Bay Area Kitesurf will be bringing all the SUP and kite toys to Alameda Saturday May 5th 10am on. Come for the SUP, stay for the wind. We'll have the Volt as well as the B5 kites for demo. And Nico is even breaking the seal on a fresh 140 Trax light wind board.

Hosted by Boardsports, the premium F-one dealer in the bay

More info at
info@bayareakitesurf.com 415-573-2619

The April 21 Demo of F-One Gear by Bay Area Kitesurf & Onsite Boardsports has been postponed until May 5th.

For more information please contact us at: school@bayareakitesurf.com or 415-763-7460.

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The North American distributor of F-One Kiteboarding & SUP, Manera and Underwave (Bay Area Kitesurf Inc.) is thrilled to announce that we have expanded our partnership with Boardsports School & Shop, our leading dealer in the Bay Area.

The school will now be using the latest F-One gear with F-One trained instructors. In addition, Boardsports School & Shop will have a complete set of 2012 demo gear for their customers to try out at any time.

You are invited to two full demo days. The F-One crew will be on deck and the entire 2012 collection available to try. Join us at the Alameda location on April 21st and Coyote Point location on June 2nd. BBQ and beverages will be served.

For more information please contact us at: school@bayareakitesurf.com or 415-763-7460.

Please share the attached flyer with all your friends! We wish you a great windy season!

Whether you are traveling in tiny bush planes to far out of the way breaks or navigating through busy international airports Manera's Cabin Traveler is ideal for packing those other kiteboarding expedition essentials. F-One's line of Manera travel bags were designed by kiteboarders for kiteboarders.

600D Polyester , 3D Mesh

Volume & Size:
- 53 L
- 55 x 37 x 26 cm
- 22 x 14 x 10 in

Features :
- Wheeled luggage
- Front pocket
- Tote front pocket
- Top , front and side handle
- Retractable handle
- 2 Interior pockets
- Interior split level design

Get yours now at Bay Area Kitesurf

 

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.

This offer has a value of up to $189 retail and is valid until the end of February. Contact Bay Area Kitesurf for more information.

Check out the whole line of bags available through Bay Area Kitesurf.

F-One SUP Demo Week End in Morro Bay, February 25-26

Bay Area Kitesurf, the North American F-One distributor, in conjunction with Central Coast SUP will be presenting the 2012 F-One Stand Up Paddle collection on February 25th and 26th from 9am-3pm, in Morro Bay, on the Central Coast.


Come checkout the latest SUP's, paddles and the recently release MANERA travel gear from F-One. With twelve different models to choose from F-One is one of the few companies to offer a full range of high performance boards starting with the 7'7" surf models up through the 14' carbon/bamboo race.

Saturday will offer flat water board demos in the bay. We will have the Manawa, Anakao, race and Madeiro series boards to try. The Manawa line is great a great all around board that does well in the waves or on the flats. The carbon fiber/bamboo 12'6 race boards will also be available for demo this day. These race boards are quickly becoming a favorite with a number of paddlers.

Sunday we move to the surf at 24th st. in Cayucos from 9am-3pm. The surf specific 7'11" Madeiro and 9'1" and 8’4” Anakao will be available to test as well as the Manawa lineup above for surf demo.

So come on out and test drive the boards that have been two years in the making. For more information and board specifics
please visit F-One SUP

For more information, please contact Brian Friedmann at brian ( at ) bayareakitesurf.com

When: Sat Feb 25 9am - 3pm & Sun Feb 26, 2012 9am - 3pm

Where: Morro Bay
Saturday flat water demo takes place at the Morro Bay waterfront across the street from Coleman Park next to the Rock.
Sunday surf demo takes place at 24th st beach in Cayucos
Look for the F-One flags on both days


 

DEADLINE! 5:00 PM January 16, 2012

1)Send an email to mbrooks@burlingame.org by 5pm January 16, 2012 stating you want Coyote Point protected from development.
You may use the statement below or a statement in your own words will be more powerful.

2) INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS - emails without this information may be discarded as invalid.

3)Pass this on to as many people as you can. Numbers Count!

4)Who else do you know outside the kiting community that might want to prevent this development? The broader the demographics of people objecting the better!

Please do not allow the proposed approximately 770,000 sq ft building project northwest of Coyote Point to go forward. The impacts to wind quality would be so significant that this building project would substantially impair windsurfing and kiteboarding access to and from San Francisco Bay at existing, long-established launch sites. It would also prohibit effective windsurfing and kiteboarding instruction due to the severe degradation of wind conditions in the area. Local businesses would therefore be harmed.

