snowboard shops in sydney

[amandanism 0]

heading to sydney in april.

 

will the shops be stocking snowboard gear around then? i havnt really looked around at board shops in sydney (havnt been back for over 2 years) the only shop i know of is balmoral boards - spit junction. any other recommendations?

 

what are the prices like compared to japan?

from the looks of the website for balmoral boards everything looks pretty damn pricey.

 

thanks

[woywoy 0]

Balmoral boards is probably your best bet... decent staff and a good range of boards, boots, bindings and wear. The staff are not hung up and are usually pretty helpful. April will be just a few months before our snow season starts so the stuff should be starting to come in but they have a decent range of stuff all year round nowadays.

 

There are a few other boarding shops... Boarders Inc. at Long Reef, and then a few other surf shops but only really stock snowboard stuff in our winter. Then you can try ski shops that now recognise the popularity of riding and stock a decent amount of snowboard-oriented gear and also boards. Inski I dont think have much but the Paul Reader shops in the city and also at Chatswood have a bit of stuff.

 

With regard to prices... I think you can get decent deals if you buy non-current models of boards and not Burton. Burton stuff stays at retail price and its hard to get much of a discount. Lesser known, but just as good brands get you more of a chance of a decent discount.

 

Good lucK!

[amandanism 0]

cheers.

 

im going to have to have a good look around.

 

from the looks of stuff in japan, you can find yourself some pretty cool deals if you dont want the current season stuff.

[Raury 0]

You may want to put a thread up in the Snow Talk forum at Ski . Com . Au

 

There are a number of SYD based people on the forums.