F-ONE Kiteboarding Mitu Pro ESL
The Mitu Monteiro pro model range from F-One has been a hugely popular design. One of the world’s favourite wave riders Mitu from Cabo Verde has an insane amount of talent and is a good bloke too. His boards...
The Mitu Monteiro pro model range from F-One has been a hugely popular design. One of the world’s favourite wave riders Mitu from Cabo Verde has an insane amount of talent and is a good bloke too. His boards...
The Jester is part of Ocean Rodeos ‘Mako’ series, which has its own die-hard fans the world over. Billed as the first kiteboarding ‘funboard’ the Jester has been designed as a board for everyone to pla...
The F-One Signature Series has sat alongside the immensely popular Mitu Pro Model for some years. This is a very much more surf-orientated design with a thinner outline, thumb tail and quad fin set up; it is s...
When this board arrived we thought we had made a mistake, we had ridden the 5’5” the year previously and ordered the middle sized board in the range to test. Last year the sizing went like this, 5’3”,...
The Skater is a square nosed, thruster setup directional board from Naish. The first thing you’ll notice when you look at this board is the outline is very similar to that of a twin tip. Naish have packed te...
Brunotti have been making surfboards and kiteboards since the very beginning of our sport. Their twin tips have graced the feet of riders such as Ruben Lenten, Youri Zoon and Annelous Lammerts. Their surfboard...
The Signature series of boards have been in the F-One line up for a few years now. These carving machines are the favourite piece of hardware for Raphael Salles to go and shred the waves. While the Mitu Pro Mo...
Last year the Pro CSC was a big change in direction for North as they adopted the Compact Surf Concept, which is what the CSC stands for. For 2016, Sky Solbach has been refining the design and the 5’5” is...
The Angry Swallow from Slingshot is a further development of their ground-breaking T-Rex program from a couple of years ago. The 2016 Angry Swallow sees further refinements on last year’s design; chiefly it...
Mitu Monteiro needs no ; he’s been at the top of the wave riding pile for what seems like years! His first pro model boards from F-One were an instant hit and they remain best sellers to this day. Available...
The new North Whip CSC has undergone some changes this year, it was a hugely popular board last year and you’ll be pleased to hear these are tweaks rather than a complete overhaul. It’s the most versatile...
The Screamer from Slingshot is a further development of their ground-breaking T-Rex program from a couple of years ago. The 2016 Screamer sees further refinements on last year’s design; the tail has been red...
CrazyFly have been making some of the world’s best twin tips for many years now. More recently they started to make surfboards and the results have all been exceedingly impressive! The Strapless follows down...
The CrazyFly ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) is a new surfboard in their 2015 line up. Hailed as a do-it-all wave board for most conditions, it has been designed and developed in waves the world over. An impressivel...
Now for something radically different… The Secret Weapon is a new board from Cabrinha this year, it’s a modern take on an old design; short and wide it resembles the popular fish style boards from the 70's...
The biggest news for this hugely popular board this year is the new construction. Gone is the double bamboo sandwich, and in is a new technique that F-One are calling the HD Foam Flex Composite. It is stronger...
The Quest TT has been in the North line up for a couple of years now, it’s a classically shaped thruster aimed at the riders just looking to get into riding surfboards. Due to the design remit the Quest TT h...
2015 sees a major change for the F-One surfboard range, the company that pioneered bamboo construction all those years ago has now dispensed with it… In its place is a new technique that the team are calling...
Everyone loves Mitu, one of the most charismatic and humble riders on the plant, the multiple World Wave Champion has a style that is hard to emulate. F-One have never produced a pro model board, Raphael Salle...
Liquid Force have really stepped up their game with their surfboard range over the last couple of years. The tech levels have increased with carbon wraps on the rails, BXP3 waterproof foam cores and bamboo ven...
Slingshot have totally revamped their surfboard line up for 2014, and the T-Rex is the flagship in terms of design. It’s different, very different, from anything you may have seen on the market. By removing...
The Taurin from CrazyFly is a short wide board aimed at small to medium sized waves and a more aggressive rider looking to push the board to its limits. As such the CrazyFly is quite a bit heavier than the oth...
The 5’11” from F-One has been designed as their entry-level surfboard, but don’t let that remit fool you, it is far more than that. The board features a more forgiving outline, coupled with slightly high...
The Pro Series is new for 2013 and with North dominating the KSP world tour with riders like Airton Cozzolino and Patri McLaughlin; it was only a matter of time before they made a high end performance machine....
The Wam has been in the line up at North Kiteboarding for some time now; it is arguably one of the most popular surfboards on the market. This year it is available as a quad or thruster set up and in three siz...
Legendary Maui shaper Sean Ordonez has shaped the surfboard line up for 2013 from Wainman Hawaii. The Passport is based around a classic surfboard shape, but with a modern twist and is aimed at handling just a...
The Fatty from Kiteloose is an entry-level strapless surfboard, designed to be easy to use and fun to ride. There are two sizes, a 5’3” and the 5’1” we have here. The 5’1” is designed for lighter a...
Another work of art from F-One the Surf Series in their line up features two sizes, the 6’2” and the 6’4” aimed at riders looking for a board that they can use for paddle surfing and strapless or strap...
Possibly the most beautiful boards from 2011 have made a welcome return, although this time there are some new shapes. The Signature series has been developed with kitesurfing in mind. Instead of tweaking a su...
The Infinity is a new board from Nobile, aimed squarely at the surf market, which is a new area for the brand to step into. They enlisted the help of KPWT world wave champion Jose Luengo to work on the shape....
Circle One are a heritage surf brand from the UK that have their roots deep in the surf scene. They have been making kiteboards for a while now and their bamboo range has proved very popular. Retailing at just...
The Coupe from Slingshot is a new board for 2011; it’s quite different from a lot of the offerings on the market right now. Principally because it is a “twinzer”, rather than three or four fins the Coupe...
The Fatal wave is a directional surfboard with a classical outline, wider in the nose and more drawn out towards the tail it wreaks of 70’s retro surfing! The board was developed with RRD’s world-class wav...
This is a new direction for JN, the first surfboard they have made and the model we had on test was a pre-production prototype. The finish on the pre-production board we had was for artistic impression only, w...
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