Before everyone get’s their panties in a bunch, this was purely a design exercise and not a product meant to be sold to the general public. It’s kind of a fascinating train wreck to watch. It looks like a successful design of a skateboard you can ride down stairs, at least in a less jarring fashion than you could anyway. However, I’m not sure how much of that is due to the Frankenstein truck modifications and how much is due to the flexibility and longer wheelbase of the board. PoChih Lai is the guy who designed and made it. Whatever your opinion is on this exercise, you have to give him credit for actually fabricating this contraptions instead of just presenting it as a bunch of CAD renders. In fact, he constructed several different iterations just to get to this point! Buy one? No, but I’d like to try it. [Source: Dezeen] – Thanks to Colin for the tip.

I’m surprised it has taken this long for Tech Deck to release longboard style fingerboards. Actually, I could have sworn they had a limited release of some already. This time they are upping the ante by introducing more longboard-centric models like pintails and drop boards. They even go out of the way to show the flex. Finglonger not required. Video after the jump. – Thanks to Greg Baller for the tip.

There is a Facebook page called A Longboard Makes a Girl Twice As Hot. It’s disgusting, really. I mean why discriminate against regular sized boards? – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

Just a note to let everyone know that I will no longer feature imaginary magical skateboards that exist only in the minds and hard drives of aspiring industrial designers. There are just too many. Don’t even send them to me unless they actually exist, or are so amazing that they need to be seen (or ridiculed). – Thanks to Boy for the tip.

A guy made a longboard out of aluminum. He didn’t cast it or machine it, he built it Erector Set style. It looks… Industrial. I hope those are lock nuts. Check it out. [Source: Hack A Day] – Thanks to Andrew Wahlfor the tip.

I totally forgot about this groundbreaking event. Forget the 1080, looping on a longboard is epic! If you laugh at this video you’ll have bad luck at your next session.

So essentially these boards are made out of plastic resin and paper composite, some of it post-consumer waste. Each board sold means a tree planted, so sustainability is important to Grow Anthology. Oddly enough, they aren’t blabbing about it all one the web site. You actually have to look around for it. More than likely, this composite material isn’t viable for your average ledge, stair or rail skater, but for campus cruisers and transportation… Sure, why not. Now your coffee and your skateboard can be Rainforest Alliance certified. Made in USA to boot. Source: Plastolux – Thanks to Va for the tip.

So only one person caught it last week when I re-ran a post on the Onion, and that person wash’t even me. Two things about this side splitter: I wish I had a digital media job, and I will ride a longboard to that job if you give it to me. Actually, I ate it once skating back from Starbucks from a break. For the love of Hosoi, don’t let an intern be your photo editor. As lousy as that poorly cropped photo is, the rest of the Onion story makes up for it. – Thanks to Josh and Greg for the tip.

Like French Maid TV before it, Eye Handy is a flimsy excuse to show scantily clad women pretending to show you how to do some menial task that you already know how to do anyway. Or as it may be in this case, something you possibly don’t want to know how to do, like putting carpeting on your longboard. Expect lingering shots and “accidental” framing of certain areas of interest. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

There are popsicle sticks and there are more popsicle stick sticks. Check out this longboard made from laminates of actual popsicle sticks. I was a little bit disappointed to learn that these were craft and hobby store popsicle sticks and not from recycled frozen sweets. I think the sugar water stains would have been a nice touch, although once lacquered, the bard does have a nice bamboo lok to it. Check it out on Instructables. – Thanks to Eric Cherry for the tip.