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Saturday, February 25th 2017, will be the First Annual Elite Big Air Classic, paired with a WOO Competition for the highest jump! In addition, the CKA (Collegiate Kiteboarding Association) will run their Regional Freestyle Competition. Two separate events packed into one rad location! F-One and Manera are proud sponsors of both events, and you will have a chance to win F-One & Manera swag for prizes! Harnesses, T-shirts, Board…
Our most recent addition to the Team is an up and coming kiter from La Ventana, Baja Mexico named Luis Diego. Now riding the F-One Spicy 138 Wakestyle board for boots, Bandit kites and Manera gear for his harness and wetsuit Luis is outfitted for success. We look forward to seeing this young rock-star progress and are happy to help him grow as a rider. More from Luis Diego coming soon, until then, get to know Luis with the short interview below. Thank you to Mike Chmel and Ozzy Ramirez
North American Foil Team rider Riley Gibbs was fortunate enough to be involved with Bollé Eyewear for their 2017 Summer Catalog Photoshoot! Riley scored some awesome lifestyle images and is styling-out rocking his Bollé shades and F-One Kite Gear! Pictures were taken in San Diego, California while riley was waiting for wind… Summers day in California.
New video release from F-One Freestyle / Wakestyle rider David Tonijuan titled - ONE! Marking his ONE Year with the F-ONE Family we look forward to more action from David. His gear of choice has been the Trax Lite Tech 140 with boots and the Bandit X Kite!!
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Nine years in the making the LV Classic has been an event to raise money for the local up and coming generation of children in La Ventana, Baja California Mexico. This year the LV Classic met their goal by raising more than 25 thousand US dollars to go toward educating these young individuals who would not be able to receive a proper education otherwise.
As you most likely know, F-One has been investing quite heavily with its Next Generation program, helping nurture talented young riders to train and understand what it takes to be a champ. Last year they went to Tarifa in Spain for a full week of intense training with pro coaching. Some former member are now a part of the Pro Team (Nicolas Delmas). Here is the current roster. Every year, F-One is on the lookout for the Next Generation phenom. In 2017, the Next Generation Team is going to be
F-One was voted best board manufacturer of 2016 by iKsurfmag reader. Yay ! Thanks to all the F-One fans out there. You can check out all the results here. F-One was also voted #4 in the best Brand and #6 in the best Kite category. Manera was voted #4 in the best Accessories category.
Julien Salles is the MANERA brand manager and is featured in the latest issue of The Kiteboarder Magazine. MANERA has gained a lot of follower in the last couple years with top notch and innovative product, very much in the vein of F-One products. This story is a great way to dive into the world of Manera...
Sitting across from me as I cruise down Highway 1 is a hulking Mitu Monteiro filling out the bucket seat of my full size truck. My job today is part journalist/photographer, part tour guide and part unexpected concierge. I had planned on scoring an early session at Waddell, but Mitu had requested we stop off at a tackle shop outside of San Francisco’s city limits. Mitu talks in creoled-out broken English with a laid-back island style. English is just one of Mitu’s six languages, self-taught from years of running a
Longtime F-One Pro Team rider Charlotte Consorti heads to Kenya thinking she might get to do a bit of kiting and see a bunch of animals. Sadly due to the amazing kite conditions she spent the entire trip shredding and only saw a couple of donkeys!