A friend of mine decided to pick up a pair of these for this season:
http://www.skiboardsonline.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=rvl8ktp11&Category_Code=skiboards&Product_Count=12
I guess they look quite sweet, but I have to admit, I'm a bit skeptical - I recommended he just get some fat-ish skis in a normal length for Japan powder but he seemed to have his heart set on some ski boards and says that because of their width -125mm undefoot, and the fact that they have extra holes so you can move the bindings back for powder days, they should be fine for the powde