Product Information
Description
Bandit V17
After two years of research and development, F-ONE is proud to present the brand-new edition of the BANDIT, our legendary kite, filled with innovations and offering ever more sensations and performances. Thanks to our new CODE-TEC fabric, this BANDIT TEC is now lighter and more responsive than ever, and benefits from new advances in design.
Features:
- Brand new CODE-TEC fabric on leading edge and struts for lightness, responsiveness and stability
- Exceptional and precise handling
- Performance guaranteed in the entire wind range
- Constant forward traction for greater comfort
- Effortless upwind abilities
- Optimized jumps and kite loops
- New one-pump system for faster inflation and easier deflation
Our CODE-TEC fabric offers an exceptional combination of lightness and strength. With less elongation and higher tear resistance, the CODE-TEC provides greater structural stiffness, minimizing deformation under load. This leads to a more precise and sharper feel, as well as a more reactive handling, all while ensuring your kite maintains its shape in any conditions.
This material has been central to the new BANDIT TEC's design, marking the entry into a new era of this emblematic F-ONE kite. Sporting renewed graphic design as well, the BANDIT TEC is once again more versatile than ever, adapting perfectly to all disciplines: strapless, foil, Big Air, freeride, wave, etc.
Responsive and precise, this BANDIT TEC boasts exceptional handling, with enough support through the bar to let you feel every movement of the kite without forcing.
In strong winds, the kite positions itself at the edge of the wind window, maintaining a constant forward traction with no side pull. The result is remarkable upwind performance, without the need for too much edging, saving energy and freeing up your board.
In the low end, the BANDIT TEC offers you maximal support, distributed evenly over the harness and back, taking the strain off your arms. You can ride effortlessly and steadily, enjoying a light bar feel at all times, making every session super satisfying.
Jumps are a real pleasure with this BANDIT TEC. The stable support through the harness, combined with its maneuverability and responsiveness, makes it easy to nail the perfect takeoff. The boost is powerful and vertical, giving you impressive amplitude and height. Kite loops are also made easier thanks to the kite’s responsiveness. Traction is perfectly balanced, allowing you to land smoothly whatever the wind strength.
Combining performance, lightness, maneuverability and responsiveness, the BANDIT TEC excels in all disciplines, anywhere, anytime, in every condition, and no matter your level. A real pleasure to ride with, this new kite highlights once again our ongoing commitment to innovation, quality and accessibility.
2025 F-One Linx Bar - Standard Lines
From F-One
The new removable pigtail system allows for easier line extensions addition, and for improved repairability. It also features a new adjustable V-split system (low V, high V, high V+).
The LINX BAR is our control system, a dual adjustable length bar that comes in two sizes (38/45cm and 45/52cm). It perfectly balends lower weight and simplicity with excellent comfort and function.
Features:
- DEPOWER SHEATH
- The lifeline is now placed into a new rectangular depower sheath for more durability.
- This new feature prevents the centerline from rubbing against the aluminum tube and will not rub against the user’s fingers.
- Lifeline Swivel
- The new minimalist below the bar lifeline swivel is now made of a plastic stud and a stainless steel ring on which you hang the leash.
- It rotates easily and automatically untwists your lifeline.
- STAINLESS STEEL CLEAT
- The above the bar stainless steel cleat to adjust the power has been updated for more simplicity, and the depower system is now thinner and therefore more precise
- 4 LINES HUB
- Allows the Life Line to be connected to a single front line.
- V SPLITTER
- Aluminum V Splitter for longer lasting lines. New adjustable V-split system (low V, high V, high V+).
Trax HRD LT Kiteboard
The exclusive Helical Rail Design (HRD) plays a significant role in this board’s exceptional performances. It is a unique process that allows for the rails of the board to be shaped in 3D. There are three sections to the rail as it runs the length of the board. In the middle of the board, the rail is thin for grip and improved upwind ability. Under the feet, the rail is inverted and curved like a surfboard rail, allowing the board to smoothly track through chop and improving its carving ability. As the rail reaches the tips, it thins out again, bringing superior grip and bite to give excellent pop.
On the water, the TRAX HRD LITE TECH offers a smooth, forgiving ride. The HRD rail eliminates spray and feels very comfortable regardless of the water conditions.
The flex has been tuned to provide the optimum pop off the water, and the extra flex in the tips really helps to launch you into the air. When it comes to landings, the wide outline and channeled base combine to smooth things out and allow you to always retain control.
The concave step design on the bottom, an association of a classic single concave with a full-length channel, gives the board its locked-in yet smooth ride, and allows you to go planing in an instant with strong upwind potential.
The Lite Tech is exclusive to F-ONE. Patented by Rossignol Snowboards, it integrates a TPU element into the board allowing light to pass right through. It features two narrow, transparent lines down the center of the board, which is an outstanding aesthetic feature and will certainly help you stand out from the crowd.
Combining efficiency, edge control and chop-friendly handling, the TRAX HRD LITE TECH is an excellent choice for beginners, experts, and everyone in between. From flat water to harsh chop, this board can handle it, and you’ll get a ride like no other with plenty of performance at your disposal.
The TRAX HRD LITE TECH is available in four sizes: 135×39 cm, 136×40.5 cm, 137×42 cm, and 140×45 cm. All come equipped with four UNIBOX 50mm fins, which offer better speed and improved glide thanks to their thinner profile.
Tech:
- LITE Tech
- The LITE Tech (integrated TPU element), patented by Rossignol Snowboards, is a F-ONE exclusivity in the kiting world, bringing an incredible look and design to your board.
- Helical Rail Design
- A true revolution, the Helical Rail Design (HRD) is a tripartite rail which delivers insane precision, advanced directional stability, surreal grip, and ultimate comfort, all unknown yet in the world of twin tips.
- The HRD Rail provides new performances and a true sensation of floating above the water. The 16mm thick rail also strongly increases the strength and stiffness of the structure and locks the twist of the board.
- 16mm Thick Inverted Rail: In the feet area, the rail profile is very thick and inverted which creates two supports zones that avoid the bouncing effect. It also generates an impressive vertical lift that offers early planing and sensational drive. Landing any jump or trick has never been so simple! Its sharpened top edge also reduces water spray towards the eyes and legs.
- Thin & Sharp Rails: On the central part, the rail is thin and sharp, allowing edging, jumping at any time, also delivering a huge grip and an outstanding pop.
- Tip Recess
- It reduces the core’s volume and weight, and adds extra flexibility towards the tip of the board.
- Combined with the other deck features, this makes the board stiff in the middle sections but with a nice flex towards the tips, making the drive very precise with a smooth riding feeling and extra pop for the jumps.
- The wood forms the heart of your board and gives it most of its mechanical properties: strength, flex, and resilience (ability to return to its original shape).
- Concave Step Design
- The combination of a bottom concave and a channel, which tightens the central part, allows to go planing in an instant with strong upwind potential.
- The concave absorbs the chop and improves its grip on the water. The channel enhances the flow of the water and relieves the pressure on the back foot, providing incomparable comfort.
Package Includes:
- 1x F-One Bandit V17 TEC Kite
- Black/Mint - 14m (SKU: 3664984080877)
- Black/Mint - 12m (SKU: 3664984080884)
- Black/Mint - 11m (SKU: 3664984080891)
- Black/Mint - 10m (SKU: 3664984080907)
- Black/Mint - 9m (SKU: 3664984080914)
- Black/Mint - 8m (SKU: 3664984080921)
- Black/Mint - 7m (SKU: 3664984080938)
- Black/Mint - 6m (SKU: 3664984080945)
- White/Onyx - 14m (SKU: 3664984080952)
- White/Onyx - 12m (SKU: 3664984080969)
- White/Onyx - 11m (SKU: 3664984080976)
- White/Onyx - 10m (SKU: 3664984080983)
- White/Onyx - 9m (SKU: 3664984080990)
- White/Onyx - 8m (SKU: 3664984081003)
- White/Onyx - 7m (SKU: 3664984081010)
- White/Onyx - 6m (SKU: 3664984081027)
- 1x F-One Trax HRD LT Kiteboard
- 135 x 39cm (SKU: 3664984056810)
- 136 x 40.5cm (SKU: 3664984056803)
- 137 x 42cm (SKU: 3664984056797)
- 139 x 43cm (SKU: 3664984066062)
- 140 x 45cm LW (SKU: 3664984056780)
- 1x 2025 F-One Linx Bar - Standard Lines (45-52cm) (SKU: 3664984080396)
- 1x F-One Platinium 3 Strap Kit - Medium (SKU: 3664984044152)