Bandit S

Results are in. Find out what The Kite Mag has to say about F-One's 2022 Bandit S kite.
When the swell hits the island of Sal in Cabo verde, you can find Mitu Monteiro, with his setup of choice.
The steering response continues to be one of the crispest and instant on the market with a smaller tighter radius steering path that pivots around the center of the kite which makes the Bandit incredibly agile and easy to place wherever you need it, confidently creating power in any part of the window. The Bandit-S shines for surf because it will happily hover deep in the window and riders can use the progressive power control to dial in the perfect amount of power. Many of the surf-oriented qualities that have
We are proud to have won the best Wave Kite category of the Kite Mag’s Ultimate test ! “All that wave pedigree from the previous generation shines through into a really focused product which has telepathic bar feedback and insane performance levels.”
 Take a closer look at F-One’s Bandit-S, a dedicated strapless and surf kite and the choice of champions and riders who truly value surfing with a kite. Learn more about the differences between the Bandit-S and the Bandit 2020
Source: The Kiteboarder Magazine F-One has a long history as a company focused on simple and clean product lines with excellent feel and performance. The Bandit has been the milestone of the F-One product family and has always been designed with the intention of putting it in the center of freeride category, maximizing its balance between multiple disciplines and attempting to create one of the largest spectrums of use with a single kite. Straddling the needs of surfing, generalist freeride and big air/mega looping freeride with one quiver of kites works for
Let’s get a deeper insight into two Bandits. F-One founder, Raphael Salles, explains the reasons why they launched two kites and what the main differences between BANDIT 2020 and BANDIT-S are.