Longboards were invented as the first skateboards. The first boards that were ever made...inspired by surfing, looked like longboards. And it is Awesome. We don't do many customs except for friends and family mostly. We are making a 7foot board for a dude in BC, the woods is ordered…that one is a little pricy…(we have an 84inch board, this guy found out and wants one). Anyways, it would depend what you want. We use all hardwoods, not plywoods, we don’t use lots of graphics because the wood grain is so beautiful on its own (similar to Arbour boards…) If you want some more info email us at contact@bigwavelongboards.com What is expensive about longboards is the trucks and wheels. You are looking at about $140 for those alone (and bearings….), most boards go for about 230+tax so the markup isn’t that much. We sell our boards for about that, and our wood is more expensive then ply. We’ve had a few orders, mostly for the 42†and man that board is so sweet. The Goddess is great too...super flexy and so fast. It has a little kick tail which you can't see in the pic.