If you want to know when someone would use a longboard skateboard, it would be if they are wanting to go fast. The longboard's design is different than a normal skateboard designs which allows it to go very fast.
Look in the silverfish classifieds for a good fast longboard that is affordable and fits your requirements.
If you mean the fastest speed on a longboard, the Guinness World Record is 80.83 mph. That record has probably been beaten but usually longboarders don't go really fast to break a world record, but for the "stoke" and love of the sport.
Your not suppose to do tricks on a long board the just for going fast.
no go for the Sector 9 they are very reliable
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If you want to try longboard surfing you should go to First Point, Malibu, California. Makaha in Oahu, Hawaii is also a popular place. Cardiff in California is known as one of the best places for longboard surfing.
no go for the Sector 9 they are very reliable
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The speed of a longboard on flatland has more than just how fast you push in consideration. The quality of the wheels is important, as well as how maintained the bearings are, the road condition, and how much wind or force keeping you back there is. A smooth road with harder wheels is faster than a rocky road with hard wheels. Also, soft wheels are slower than hard wheels on most surfaces. Then you have to judge how hard you can push.
The current land speed record for a longboard is held by Mischo Erban, who reached a speed of 95.83 mph on a longboard in Quebec, Canada in 2012.