I use to longboard a bit when i lived in hawaii for six months
its the only state that i've ever seen such a thing, I never owned my own board, i use to always ride a friends, he never used it, so it was practically mine
I know that feeling, carving on a longboard is a blast, you get some great speed, and carving adds for an awesome ride, I longboard more then i anything else on a skateboard, im horrible at doing tricks, and living in alaska kinda screws me over on trying to learn to surf.
I think i might get a longboard pretty soon, i haven't done it in a while.