I've been thinking about getting a longboard for some time now just to cruise around and what not but I have no idea which brands I should look for or anything. I've seen a lot of ridiculously long longboards, which I don't think I'd like, and they're usually all flattened out.

Are there any longboard companies that make boards about the same size as a regular board that has some shape? Also, instead of buying a complete longboard, would it work if I would use a regular board and trucks and buy just longboard wheels and bearings?

Something similar to this would be what I'm kinda looking for: