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Handling In the water:
• Walk into the water while keeping your board and foil under your arm (board on its side)
• Go deeper into the water until reaching a water patch deep enough for the size of the foil. Warning: a
safety margin is required as the board and foil will sink to some degree when the rider gets onto the
board. To prevent any risk of collision with a reef or a shoal, it is strongly recommended to get dragged
away from the shore using the kite while keeping the board and foil and its side, until reaching deep
enough water.
• When heading back to the shore, it is necessary to get down from the board at the same distance from
the shore that had been required to start safely. Again, it is recommended to walk or use the kite to get
dragged back to the shore. During these phases, the board must be kept on its side under your arm
KEEPING THE F-ONE KITEFOIL IN GREAT CONDITIONS :
Following every use, make sure you always:
• Take apart the front wing and rear fuselage from the mast.
• Clean and rinse all the parts of the kitefoil before storing them.
• Protect the parts by storing them in their original packaging or using another appropriate protection.
Make sure the surface of the blades remain smooth and clean. The kitefoil works using a dynamic equilibrium
and the flow around the wings can be very sensible to local roughness. Sudden stalling can happen if the surface
condition of the several parts is compromised. Stalling the foil can unsettle the rider and result in abrupt falls.
If local bumps or troughs appear following an impact, fill with epoxy resin or primer and sand until the local sur-
face is smooth and clean again. It is strongly recommended to let a professional handle these kinds of repairs.
USING THE F-ONE KITEFOIL :
WITH ITS ADDED DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT, THE KITEFOIL SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE BOARD BOTH ON SHORE AND IN THE WATER.
Handling on shore :
When left on the ground, the F-ONE kitefoil should
always be laid on its side, like so :
When heading for the water, the kitefoil should always
be carried on its side with the board under your arm.
Hold the board just forward of the KF BOX, like so :
Never leave the kitefoil (assembled with the board)
standing up or upside down. It can easily fall on its
side and get damaged.