| It is a good idea to test ride as many boards as possible before making a decision to purchase one. |
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| Gravity | Several different longboard models, and a speedometer/ tripometer available. |  |
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| Black 29 | A variety of longboards all based around the same style, with sizes all the way down to 26". |  |
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| Gordon & Smith | G&S sell makes both Surfboards and Skateboards, thus their (fiberglass reinforced) Longboards are designed to have a surf feel. |  |
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| Freeride | Freeride offers 7 stylish longboards, from 30" to 44". |  |
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| Acme | Acme is a well known shortboard producer, who also has 3 big longboard models. |  |
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| Variflex | I had no idea that Variflex was still making skateboards. They have a 42" longboard line that is pictured nowhere on their web page. I'm not laughing, but I think I should be. |  |
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| Sector 9 | Wide variety of boards in different sizes and styles. |  |
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| Tahoe | Several classy longboards from 39" to 62", with a very nice web site. |  |
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| MJB Design | MJB sells templates and rough deck blanks of some crazy shapes, and will also do custom designs. |  |
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| Terminal Velocity | TVS offers models from 38" to 48" with a Snowboard-like shape with wheel cutouts. |  |
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| Presiado | Quality hardwood longboards, hand crafted by the Presiado family. |  |
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| Peregrine | Pointy custom longboards, poplar core in carbon fiber and fiberglass. |  |
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| Deplo | Several retro-surf style longboards. |  |
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| Fishbone | Some fish-shaped longboards. Groooovy. |  |
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| Rodyz | Three different longboard models, sold as completes. |  |
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| Aloha | Surf style longboards with a neat Hawaiian/floral grip texture. |  |
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| Flexdex | Fiberglass skateboards, most of which are too short to be considered longboards, made by a bunch of chauvenists. |  |
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| Nine Plus | Two longboard models, in addition to a bunch of surfboards and clothing. |  |
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| Fluid | Longboards, Speedboards, and Lugeboards. |  |
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| Real-Wood | Real-Wood is around to remind you to Just Say No to Plywood. |  |
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| Bare Back | Many different Longboard models in several different styles. |  |
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| Skull | A cool Canadian company with a whole slew of different designs. |  |
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| Think | This well known maker of street decks also has two longboard models. | ||
| Payaso | A few longboards, wheels, and some weird innovations. |  |
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| Castles | Their longboards are 48" by 11" and feature custom inlay/coloring. |  |
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| Dregs | Dregs has a full line of longboards, some specially designed for slalom/downhill/luge. |  |
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| Edge | Edge has but one size (46"), but a whole bunch of neat graphics. |  |
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| Olle' | Olle' lets you order a completely customized longboard, down the the last detail. |  |
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| Makaha | Makaha carries several different models, none very large. |  |
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| Undergrind | Undergrind Longboards have a neat little hole in the tail by which the boards are to be dragged up big, Parisian hills. To add to the fun, their site is in French. |  |
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| Streetfish | A few nice longboard models. |  |
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| Spin*Dog Skateboards | A new company with a wide variety of longboards with a surf feel. | ||
| Kahanamoku Sons | Handcrafted Hawiian hardwood in 3 models, and surfboards to boot. |  |
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| Bulldogs Skate Designs | |||
| Dewey Weber | |||
| Envy | |||
| Freebord | Strange snoboarding cross-trainer. | ||
| Madrid | Still around. | ||
| Road Rider by Santa Cruz | |||
| Surf One | |||
| Vision | |||
| Alva | Isn't Tony Alva dead? | ||
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| Randal | Makers of 4 different truck designs, and not a one of them is for shortboarding. I ride Randal IIs. |  |
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| eXkate | eXkate is the inventor of torsion trucks and some darn cool wheels. |  |
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| Independant | Indies are widely known, trusted, loved, and I'll be damned if they have a web site. I've looked everywhere. | ||
| Kapu | This surf-oriented company makes torsion-style trucks. Their site isn't up anymore... I think they got sued by eXkate for stealing their truck design and went out of business. Tough shit. |
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| Gullwing | Gullwing has 2 different truck models. The "Pro 3" is designed for longboarding/downhill. |  |
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| Seismic | Seismic trucks have springs instead of bushings, and I have heard a lot of good about them- but not the price. |  |
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| Tracker | Tracker B-2s are widely used for longboarding. |  |
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| Nuclear Pickle | These guys make green Torsion style trucks, but that is absolutely all I know about them. | ||
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