I think I found the USA distributor:
http://answer-rcusa.com/zencart/
Though, suprised it didn't come up at all in google. went through about 16 pages of the Hyper 9 site to find it.
Do you know if there are any skid plates for the Hyper 9E out now? I have seen a few for the 9, but not sure if they will work on the 9E.