I'll shoot dave an e-mail. Start thinking on the switch nitro 14. I'm currently riding 2010 naish charger 11 and 9 so the 14 is a good gap filling kite for me anyways...
For the board I want something that is reasonably similar to the high end race boards being used, that way if someone in my fleet wants to jump out and ride some big events on a higher end board they can do that without relearning to ride.
Does the sector 60 really ride more like a modern race board than the 2010 north race LTD?
I'd love to get a $2000 setup, board, kite, bar lines, harness. I could poach dinghy sailing racers faster than you could imagine. I'd have a 15 boat fleet in a year. Switch kites setup at 14 would definitely be the kite, what we need is a real production raceboard at a under 1000 price point.
I guess what they've accomplished in San Fran is getting kiting into the local sailing scene, allowed them to quickly build a powerful fleet. None of out kite shops here have any sailors or people pursuing that community, and it's the sailing community, not the kiting community, that will be easier to get into racing.
Thanks for the input guys...