Greendot is a shop in Manta, Ecuador owned by our buddy Stefano Aliatis focusing on people who share his extreme sports and art passion! Providing people with the products and tools that they need to evolve in the watersports world!
GreenDot works together with Davo Hidalgo, the owner of OceanFreaks Kite School to put on the biggest kite festival in South America! These guys rock!! We cant thank them enough for the epic adventure, awesome contest, amazing riding conditions, and overall great time.
Billy Ackerman and Evan Drye headed down October 1-4th to spread the FONE stoke and have some fun at the 2014 Fly-Fest Event on Santa Marinita Beach, Ecuador. Check out our Dealer Spotlight interview on GreenDot Sports Shop, and OceanFreaks Kite School. Find out what Nino And Davo have to say about kiting the beautiful coast of Ecuador and don’t miss out on all the insane pics from Fly-Fest2014.
GreenDot Sports
Main Contacts:
Stefano AliatisWhat got you into the Kite business?
We got into kite business because it was to small here and the gear was inaccesible and super extra expensive. So we decide to get into the industry and make are market a international retail pricing and way more diverse offering different brands and products.Where do you like to kite and what is your favorite local restaurant for an after Kite meal?
Were we kite most is at Santa Marianita beach with lots of local foot places to eat and is super cool to ride as well in Murciélago beach right on the city with food wind and Alcatraz restaurant after riding is awesomeWhat is your favorite local Kite event?
Fly fest is the biggest kite event in the country so is our favorite event for sure!Why do you chose F-ONE for one of your brands at GreenDot?
F-one has a high end high performance gear that costumers are looking for!The Bandit is the best all around kite in the market. Easy to ride with lots of advantages for the rider with high performance and durability
-NinoGreen-Dot
www.green-dot.me
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OceanFreaks Kite School
Main Contacts:
Davo HidalgoWhat got you into the Kite business?
I have been always fascinated by the sport, every time I stayed close to the sport following it and helping it to develop it in the area, one day after some disagreements with some friends, I had the perfect excuse to become independent with my operation, so that was when I borrow my moms credit card and purchase my first 3 kites and start a kite school, back then I was the crazy one for doing that, and now thanks to a lot of hard work, the support of my family, my friends (greendot) it became my life and my business.Where do you like to kite?
I have been in many places but I have to be honest, I love my home spot, been able to kite here in Santa Marianita for me is the best, 8 months out of the year with gentile trade winds and amazing swells just makes the perfect sport for me.What is your favorite local restaurant for an after Kite meal?
That will be my mon’s restaurant, “Alcatraz” number 13, named after the bird not the prison lol, located at the Murcielago beach in MantaWhat is your favorite local Kite event?
With no doubt the Fly-Fest is my favorite event of all times. Probably is the only one where you can have a surfexpo, kite competition and live music in the same day in the same place…
-Davo
