F-One Plume K-Wing

Name: F-One Plume K-Wing
Brand: F-One
SKU: 3664984089856
Price: 969.00 USD
Availability: InStock

by F-One • SKU 3664984089856

$969.00

Estimated Ship Date Mid-Late August

Size

3.5m

4.2m

Color

Red

Flame/Onyx

Mint/Onyx

Quantity

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Description

From F-One

At F-ONE, we’ve always pushed boundaries to make your experience on the water as memorable as possible. The PLUME, our latest innovation, is the perfect hybrid of a kite and a wing, crafted to provide unmatched freefly abilities and downwind sensations.

The PLUME marks the beginning of a new discipline, K-WING, an entirely new way of riding upwind to take full advantage of the swell. The first model created specifically for this sport, it combines a minimalistic design with optimized lightness, exceptional stability and pure glide, offering an unrivalled freefly and downwind experience.

Light as a feather, the PLUME is F-ONE’s most freeing creation yet. The glide of a kite, combined with the comfort and practicality of a wing you can hold at arm’s length, creates a new, revolutionary riding sensation.

With a small leading edge, no central strut and a sleek C-shape profile, the PLUME is effortless to handle and easy to forget about when freeflying. Benefitting from a wide range of use, this K-Wing ensures stability, comfort, and an upwind angle on par with a wing, giving you maximum downwind time.

Gliding feels effortless, as the PLUME pulls you forward without straining your arms. Its super light construction and superior upwind capability make it a favorite for deflaters. The minimal bridle system makes setup simple and safe, even offshore. Finally, the PLUME’s tiny leading edge can be deflated in the air and re-inflated at sea with a mini pump.

Compact and lightweight, the PLUME is the perfect companion to make the most of the swell.

Features:

Sail Engineering

Sail engineering is the science of controlling our design and its behavior while flying. These features have been created with one goal in mind: Mastering the kite's loads to maintain the desired shape for the longest time.

HITEX

To meet the specific needs of the development of wings and kites, and to offer a high-performance and durable product without using inaccessible materials, F-ONE has developed HITEX, a new high tenacity polyester. Available in 158g, and exclusively for F-ONE in 178g, this new material is incredibly resistant to elongation and increases the durability of wings and kites.

Nano

This micro ripstop polyester 55g is used on the canopies of our SWING V3, CWC V2, BREEZE V4 and ONE V2. Wings and kites are often left in the wind to flap. They are also very often wet, salty and sandy; all factors that weaken them. The canopy must therefore be very durable to keep its rigidity over time and to ensure the same performance level between the day of purchase and the end of its life. It benefits from a NANO coating and a Plasma treatment process that brings an increased rigidity, resistance to elongation and tears, and durability. Used by our bluesign-certified factory, Plasma is an eco-friendly technology that uses less chemicals in the finishing process while guaranteeing the same performances and stability.

Note: The Plume requires a 9mm inflate nozzle

Package Includes:

K-Wing
Carrying Bag
Leash

My favorite new pool toy

Rode the 4.2m at wing hole yesterday in 20-27 mph. People were winging on 3.5-4.5m wings. If I was going to parawing I would have taken an Ozone 3m. I rode the same foil set up I have been parawinging on which is Armstrong Midlength 75, HA880/220.

Setting it up is pretty straightforward. It has a 9mil inflate valve so you do need to make sure you have the old school pump nozzle. The bridle has a really basic A, B, C line set up and flagging safety to the leading edge. This bridle is significantly easier to deal with than a parawing but it is still a bridle on a kite that takes a little sorting out.

Flying it feels just like a parawing. It is responsive to turning but less twitchy feeling when you turn is side to side. The main thing I noticed was that it is much less sensitive to back stalling like a parawing. With the parawing it is hard to find the power and with the Plume you know where the power is at all times. It’s like a little inflated ball that sits in front of you creating power when you want it.

Because it is more stable than a parawing, the take off was a lot easier. Still not easy, need to wait for the puff, get to your feet, bear off, get speed, pump on to foil, but it is much easier than parawinging. Once on foil the bar balance and stability translate to a very easy ride.

The Plume has massive wind range too. You barely feel the gusts when they hit you. It goes upwind and downwind very easily as well. There is very little pull on your arms and riding toeside is no problem. Turns are pretty easy since it is stable and responsive. I did go under the wing on a turn and horseshoed myself which was kind of a mess with my board and board leash through the wing bridle and wing leash. 😂 I came up hog tied on one leg. I do recommend a hook knife for beginners.

Flagging out is easy to get to the leading edge flag handle but hard to get the bar back in your hands and wing flying while on foil. It is also really flappy and annoying when flagged out. The parawing blows doors on the k wing in the downwind category since you can fully pack it away.

The Plume feels more like kiteboarding than winging. I feel the same about parawinging, and that is one of the appeals. With the Plume you can go fast, jam upwind, carve turns downwind and just fly around with the wing in the sky the whole time. It feels a lot different than winging which feels more locked and loaded like windsurfing. Winging has much more light wind range, higher performance with smaller gear and is better in waves and for flagged out wave/swell riding than the Plume.

Who’s the Plume K Wing for?

The Plume feels like training wheels for parawinging. Much simpler bridle. Inflated which makes it safer and easier to handle in the water. Full depower flagging safety system. Great balance and power delivery for easier take off. Great drive upwind and fun for riding powered downwind. Mega wind range.

People will find that after they learn to ride it, they will love using it for just taking a session in place or in a small upwind/downwind zone. You are basically kite foiling with a kite that has no lines.

It will be better for the less skilled foiler to learn to parawing. Some will graduate to parawing for full stow downwinders but I think most people will just ride this as an alternative to kiting or winging since it’s so much fun.