Interesting comments.
I had a steel wheeled board in the 60’s - oooh! it hurt to ride it on anything other than fresh concrete...
In the mid-70’s I got a new one with neoprene wheels - had a lot of fun on it until it was stolen while on vacation in Palm Springs.
Then I picked up a new one in the early 80’s - it has high quality German bearings and great wheels. I still have it.
I bring it to conferences (as a organizer) and occasionally place multiple boxes on it to move them from place to place...works like a hand truck, sans handles. And I can get from point A to point B very quickly when I need to.
I saw a kid on a long board last week - five feet or more long and at least a foot wide. He was using his board like a paddle board - he had a pole to push himself along...looked odd.
Sounds like Skateboard Ski Poling. Maybe it’ll catch on.