JP the thing that will make flying difficult is the weight limits! Unless you have someone else going thats not racing, or you get someone to take some stuff in their car. When I went to Japan I had 33kg and just made it, and the limit has been dropped to 23kg for all. Now you can get extra weight limit for sporting equipment, but I would recomend you confirm this before booking, as Lee M and Jimmy and Vikky got spanked for extra weight coming home from Japan. And do the airlines call our gear sporting equpiment? We know it is, but def confirm before booking
