sandman

Thanks for the tips. I may have gotten my hands on a great board over in the USA, but getting it to Japan is the problem. I was told by one company that Fedex shipping usually costs around $100-$110, which is fine considering that the airline told me it would cost more than $250 to bring it on the airplane as extra baggage. But when I plugged some numbers into the fedex.com website, it said more like $220, so now I'm concerned. I guess I'll find out one way or another. -l

Just as one tip--go to www.burton.com and you can search for Burton dealers there, including Japan. Upon finding that there were at least 10 Burton dealers in Sendai, including a number of premier dealers (whatever that means), I stopped worrying so much about buying my board in Tokyo. Right now I'm checking out auctions... -l

I've got a quick question about buying a board here in Japan. I'm living in Tokyo and will be for another week, at which point I'm moving up to Sendai for good. I was told by friends to buy a board here in Tokyo before leaving since I'd supposedly be able to find better deals, but after spending a whole day searching around Ochanomizu, I only found one or two of last year's boards that were my size (163+), both overpriced, and only one used board, damaged. My question is this--do I really need to be running around trying to find a board here before I leave Tokyo, or do you think I'll ha