After 2 months in quarantine and not being able to kite, Liam Whaley was finally given the green light! He went straight into a big air session at one of his favorite spots in Tarifa, Balneario!
Earlier this year, F-One team rider Titouan Galea went back home to New Caledonia with his brand new foil gear. Turned out that his homespot is absolutely ideal for Wing Surfing and what’s better than a perfect wave to feel the full potential of your gear?
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Liam is back in Cape Town once again to compete at the Red Bull King Of The Air for his 3rd consecutive year. After making every place on the podium except for 1st in previous years, there is nothing that he wants more than to win.
Tom Constant now spends most of his time in full flight, whether he is on the water or in the air. A local from the South East of France, he is passionate about SUP, foil and wing. Discreet and adventurous, sometimes solitary, he likes to share and exchange with others. He leads his life with simplicity and fluidity.
This is the third and final blog on my Wingsurfers Guide Through Progression. If you missed the two earlier blogs on getting started you can review them here. They will help to give some context on my experience during the early days (funny, just 3 months ago) and lead up to this final blog. Thanks in advance for reviewing and hopefully this will help some of you out that are learning this relatively new sport. Now well into my efforts to become better at winging I’m very happy with the progress to date. As mentioned in previous blogs, it’s a quick learn if you can keep at it. I’ve had the luxury of getting to try a good amount of the F-One Winging lineup and finding the right gear for the right conditions is helpful and makes the learning curve much quicker. With the right gear you’ll spend way more time up foiling and avoid getting exhausted trying to get up or stay up on foil. After a few months of practice, I can now competently get up on foil, stay upwind, tack, jibe, surf swell and have a great time out on the water doing it. Throughout this time, I started on larger boards, foils and wings and moved to smaller ones as my skills progressed. Here’s what I found works well for me now.
Brian Friedmann, foilboards, foils, foneswing, Gravity Foils, Swing
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Born in Germany, Simon Joosten first caught the kite bug when he got to ride on his dad’s back at the age of 5. A talented skateboarder, he finally decided to live off his passion for kitesurfing and created his own kiteschool in Barbados. His effortless flow and style led him to place 6th at his first GKA Kite-Surf World Tour in 2019. F-One is proud to have this humble and skilled rider joining the team.
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Liam has been training like a possessed man for the KOTAÂ (the annual big air event taking place in Cape Town, South Africa) with the new BULLIT kite, specifically designed for this kind of wind and style. Wind window period is now open is from Feb 1 to Feb 16.
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He is world bodysurfing champ and the standard he has achieved in the sport needs no further proof. Fred David makes the most of his twofold ability as an athlete and a lifeguard by being Justine Dupont’s “best partner in crime”.
MANERA is proud to welcome Justine DUPONT to the MANERA Surf Team: Justine is an awesome surfer and human being in general, her philosophy and commitment really stick to MANERA values and we are super stoked to have such a character as our women athlete
