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It’s that time of year again, The IKSURF Magazine Reader Awards are live and it is time to start voting. Click the links below and VOTE for your favorites, F-ONE has a pretty solid line-up dabbling in everything from Best Kite Manufacturer to Best Video of 2015... And don’t forget MANERA for best Accessory Brand of 2015! Who will win?!
Adventure and passion, two words that probably best describe the universe of our Tahitian riders. Why not a share a session with Aude LIONET-CHANFOUR, Poenaiki RAIOHA and Patrice CHANZY?
Kitesoul Magazine English edition is out now!! Read it for free on line or trough our iOS App on iPhone or iPad, available on Apple App Store!
By winning 7 bullets of the 10 races held during the final 2 days, after 2 days (and another 10 races) of qualifying races, F-One Team Rider Maxime Nocher largely dominated the regatta and wins the 2015 Kite Foil Gold Cup in San Francisco. Bravo to Max ! Runner up was Nico Parlier (France) and local Johnny Heineken 3rd. In 4th place F-One Team Rider Joey Pasquali. Max will still need to finish ahead of Parlier in the final stop in Australia to be crowned world champion (October 8-13).
Check out this awesome collection by Mark Harpur AKA: Luckybeanz_Photo featuring some of the coolest shots from the 2015 Mitu Wave Camp in Baja Mexico.
3 years ago now, F-ONE launched the Next Generation Team to help, form and train young riders. This year, eleven promising young kids from all over the world, aged to 10 to 17 years old, had been selected to take part to the 2015 training camp in Fuerteventura (Canaria Islands) with Etienne LHOTE, a former F-one pro-rider who is now coaching and sharing his experience. It was an exceptional week for those up-and-coming pro riders! They had gread conditions and were able to get ready for the upcoming junior competitions.
I was unsure what to expect from our participation in the event. I knew F-One recently made a splash by adding top ranked Maxime Nocher to its Foil team and forming with Romain Castel a nice one two punch. This would also be the grand debut of the all new F-One ram air kite, a ultra high aspect kite (or foil kite, or parafoil) that few people even knew existed in the first place. Right from the get-go and the first practice sessions, the new kite proved to be already