Soo…while night snowboarding in Hokkaido was a blast, I did notice some popping sounds over the course of my runs.
It would seem my stomp pad glue is too used to warm California conditions, and got a little brittle what with the subzero Hokkaido slopes and all. That or I was just carving it up way too hard ;)
I present exhibit A – you can see where bits are just flaking off…
Incidentally, domestic shipping in Japan is Really Cheap. I sent my board to Hokkaido and back (like sending a snowboard to SF from LA) for 3400 yen, or about $35. Not bad, eh?