The strong and relatively steady wind conditions in this area are of an extremely rare and unique nature -- making nearby recreation areas absolutely vital to the community -- and thus this largely unobstructed natural windflow pattern must be protected. Therefore, the building project, as proposed, must be denied.

YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS

The Gear
Brian
- Board: 12’6” Race Board
- Paddle: Peak full carbon
Nico
- Board: 12’6” Race Board
- Paddle: Battle Hybrid
Lydia
- Board: 10’ Manawa
- Paddle: Vario (adjustable paddle)

Our first stop was Donner Lake just as dawn broke over the snow covered hills. The air and water were silent and still except for the sound of our paddles cutting through the water and the ripples following our boards.

As the rising sun drew mists off the water the lake became one of those mysterious, magical places of the adventure movies and books I read as a kid. I half expected some enchanted creature to rise out of the waters.

Instead, a trio of ducks buzzed us and settled on the water close enough to check us out and with enough room to make a get away if we made any sudden moves.

I thought I’d lived the Tahoe adventure I’ve been there many times for skiing, mountain biking and inner tubing. And being out on the lake at dawn, watching the shifts in the light and the water as the world slowly woke up. I felt like I’d seen Tahoe for the first time.



After warming up and fueling up on coffee and bagels our next stop was Lake Tahoe itself. There the main type of wildlife we saw was tourists, curious what we were up to. Like the ducks, they stopped to watch us. Unlike the ducks they had many questions about learning how to do it and where they could get boards themselves.

Caffeinated and under the bright sun of mid morning and having an audience of tourists the mood was much more rambunctious and we shifted from the contemplative paddling of the morning to opening up the high performance capabilities of the boards. Those race boards are like thorough bred racehorses. They can only tolerate being held back so much. It was exhilarating to fly across the crystal clear water in the chill mountain air.



By our final stop at Fallen Leaf Lake in the afternoon the air had warmed up enough we could trade wetsuits for shorts. The water was still really cold and it would have really, really sucked to fall in. The threat wasn’t from the still clear waters of the lake. It came from fellow team mates “just playing around”. Yeah, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye or someone ends up in alpine lake water.



Our little adventure combined everything I love about Tahoe trips. The camaraderie of the group. The breathtaking awe of the majestic beauty of The Sierras. The sense of adventure and excitement that comes with actually engaging with nature instead of just looking at it out of a moving car window. And this time I got to see a whole new side of the mountains and the lakes.

The Kiteboarder Magazine's La Ventana Classic has become so much more than an a competition and expo. It has become a cooperative effort among the many brands, pro riders and kiters from around the world to support the local community. Last year $18,500 USD was raised and used to directly support the local community and schools. Events include not only competitions, kiting clinics and gear demo but also gringos and Mexicans working together to clean the neighborhood and repair and build community structures.

And of course the great kiting in the balmy waters of the Sea of Cortez!


The sense of community and camaraderie and just plain fun of this event makes it one of the Bay Area Kitesurf crew's favorite of the year. We will be bringing all the 2012 F-One goodies. We will have all the B5 kites,twintips, surf boards, and SUP board. The entire catalog will be available for demo.

SAVE BIG, UP TO 50% on all our F-ONE and UNDERWAVE Floor Sample from the 2011 season.
We must make room for the 2012 season !!

List of things up for grab include:

2011 Kite BANDIT IV 11m
2011 Kite VOLT 11/13m
2011 Kite SOURCE 11/13/15m
2011 SURF 6'2, SIGNATURE 5'8/6'0 and FISH 5'2
2011 TWIN TIPS TRAX 132/138, ACID 127/130, Sk8 132/134, TX 134/136, NEXT 135/138/140
2011 UNDERWAVE WAIST HARNESSES
If you can't make it or are far away from the Bay Area, email or call us at info@bayareakitesurf.com +1-415-573-2619 and we can arrange to ship it your way, free of charge. We hope to see you there, hang around and check out the 2012 gear as well...

When: Friday November 25th 1PM - 4PM

Where:
Bay Area Kitesurf
151 Haskins Way
Unit C
South San Francisco, CA 94080
415-573-2619

This winter join Etienne Lhote snowkiting in the breathtaking beauty of the French Alps. He'll show you his secret spot, Col du Lautaret (Lautaret Pass).

This could be you....


Click here for details. If you have questions about Lautaret Pass or snowkiting The French Alps please contact Nico Ostermann. This is his home town so he can tell you every thing you need to know.

F-One is recalling the handle release for all the 2011 Airlite Bars sold with the 2011 Bandit 4. The 2011 handle release will be replaced at no charge by the 2012 version (that will equip the Bandit V). We have just received the first batch of replacement parts and started processing the replacements with our network of dealers.

