F.ONE BANDIT 4 ohne Bar:

F.ONE Kiteboarding BANDIT 4 - Fourth Edition - Best Bandit Ever

With the Bandit4, F.One presents a brand new shape, we’ve modified it’s span, it’s wing-tips, it’s profile, the number of struts and the leading edge diameter. All this in order to get a kite that excels in all conditions and in all disciplines.

The Bandit4 has an increased C Shape but still features the same Delta as the Bandit3 - an original design feature from F.One Kiteboarding.

The Bandit4 is hugely stable, has masses of depower and still features the auto-relaunch system. 3 struts enable you to have a lighter kite which is smoother and more dynamic. The square tips offer options for the positioning of the rear lines to tune the turning characteristics - the aerodynamic shape gives increased support while it turns.

The large sizes of the Bandit4 are oriented towards power in lighter winds and smaller sizes towards control for when the wind’s up. The profile and structure of the Bandit4 offer increased stability for better control and depower at the high end. In lighter winds the kite is more efficient and a joy to handle due to it’s reduced weight, reactivity and instantaneous power. The bar feeling is direct but light, it doesn’t overload the arms.

When riding unhooked, the Bandit4 won’t overpower and stays really light. The bar feeling has never been so precise and direct - while kitelooping the speed of the kite is faster and offers a small boost or lifting effect when returning to the zenith making landings buttery smooth!

We have overcome an extremely difficult challenge - the Bandit4 excels in each and every discipline. Our constant testing and R&D have resulted in a kite with a feeling and qualities that have never been matched before.

It suits every style of riding from wake to surf and requires no time to adapt to…

Bandit4 Features:

 - Increased wind window for a constant forward pull
 - Legendary low end Bandit wind range
 - New oustanding high end control
 - Excellent stability over the entire range
 - Shorter bar clearance for full power / depower
 - Smooth bar traction while unhooked
 - Increased Upwind and Speed Performance
 - Maximum Depower with a shorter depower rope
 - Lighter bar feeling and direct confident feeling
 - Better control of the profile and shape in high wind range for impressed performance   and control

Featured include:

 - Releasable chicken loop
 - Back leader lines
 - Front leader lines with adjustment knots
 - Power adjustment strap
 - Life line
 - Kite leash

Biggest changes for Bandit3 riders

I strongly believe we have gained in all aspects of the kite if we compare to the Bandit3, not that the Bandit3 is not a good kite. First thing you will notice is the lighter weight, not only the real weight but the moving weight, we call it the fat, that the kite feels lighter in your hands. It’s because of its real weight but also the direct response you get from the bar and the speed during loops for example. So in the low end you can gain power just because the kite is easier to move and gain traction while in the high end, the control of the profile, the de power and the stability at the edge of the window gives you a lot of confidence. For unhook riding, you will benefit from the weight, the response time and the speed in kite loops. We have also managed to get less direct boost when you unhook, so you have a better control and the bar is easier to pass. You don't need to tune so much your de power trim before unhooking, the kite accepts more of a middle trim. So in the end, a lot of things to say...

I think every rider in any disciplines will feel the benefit of the Bandit4 from its previous generation. What I can tell you is that we have put into the Bandit4 things that cannot normally fit into one kite: light but strong, rigid but soft, manageable but stable, powerful but comfortable, accessible but performant…