F-One

F-One has continued to shape the range into a true pro performance SUP Surfboard. In previous years I have paddled the 7’7 (87L) or 7’11 (95L) Madeiro SUP boards. For 2017 as the sizes and overall shape has changed a little, I decided to go up in volume and ride the 8’0 (100L) board to be more comfortable. Going to a bigger size I was worried that I would not be able to maneuver the board as well as the 7’7 or 7’11 sizes, but that is defiantly not the
The F-One SUP Range keeps growing, at this time we have 7 x wings (all carbon), 6 x aluminum masts, 3 x carbon masts, 2 x carbon stabilizers (1 freeride and 1 race), 2 x carbon fuselage ( 1 freeride and 1 race) and a lot of kite foilboards and/or SUP foilboards to choose from. And since all components are inter-changeable and compatible, you can customize your ride the way you want.
Equipped with their DIABLO V.2. and their FURTIVE V.1. kites Maxime Nocher, Axel Mazella and Titouan Galea haven’t left any room for others on the podiums.
ESL stands for Essential which is exactly what F-One decided to do with this board; bringing back the original bamboo sandwich construction and eliminating the pads and inserts; for the riders who prefer a direct contact with the board and use wax for traction.
We asked Alex Caizergues, F-One Kite Speed racer, who owns the current kite speed record holder with 104.8 km/h average over 500, a few questions on the new FURTIVE kite, which has been initially specifically designed for the speed team to break records. It turned out the FURTIVE is more than just a speed kite and that's the main reason why F-One released it to the public for the 2017 season.
In summation, F-One has been making some exceptional production foils with incredible attention to detail with impeccable fit and finish. The Freeride 800 is a great entry into the Freeride category with slower foilup speeds and a overall ride that we found to be really fun for freeride carving. The metal mast option is extremely well executed and delivers a very solid feel making this a really great option for the aspiring learner who wants a foil that will serve them well into their intermediate and advanced freeride ambitions.
The F-One/Manera East Coast Team will be heading to Elite Watersports Shop & School in St Petersburg, Florida for a complete DEMO on September 30th - October 1st, 2016 and also the Opening Season Party Saturday evening at the shop. We will have 2017 Kites and Boards along with 2017 Manera products to show and demo.
The Bandit 10 is a nice improvement from last year's model and immediately feels very quick and responsive when you put it in the air. Every year you think to yourself, my current kite feels really good, what could be improved? And amazingly this year those improvements were very apparent as soon as I flew the kite. I'd intentionally went out in lighter winds with the B10 7M to try and see how much pull it had and turning in less than normal conditions for that size kite. It was
I was expecting for the whole adventure to hurt but 100ft out from the beach I was up and going. I felt early release and no rail stickiness with the board. Volume was enough to easily up-haul. The pad was good and grippy but not too firm. Having a stomp pad flip up on the tail is really nice for location awareness when foiling. The foil clearly had a lot of lift, with about 12 knots of wind I was able to pump the sail and pump the board and
F-One and Manera are a proud sponsor of the 2016 Eastern SUP Surfing Circuit. (ESSC). The first leg of the three stop ESSC kicked off this past weekend at Ponce de Leon, Melbourne Beach, Florida. We were lucky enough to receive awesome conditions with a low to incoming tide and knee to chest high waves to start the event at 8:30am Saturday, September 24, 2016.