F-One Bandit S4 Kite 2023
IN A NUTSHELL...
The true partner to the surfboard rider. Enjoy the BANDIT S4’s easy-to-fly nature, impeccable handling, and ultimate power control in all conditions, and improve your surfing skills in no time.
Design details
THE TRUE PARTNER TO THE SURFBOARD RIDER
SIZES: 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
Discover the perfect companion for your kite surfing adventures with the BANDIT S4. This kite is easy to fly and offers impeccable handling, giving you ultimate control over its power in any weather. With the BANDIT S4, you can improve your surfing skills quickly and easily.
Experience the amazing performance of this kite, which is highly responsive and intuitive. Its profile is incredibly smooth, allowing for super drift and sharper maneuvers. Plus, it provides greater stability and efficiency than ever before.
- Smooth profile and controlled deformation for incredible flying abilities
- Absolute control at all time
- Intuitive traction
- Amazing turning response when sheeted out
- Instant depower to forget about your kite when surfing
- Lighter and even more precise
The BANDIT S4 is designed to provide total control without surging in power, allowing for a smooth and intuitive ride. The R&D team worked diligently to create a sleek and leveled canopy profile with staggered seams on the trailing edge. The result is greater stability and efficiency, without feeling disturbances or the bar moving.
The kite's reinforcements are reinforced with a Kevlar strip on the top, which reduces aerodynamic disturbances and weight when wet. The 4 points connections bridle and two pulleys ensure maneuverability and control in all conditions.
The CNC-shaped, anodized aluminum low friction pulleys are lightweight and increase the kite's reactivity. They also raise the bridle's resistance to abrasion and its overall durability.
With the BANDIT S4's Delta C-Shape, the kite provides an unparalleled bar feeling, relaunching ability, and exceptional stability. Enjoy a unique and flowing experience with the BANDIT S4 that allows for controlled line drawing and aerial tricks.
The entire profile of the BANDIT S4 is amazingly smooth, responsive, and capable of super drift. Its design provides a more subtle ride and a constant connection with the board. The staggered seams on the trailing edge allow for a more leveled profile, while the TECHNOFORCE panels offer greater control and efficiency in high winds.
The struts' reinforcements are also super sleek thanks to the Kevlar strip on top, which improves the kite's steering, maneuverability, and durability. The new CNC-shaped pulleys increase the kite's reactivity and resistance to abrasion.
Overall, the BANDIT S4 delivers incredible performance and immediate reaction to inputs on the bar. Its power delivery is clean and intuitive, making it easy to keep the kite ahead of every move and ready for the next input. Enjoy the best possible kite experience with the BANDIT S4.
Tech specs
TECHNOLOGY
DELTA C-SHAPE
DELTA C-SHAPE technology design offers unmatched stability and steering response when fully de-powered, with the possibility of connecting the front lines higher on the leading edge of the kite.
REACTOR VALVE
Our fast inflation & deflation valve.
AUTO RELAUNCH
Once the kite is sitting with the leading edge flat on the water, its C-Shape associated with the Delta Pivot allows the kite to automatically roll over onto one wing tip.
FORCE FRAME
Kites with extended de-power ranges sustain more pressure across the canopy as they experience an increased frequency of use over a wider wind range.
TECHNOFORCE
TECHNOFORCE™ of TEIJIN is a high density Polyester fabric with a tear stopping structure using thin and high tension yarn.
STAGGERED SEAMS
This brand new F-One design innovation offers an amazingly sleeked profile for more effiency and sharper performance.
FEATURES
FLAT SEWING
Stronger assembly of the panels: they are now glued and sewn together to make the canopy more rip resistant.
STREAMLINED LEADING EDGE END TIPS
The leading edge tips benefit from a reduced diameter, they are streamlined to lower the drag and equipped with a strap to avoid bridle tangling
VERTICAL STRUT CUT
The kite's struts are designed with a vertical cut in order to optimize the strength / diameter ratio.
KEVLAR® REINFORCEMENT ON LEADING EDGE
Most seams on the leading edge are protected with an abrasion-resistant Kevlar® fabric to prevent the seams from deteriorating when the kite's profile is subjected to aggressive ground friction
ONE PUMP COLLAR VALVE
Easier to remove and put back.
Convenient for bladder replacement.
TEIJIN 130G DACRON RIPSTOP
For over two decades, we have built our kites in the most state-of-the-art cloth from Teijin’s factory in Japan.
They have developed the best technologies and quality material for our kites over the years. Teijin has worked on a few major developments with the double ripstop on the canopy cloth and durability treatments.
The kite industry was lacking choice of cloth density. We could build kites with a 52g per square meter for the canopy and about 160g for the leading edge, strut, and reinforcements. Having only two choices was not easy because on some parts the 52g was too light and the 160g too heavy.
After numerous developments and tests with Teijin, we are now using a new Dacron 130g double ripstop. As a result, we have saved weight while keeping excellent strength. The kite is more reactive and of course feels lighter; that is particularly important for the bigger sizes, especially in light wind or for the turning speed during kite loops.