Please Click Here for the Recall Procedure to get your replacement part.
Note you must fill out the form and must include photos of all the effected handles. If you have 3 effected bars please include photos of all 3 bars.

When you receive your replacement handle please Click Here to watch a video on how to replace the part.

Before leaving, Madagascar was just a wave and some wind. But once in
Lavanono, there is much more than that, we discovered an extraordinary
people: the Antandroy, the people of the thorns. We shared our two worlds:
we surfed on extreme and beautiful spots, and tried to introduce them to our
passion; on the other hand, they opened the doors of their village, their
customs, their way of life. Nobody comes back from Lavanono untouched,
inevitably we all leave a small piece of our heart.

Antandroy, more than a kite trip, a timeless journey.

Dear customers,

During our ongoing product quality monitoring applied to retailed items, we have noted that some “Release handle” in very limited quantity could present a conformity fault. This is why with safety and foresight in mind we have engaged in a recall procedure covering all the manufactured parts. We apologize for any eventual nuisance bound to this unexpected event and we hope that this preventive measure will find your full support and understanding.

We invite you to carefully read the recall procedure printed bellow and we thank you for your support.

Raphäel SALLES
Manager

RECALL OF A PART OF CERTAIN KITSURFING KITES

Concerned Kites: BANDIT 4


While riding, the faulty part is likely to make impossible the dropping of the kite in emergency. This potential risk represents a danger to the rider and bystanders.

Consequently and starting today, if you have a kite concerned by the recall procedure, do not use anymore your kite and order immediately the replacement part to F.ONE.

Exchange procedure:

F.ONE engaged a toll free international recall procedure of the faulty part.

We invite you to go to your local retailer with the faulty part.

Your local retailer will provide you a replacement part and along with the detailed instructions





Alternatively and only for F-One customers in the United States, download and fill out the Claim Form and send it directly to warranty@f-onekites.us along with a picture of your existing bar.


If you are located outside of the United States, please contact F-One International +33 4-67-99-51-16 Monday to Thursday from 9am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 6pm – Friday from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm to find out the contact of their local distributors who will be in charge of the recall – Email: rappel@f-onekites.com

F-ONE SURF THRUSTER SERIES MODEL 2012 6'2 and 6'4

If you are a fan of cruising, a committed rider regardless of the conditions, expert surfer or a kitesurfer beginner, it is with you in mind that every year we seek to improve the coherence of our surfboards range, so that everyone and everywhere around the world , you can find the perfect surfboard for the conditions you encounter on your travel journeys or at home.

Some boards are receiving a light lifting since their shapes were already perfectly adapted to their program and required only small adjustments. In contrast, profound changes have taken place on the Signature 5'10" and 6'0" because the stresses generated by a kite on a moving surfboard are very different than those coming from a paddle surfer.

The range of our 2012 surfboards is the most complete yet to date. It is the result of many years of experience, hours of testing, and mainly the result of our passion and hard work; a range that does not sacrifice performance or aesthetics.

Bamboo always...
Precursors in the use of bamboo for our surfboards lineup, we searched again and again to optimize our manufacturing processes that use this wonderful material. Combining his natural qualities with those of other materials to get the best shapes is more than a pure R&D question at F-One, it is a passion, and the end result must be as beautiful as efficient.

SURF THRUSTER 6'2" x 46cm and 6'4" x 48.5cm

For paddling surf, strapless kitesurfing or strapped kiteboarding, these two boards will adapt to the conditions of wind or waves you will face. For a wave trip, if you must take only one board, it is one of the these two boards that will follow you.

The 6'2": Mitu uses it since its addition in the range, and he will use it again in 2012!. Its volume oriented surf allows using a smaller kite size and doing the most daring transitions and receptions at low speed. In 2012, the 6'2 underwent its first lifting, with a slight modification of its rocker, the addition of a V-Shaped bottom and a slightly wider outline at the nose. Objectives: gain in stability during turns and improved transition from rail to rail. Finally, a significant gain in liveliness in all conditions, whether in pure surf, strapless kite or not.

The 6'4": Had its own lifting in 2011 remains unchanged. It's more accessible for paddle surfing during take-off. Its width gave it the advantage in light air and its natural upwind ability means you will be the first to reach the peak, and often alone...

Fins: Future Fins
- We use the most advanced fins available from Future Fins
- Future Fins Vector II profile
- Outline: Rusty
- Specifically designed for explosive radical surfing. Perfected by the Pros, the VII FR1 is great for speed and releasing off the top.
- Future Box: Strong and easy setup.

Other Equipment: - 2 ergonomic adjustable straps

Call Bay Area Kitesurf to order yours today.
Email: info@bayareakitesurf.com
Phone: +1 415.573.2619
Toll Free: 877 KITESF1 (877.548.3731)