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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!
A stylish and classy navy blue (Ink Blue) material sets this suit apart from traditional black neoprene and with it’s 5.4.3 thickness variation, I noticed a thinner panel down the side which provided more flexibility and decreased weight and bulk while maintaining enough thickness in the chest and other areas where needed to keep me warm. This suit truly feels like a top of the line, high quality wetsuit, and with all of it’s preventative measures for increased durability, I’m looking forward to it keeping me warm for many winter
F-One riders shining at the WKL in New Caledonia! Congratulations to Set Teixeira, David Tonijuan and Pauline Valesa for their exceptional performances.
If you haven’t tried a Manera wetsuit on just yet, you’re definitely missing out. To prove the warmth factor of its neoprene products, this year Julien Salles took the Manera team to Iceland to put their latest wetsuit tech through its paces in the glacial waters of the northern Atlantic. From the Exo harness to the Magma line of suits, comfort and session longevity have been the lead goals since the brand’s beginning. Julien Salles gives us the scoop on Manera’s 2017 lineup.
While F-One has been around since the very beginning, it is now celebrating 10 years of production of their signature Bandit kite. As the company continues to improve and refine the 2017 Bandit, this year it has added a full line of Foilboard products that explore every niche of the hydrofoiling market. In addition to a new kite and some tech tweaks to the twin tips, F-One is also launching the Mitu Surfboard in a long awaited and exciting carbon construction. Owner/Founder/Designer Raphael Salles walks us through the highlights of
iKsurfmag reviews the 2017 BANDIT X 12m kite. It keeps on getting better ! Read the full review here.
Camargue is right next to F-One HQ in France (Montpellier), a beautiful natural region, located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône River delta. And it's a windy place, very windy place with the infamous Mistral blowing hard at times. It's the home of both Charlotte Consorti and also Alex Caizergues where they have a man made speed run at their disposal to train... It's a also where the well known kiteboarding spot BEAUDUC is located, with a lot of kiteboarders coming
Our top two F-One International Foil racers are First and Second overall after the IKA Kitefoil Gold Cup Finals in Qatar, huge congratulations to Maxime Nocher 1st and Axel Mazell 2nd!
Jupiter Kiteboarding Demo Sunday, November 20, 2016. We will have the 10th edition of the Bandit kite, Breeze and Diablo Kites, freeride and Race hydrofoils, twintips, surfs, Manera Exo Harnesses and more!
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Riley Gibbs, the youngest member of our national team, took first place during the Fall Foil Regatta and left nothing to its concurrents with 8 bullets on 9 races ! Overall, it was a great showing for the F-One Team Riders with Zach Marks second and Jon Modica third, all of them riding the new DIABLO V2 in various conditions. Elite Watersports's owner Aaron McClearnon finished I asked Riley to send back his impressions of the week end:
Explore, Surf, Cruise, Race, Foil, Enjoy Stand up Paddle boarding allows us to see the world from a different angle. If you're cruising or surfing your heart away, F-One has a wide collection for all paddlers. We are thrilled to present the latest additions to our 2017 collection: Papenoo, Noosa, Ocean and Magic. A mix of state-of-the-art technology and F-ONE's expertise to offer you the best SUPing experience.