A running board comprising at least one composite material wherein the miming board is produced in a one continuous step pultrusion process wherein the pultrusion process parameters are selected to yield a miming board with specific one or more characteristics selected from dimensions, three dimensional shape, light weight/lightness, strength, fatigue, stiffness, rigidity, chemical resistance, fire resistance, reduced sensitivity to corrosion, UV resistance, thermal resistance, bending forces, impact resistance, wear resistance and visibility.