Let’s face it… the most fun you can have on a longboard is carving down hill at speeds comparable to surfing or snowboarding.  Even more fun is bombing a hill at 20 – 40+ mph. The biggest problem with downhill skateboarding can be slowing down if you need to for some reason… and there are a lot of good reasons to slow down our stop! Besides the fact your body is subject to death if you hit an obstacle or the pavement; there is great advantage to speed control.