The Kiteboarder Magazine

Nico Ostermann talks about the 2013 Bandit 6 Kiteboarding Kite from F-One Kiteboarding.

The Volt is F-One's all-around freeride kite and is available for a lower retail price than the F-One Bandit 5.

126 pages of knowledge on 2012 kiteboarding gear.

The basic frontside off the lip is every rider's introduction to riding a wave with a kite. A good top turn involves a lot of timing between your kite, your board position, and the wave and it can take some time to pull it all together.

The North American distributor of F-One Kiteboarding & SUP, Manera, and Underwave (Bay Area Kitesurf Inc.) is thrilled to announce that we have expended our partnership with Boardsports School & Shop , our leading dealer in the Bay Area, by offering school instructions using the latest F-One gear with F-One trained instructors.

The Kiteboarder's video review of the 2012 F-One Bandit 5 kite. For the complete review (including comments directly from our testers) on this and 52 more 2012 kiteboarding kites and boards, download the TKB 2012 Freeride Gear Review in the TKB Store.

To mark the introduction of the new F-One accessories brand MANERA to the US market, the distributors of F-One in America will offer a MANERA Playa Board Bag with the purchase of any 2012 F-One board, either a twin-tip, a surfboard, or a SUP.

F-One has made some major changes to its 2012 product line. Returning for 2012 is the fifth generation of the Bandit Delta kite. US distributor Nicolas Ostermann walks us through their extensive lineup which now also includes SUP boards and paddles.

F-ONE's new movie shot on RED in Magadascar last summer. Antandroy is the combination of kitesurfing, surfing, and SUP in one of the most remote spots on the planet and features an amazing encounter between two peoples.

During our ongoing product quality monitoring applied to retailed items, we have noted that some Release handle of Bandit 4, in very limited quantity could present a conformity fault.

F-One has released the trailer for their next kiteboarding film ANTANDROY: People from the Thorns. Filmed by the Band Original crew.

Bruce Johnson talks about the 2012 line of kite surfboards and twin tips from F-One Kiteboarding.

At just 17 years old, Maika Buckley has decided to finish her senior year of high school online so she can move to Cabarete to train. Maika said, “I love Cabarete. All of my friends do not understand how I could leave high school my senior year and go live in a third world country. I think how could I not?”

  Check out F-One’s beautiful new SUP line at http://en.f-onesup.com

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