HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Fast Waveboard (with great all-round capabilities)
"Four boards consistently proved more popular with guesters and testers than the rest, so we'll deal with them first. The New Fast Waveboards: The Quatro Freestyle Wave and Goya One. When decently powered up, these two were clearly one better to jump, waveride and charge around the break than the other boards on test. However, they weren't just scaled-up wave boards. They are 'new' because unlike conventional high volume wave boards they have low levels of tail rocker. Four or five mil is enough to soften the board slightly, but not put it straight into the 'high wind only' class. Their moderate 2cm point or length of rocker flat is also quite forward (or long) by waveboard standards. This 'fast waveboard' style rocker has been tried before many times over the years, but its combination with the newer short length, wider tail and nose shapes is quite new - and definitely works well, further increasing early planing and versatility. Both boards are also thin railed and less volumous (despite quoted litreage) than others on the test, and set up with wave style pads and straps, so they are making no bones about sacrificing a bit of heavyweight, intermediate and blasting suitability for a more responsive feel. But they certainly haven't sacrificed too much - the end result is boards that are still unusually easy and satisfying in flat water and medium winds, considering their high level of wave suitability. Their obvious suitability for higher wind freestyle too is an extra bonus for those that want it, but in no way detracts from their all-round and wave style qualities.
Of the two, the Goya is smaller and clearly the more composed and predictable and the better waverider, whereas the Quatro is a bit quicker to plane and more liveley and exciting. Both are really sweet for 5.0-5.7m wave or 'making the most of nearly waves' type conditions, or an accessible smallest board for those who don't get through enough strong wind sailing or feel confident enough with lower volumes to justify a conventional waveboard.
Nothing is ever entirely 'new', but certainly the Quatro and Goya seem to have identified and satisfied a niche with their blend of fast and easy wavesailing."

New to the UK but not to the world at large, the three-board Quatro Freestyle Wave range sits between their better-known Wave designs and a three-board Freemove range. The 85 is the middle board of the range, which spans 75-95L.

On the water: The bigger, quicker and more lively of the two very wave-biased boards in the line up. It planes up clearly a bit later than the average of those on test, but still much earlier that an equivalent sized waveboard. Nevertheless, its strengths are principally geared to coastal waters. It was clearly more manoeuvrable and controllable in the waves than the less wave-biassed designs, particularly with sails below 5.7m. It rides waves and jumps impeccably, giving a liveley, nippy feel rather than super-smooth or loose. In flatter water it sits high and has quite a skittery feel. While clearly designed for more of a wave than slalom / freeride stance, the deck is comfortable enough to make the board fun for blasting around over flat water or swell, and - as our GPS results showed - definitely nippy. The narrowish nose and tail aren't ideal for freetyle but the board still performs OK in this arena too. .

Range: Very happy with up to 5.8m as long as you're not trying to milk every tiniest puff out of marginal wind situations, and wavy and controllable enough to be a smallest board for average weight coastal sailors.

Fittings: The straps are comfortable and adjust easily through a smallish range. The deck is comfortable and the 25cm MFC Powerbox fin suits the board very well.

Popularity: This board won more top places in the guester favourite lists than any other and fared very well with the testers too. Not often found lonely on the beach!

Overall: A really sensible combination of manouevrability and get-up-and-go for a small medium-wind coaster all-rounder. Its isn't quite a fast-tail, so it does sacrifice a bit of performance in the marginal winds, but as a partner to a bigger board for taking care of those iffy jumping / riding days, it's a very high performing, comfortable and classy board.

Windsurf Magazine Test 2007