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Xerxes

Man, can't wait to go boarding, but where's a good place with a good selection of boards with brands from the States and Europe too.

I see a lot of places selling boards near the ski resorts but the selection isn't as good as I thought that they would be. I just want to gwak at some cool boards before settling or being realistic, so some high end places and some good priced places please.

I kinda want to get a good board jacket with some good vents and a decent hood. Suggestions for those too?

yeoja · Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Location: Down south in South Korea

The street between Yeoksam Station (line 2) and Hakdong Station (line 7) also called the 차병원사거리 area would be your best bet. a line of loads of shops for winter sports.

http://blog.dreamwiz.com/snowboarder/6318807
a link to a K blogger's post of maps. May help.....?

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

If you know what you want I suggest buying online.

Go into naver.com and type in snowboard (스노우보드) and this will give you a list of snowboard shops: http://dir.naver.com/dir.php?id=/Leisure_and_Sports/Winter_Sports/Ski_and_Snowboard/Supplies&start=0

I was in the same situation as you last year that I really wanted to upgrade my board. Did a lot of searching on US sites getting reviews on the brands and types that I was interested. I also compared prices in the States and here and in some cases were similar in cost.

I can't remember the exact site that I bought my board but this is the one that I got last year but only paid 300,000won for it http://www.nowstyle.co.kr/shop/goods/goods_view.php?goodsno=1005&category=001011002

If you have the time, can read Korean and patient enough to navigate the sites you can really find some good deals out there.

Good luck.

milspecs · Joined: 19 Jun 2008

the hyundai dept store that is connected to omokgyo station sells snowboards, bindings, gear...etc. i saw boards ranging from 189000W to 500000W.

Xerxes · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

sigmundsmith, what US sites did you visit for your boards? I kinda wanna see what's all out there too, and I guess I should. I have done a search some too, but just curious what you were looking at too.

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

Xerxes · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:33 am Post subject:

I splurged a bit and bought a Burton T6 at about the retail price of $799 in US but paid 750k won for it, which is pretty good with the exchange rate as it is. http://www.burton.com/Gear/Default.aspx#/gear/productdetail/mens/boards/10434/206928000159/

I took it for a ride at Vivaldi Park over the weekend and it is friggin� fast Shocked

allowing me to go at medium level difficulty speeds at beginner level slopes and mid-advanced speeds at medium level slopes. I was going so fast on even the medium difficulty slopes that I didn�t have the huevos to try the board on mid-advanced (I faked a sprained ankle and had a patrol dude give me a ride down the slope on his gurney Rolling Eyes

). The thing is light as air too. If I could do 360s, I would have no problem doing it on this board with it being so light.

It carves like crazy taking minimum effort to go into a grove. I had checked out a lot of makes, and since I was going to go with a board for a few years or more, I wanted to try out the legendary Burton boards. I was kicking myself for splurging but after my first runs, I got my money�s worth. The Vapor Burton board is listed retail at U$999.95, but I�m not a pro and not that advanced yet to try such a magnificent creature. If the Vapor is better than the T6, Good God! Shocked

Now if I can just get my ball-and-chain to let me go for a ride again soon! We go skiing as a family but not nearly as often as I like during a season. Grr Laughing