SURF TRAINING

How to improve your surfing

Surfing is an exceptional sport and if you are on this site you probably have no doubt that it is simply the best that can exist. However it is also very hard and requires those who want to dedicate themselves to being fit and well trained because if this is not the risk is not even being able to reach the peak! A good dry workout is essential and allows you to avoid injuries, prepare muscles, reduce fatigue during outings and ultimately improve in the surf! For a good functional training it is important to understand which skills require surfing: 1

21 giugno 2019

THE WINDIEST KITESURF DESTINATIONS IN JULY

10 kite spots in July

Curious to know which are the windiest summer destinations? Then take a look at this list of the 10 windiest kitesurf spots in July that we got from Windy's statistics. These are obviously statistical data, based on observations recorded in previous years, so they do not offer absolute certainty for the future, but certainly very good chances of having luck with the wind by choosing one of these destinations for a next summer kitetrip

04 giugno 2019

SUMMER SURFING: BETTER IN PORTUGAL OR THE CANARY?

To go surfing in summer, is it better to go to Portugal or better to say the Canary Islands like Lanzarote or Fuerteventura? This is really a very recurring question in this period about Facebook groups, but also in e-mail! That's why we decided to evaluate the pros and cons of the two destinations and explain why in the summer a surf trip in Portugal is better than in the Canary Islands 

31 maggio 2019

SAPOTOUR: TRAVELS AND KITESURF WITH A FRIENDS

Luca Saponieri speaks with us how the his passion is become a job

Hi Luca, would you like to tell something about yourself to those who don't know you? Hello, my name is Pier Luca Saponiero but everyone calls me Luca, I live and I was born in Genoa and I am 51 years old. I had been practicing windsurfing since the age of 13 a bit in Sardinia and a little in Liguria, then when I became older my dad made me happy by giving me a white Volvo 240 Station: perfect for loading all the equipment! At 20 I discovered one of the most beautiful places for windsurfing, where? Tarifa in Spain

26 maggio 2019

WING SURFING

What it is and how it works

The Wing (also called kitewing or Wingfoil) is a wing halfway between a Windsurf sail and a hang glider sail. There are many variations and in reality it is not an absolute novelty in recent months, indeed wings of this kind have already been widely used on snow, on ice, on the road with skates or with the mountain board since the end of the 80s

23 maggio 2019

FONE KITES: INTERVIEW WITH LUCA MARCIS

4 chat on kitesurf and foiling

Hi Luca, let's start by making the presentations: do you want to talk a little about yourself and your role in F.one? My role in f.one is that of the representative, or the contact person for all the shops and schools in Italy. Then in reality having been an athlete my role is halfway between the representative in front of the PC and the rider on the beach who is also the test day at the fairs and can best advise customers

22 maggio 2019

THE STAGNONE, SICILY

Kitesurf spot in the Stagnone di Marsala nature reserve

Lo Stagnone is the kite surf spot par excellence in Sicily: less than an hour from Palermo and halfway between Marsala and Trapani. The Oriented Nature Reserve of the Stagnone or more simply "Lo Stagnone", with its extension of over 2000 hectares is one of the Paradises of kitesurfing. The lagoon is characterized by very low and flat water and is open to the sea in only 2 points: the northern mouth towards San Teodoro and the southern mouth towards C / da Spagnola closer to the city of Marsala

20 maggio 2019

THE 10 BEST SURFING SOFTBOARDS

For beginners and more

Surfboards softboard  or Softop surfboard surfboards that are, as the name implies, are softer of traditional surfboards. Their construction, albeit with some variations, includes a core in resinated polystyrene foam and in turn covered with polyethylene, soft on the top and high density to be more resistant on the bottom

15 maggio 2019

KITESURFING VS SURFING

5 questions and answers to understand which one is right for you

Which is easier to learn between surfing and kite surfing? And which one is more tiring, dangerous or expensive between surfing and kitesurfing? These are some of the questions that many newcomers ask themselves when they decide to approach one of these sports and we will try to answer them in this post

10 maggio 2019