I had the Original Quad Race. I don't think the construction was robust enough to take the regular beating. The glass on the bottom was completely packed out. It was more fun as all terrain directional. I now have a NJS designed board very similar to the Course Fish. It motors upwind and downwind.. I have talked to Damien and Kent to get some ideas for fin configs.. I plan on trying some different fins this season to try to optimize the upwind abilities..
So the boards to focus on in my mind would be:
-NJS
http://www.njsdesigns.org/CourseFish.html
-Mike Z
http://www.mikeslab.com/
Production boards
-Ocean rodeo (looks interesting)
http://www.oceanrodeo.com/kiting/race-series
-North (new 2010 design-quad)
http://www.northkites.com/public/con...index_eng.html
IMHO
-Chris
www.villagebikes.com