With an eye to activities in the dead sea and area..
Perhaps its an opportunity to fix the skateboard lower with a carbon fiber solution?
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Cut-and-Apply-Carbon-Fiber-to-a-Skateboard/
http://carbonskate.com/pages/distributors
http://revdeck.com/products/Revdeck-carbon-skateboard-%28deck-only%29.html
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&_nkw=carbon+fiber+skateboard&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Fiber-Downhill-Longboard-10-x-40-Skateboard-Blank-Board-drop-through-/171168247319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27da6c2e17
http://www.zazzle.com/carbon+fiber+skateboards