Hi all,
I am an early intermidiate - waterstart , plane in harness, but still trying to get into footstraps - at 73 kg with a tabou rocket 125lt ans sails 4,7 loft wave - 5,5 ezzy panther - 6,6 naish sprint.
Looking for a smaller board freeride / FSW at the 100lt range and have found the 2 following :
100 lt RRD FSW 2008 at 450 euros
101 lt JP FSW 2008 carbon at 500 euros
Questions :
Is the carbon board too much more sensitive for someone of my experience and realy too much more prone in breaking compared to the normal one ?
Is it worth giving the extra 50 euros for the JP carbon - or the fact(if) it being morsensitive due to carbon will last much less time in "my" hands ?
Usualy I would not talk about it and go for a normal board compared to a carbon one, but the difference in cost is rather small so I thought I shouldask ! 
Thanks
Carbon is more resistant than standard boards, made of fiberglass, but you must be aware, that production boards have very very small amount of carbon compared to how much they promote it.
and RRD 2008 FSW compared to JP 2008 FSW is probably just an issue of shape and performance, maybe they have slightly different specs, but all in all this is the same shiat.
At your level you won't see much performance benefit from a carbon / pro model board, and some are more fragile. Also some of the carbon boards a stiffer so can be a little harder onthe knees in harsh chop.
I have a carbon board that I like a lot, as it's very light.
It's hard on my knees in the chop though, and I often find myself wishing for some foot padding.
For me, carbon is nicer and worth the money, but pick the board with thicker foot padding. 50E is not a big difference in price.
Another factor to consider:
Once you start getting into straps, the catapult phase begins and there is a chance you'll damage your board.
It seems wiser to go for a standard version due to the knees thing + the catapult issue..
Anyone have any experience with the quattro freeride 100lt or the goya one 105 ?
I have been offered a 2008 + 2009 model in very good condition but never knew anyone with having one so have no idea how they handle, built quality etc .. thanks
Mate, i'm omly startiting out - 9 months - but got foot straps, harness and stuff sort of sorted. Right now i'm on a Naish Koncept 110L.
Being very inexperienced i have found this board awesome. I can get great stability trying my planing gybes, punted my first air and rolled onto my first wave all on the same board. Having a powerbox fin i can change the set up of the board easily between flat, b+J and small waves.
However, it's FWS and i have smashed the crap out of the nose only because i'm a crapola sailor still. Got it fixed nice and slapped some nose protection on it so it's lasted good. I'm happy with it anyways.
So in regards to your original question, Carbon - no idea probably not worth looking into until 2,3,4 years into it.
Unless you're awesome like me 
