a relatively low bending modulus it is the panel skins that provide the sandwich panel stiffness in contrast our innovative deck is cheaper to make than an all composite bridge deck or a balsa wood cored composite deck it will last much longer than a traditional wooden deck and the wooden core provides a majority of the bending stiffness of the deck there are additional features that can make our inventive decking more useful in various applications for instance the wood used as the core material can be treated with chemicals that make the wood rot resistant the type and degree of treatment will depend on the application and will be known to those skilled in the art it is preferred that the wood be kiln dried after treatment to remove most of the moisture then when the layer of fiber reinforced plastic encases the wooden core there will be relatively little moisture in the wood another useful feature that can be added to the decking is a non skid wearing surface that provides traction and protects the fiberglass skins it can be made as follows first catalyzed resin is spread over the top surface of the molded deck panel then a generous layer of coarse particles for example metal blasting grit is spread over the layer of catalyzed resin the resin is allowed to cure and thereby attaches a layer of grit to the surface of the decking the excess grit is then removed leaving a non skid surface the non skid surface can be painted the desired color the wooden core can be made from pieces of regular.