Most of your answers are available on the NABX website. Check it out 
www.NABX.net  
There is a Pre-event at other dry lakes. The Land sailors will be on Ivanpah the week before NABX. There is room to buggy but you must have a permitt
from Needles BLM or be a guest of somebody. 
The Rooms are pretty cheap always. We get a further discount + credits with the hotel for NABX if we use the group code # but only during the event.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil  , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger. 
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.  
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn  :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc,  460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin. 
Rides:  Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB . 
Ken (K2)