F-One

After spending an entire week in a near total internet blackout, at one of the most remote locations I think I have ever been to, we headed back to San Francisco and civilisation as the end of our trip drew near. Of course there will be a full feature on our trip to the SoloSports set up in Punta San Carlos, Baja California in the next issue… In the meantime though we didn’t feel like wasting a day and so we headed to Waddell Creek to check out the action.
I’m lucky enough to be accompanying Mitu Monteiro on a trip to Baja, Mexico with the crew from Bay Area Kitesurf who are based in San Francisco. We’re off to Baja tomorrow and will be out of radio contact for a while in terms of serious upload speeds, so we figured a quick teaser would be in order, before we kiss the Internet goodbye! Nico Ostermann is hosting us at his awesome house here before we all fly south, he kindly took us on a tour of the city and
Manu PORTET, F-One Pro SUP and Surf rider, takes us on a wild tour of the best spots in the Basque region, in the South West of France. Equipped with his F-One Madeiro Pro 7'5'' x 26'', Manu amazes us again and again with his radical and powerful style.
Poe in action at the ISA SUP Championship. Great to see young gunners be already at the top.
Our East Coast crew headed up to Sullivan's Island South Carolina to spread the stoke on the latest gear from F-One, Manera, and Underwave.
Spain and more exactly ‘’Tarifa’’ is the latest destination for our NEXT GENERATION team ! These young riders, from 13 to 18 years old, flew off to Spain with their coach Etienne LHOTE for an intense training trip
The 2014 Next LW features a fairly wide and rounded template, wood core, round inverted rails, unique Unibox fin mounts, three settings for stance width, and a single option for setting stance duck. Testers found the Next LW to be a lively and fun board that strikes a balance between freestyle and light wind ability.
Don't miss latest issue of The Kiteboarder mag #11 - Aside from this great cover of Mika doing his thing in the Mauritius lagoon this past September, there is an extensive interview with Raphael Salles.
The Trax has been the lifeblood of the F-one twin tip line, and this year it has undergone major changes ! Check them out
The TRUST is a kite with a 100% design focus on FREERIDE. Aimed at riders of any level, the kite is intuitive with an optimum relaunch capability, a great stability and perfect power control.
We haven't had the pleasure of featuring a female kiteboarder before on the GN4LW site so we were really excited when someone Katie knew reached out to us to fill us in on what she is up to out in the Dominican Republic.
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