I do NOT want photographs of you lubing your tube. NO SIR!
There are many ways to get around banal US retailer exports (I have been importing for 10 years in a different arena, where 99% are longer than the regulatory 1.05cm/37"). One is to have a US friend who will receive the package and post to you (99.99999% of the time USPS could not CARE about the length of the package). Another is DHL or Fedex, though that increases the cost as USPS is still the cheapest in the USA.
I am on first name basis with Customs in QLD... they used to see me twice/thrice a month, though that has slowed down somewhat lately.