches, nose length four plus inches, tail length less than four inches, tail length four plus inches, standard kicktail, rocker, front kicktail, concave deck, camber, maximum width tail, maximum width center, maximum width front-center, minimum width nose, minimum width ends, wheel wells, material hard wood, material fiberglass, material fiberglass laminate, material wood laminate)

Makaha Phil Edwards (MA_PE) 1963

1001001010000000101001000

G&S Fiberglass (G&S_FG) ca. 1970–1974

1001001010000000100100100

G&S Fibreflex (G&S_FF) 1964/1974

1001001010000000011000011

Hang Ten Aluminum (HT_AL) ca. 1970–1974

1001001001101000011000000

Z-Flex Rocker (ZF_ROC) 1976

1000101001010000011000100

Turner Summer Ski (TU_SS) 1975

0100101010000010100100001

Tunnell Competition (TN_CO) 1976

0010101001000110101000001

BC Pintail 39 (BC_P39) post-2000

0010101010000100100100001

Powell-Peralta Rodney Mullen (PP-MU) ca. 1980

1000100101100000101000001

Logan Earth Ski Bruce Logan (LES_BL) ca. 1974

0100101001100000101001000

G&S Fibreflex Bowl Rider (G&S_FB) 1977

0100101001100000011000011

Alva Logo (AL_LG) 1977

0100101001100000011010001

Alva Pig (AL_P) 1978

0100011001100001001010001

Skull Skates Hosoi Hammerhead (HO_HH) 1985

0100011001100101001000001

Santa Cruz 5-Ply (SC_5P) ca. 1977

0100100101010000011000001

Arbor Rail (AR_RA) post-2000

0010100101100000010100001

Skull Skates Soup Can (SS_SC) ca. 1991–1992

0100100101101100100100001