A Longboard is a general term for several types of skateboard board types, and the specific range of board types it covers is still changing.

In the first definition, literally, a longboard refers to a skateboard that is longer than a street skateboard. The length of the board is longer than the average street skateboard, it can be called a longboard. A more accurate classification standard is to judge whether a board is a longboard by the bridge distance. The bridge distance is greater than that of a general street skateboard, which can be called a longboard.

However, in reality, fish boards, land surfboards, old-school skateboards, sled boards, etc., all have board lengths less than or equal to ordinary street skateboards, but they are sometimes classified as longboards. In particular, many board types around pile boards have shorter board lengths than street skateboards and longer bridge distances than street skateboards. It is indeed difficult to directly judge whether they should be considered longboards.

The second way to define another way of defining longboard is to sort out the evolutionary history of skateboarding. Because fundamentally, the board type serves the gameplay. Only when the players create new gameplay can there be a board type that is compatible with it. If we make a very brief summary of the history of skateboarding: in the embryonic period of skateboarding invention (the 1950s-60s), longer skateboards and shorter skateboards existed at the same time, and a universally agreed longboard concept has not yet been established. Appear. In the early days of skateboard development (the 1960s and 1970s), slender slabs designed for winding piles and rapid descent have appeared, but they are not called longboards. In the 1990s, street-style skateboarding gained a dominant position in the skateboarding world and was referred to as Skateboards. At this stage, the type of cruiser facing the street has been developed and is known as the longboard. At the turn of the century, in the recession period after the boom of street skateboarding, retro games such as bouncing and surfing were given a new lease of life. A group of middle-aged and old players who had been exposed to skateboarding in their teenage years, and later entered the society, established their own careers and families, attracted by the longboard healthy and leisure image, began to play board again, and gradually promoted streetwalking. The popularity of unique longboard gameplay such as dancing and long-distance has established the general public's understanding of longboarding.