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Simone Borgi, 46, and his young son, Tommy, 12, are both inspirational riders on snow and water, whichever end of the age spectrum you’re looking at things from. We pitched them the same questions to find out more about their epic family kite life  SIMONE BORGI: Age 46TOMMY BORGI: Age 12HOME: Northern Italy, near the […]

The Hyperlink is our foil kite model that can be used in the snow or in the water. This model has a conversion kit that allows you to benefit from both worlds: You can use this kite with the closed cell configuration that allows the valve to keep the air inside, helping the user relaunch […]

This position is based in our factory, Parapex, in Vietnam, and will appeal to the technically minded!

Video guide series that covers the basics of learning how to snowkite following the right steps safely.

For Rookie snowkiters and seasoned backcountry adventurers, the Explore V3 is the perfect, easy-to-manage companion

Winging at 40 knots, custom kite design of the month, 3D printable accessories launch and more!

Our unique Internal Re-Ride Release system is the market leading snowkite release and landing system. It has made mountain climbing and packing so much more enjoyable, safe, easy and quick for the user.

After representing Ozone in Australia since the beginning, Steve McCormack of Kitepower in Sydney is handing over the reins

The first in a new monthly series of newsletters from the heart of the action here at Ozone!

Join Ruben Lenten on an exclusive behind the scenes tour of Ozone’s own factory in Vietnam

Take five for a feast of foil kite fun with a short collection of classic clips and shots, featuring our international team and beyond…

Ozone teams with Patagonia on sustainable kite and wing materials in a bid to improve green credentials of the industry as a whole

Italian long-standing Ozone team rider wins the GPS Formula World Championship pure backcountry snowkite title at Rocarroso

Ozone Kites has begun a pioneering collaboration with the outdoor clothing brand Patagonia to produce more sustainable canopy and dacron materials for kites and wings in a bid to raise the green credentials of the industry as a whole. The tie-up between Ozone and the brand renowned for its concern for the environment started a […]

Iain Hannay has been Ozone’s General Manager for a decade. His relationship with the brand first began after a chance meeting with a pair on a Mediterranean beach and grew from there. He has always been enthralled by kites since ripping around his native Scotland’s muddy fields as a teenager. On moving to Spain in […]

Torrin Bright, Ozone’s product manager and test rider, joined the brand as a 19-year-old in 2009. A competitive kitesurfer in course-board racing and freestyle, the New Zealander began as a kite tester working with Ozone founders, Matt Taggart and Rob Whittall. Through several roles, he worked his way up to product manager about five years ago. Based in Tauranga, New Zealand, he is responsible for all Ozone’s expanding line, ranging from kites and twin-tip boards to a new range of hydrofoils.

Dom Zimmermann has just been elevated to Ozone’s head of design. After years working side-by-side with Ozone co-founder and legendary design chief, Rob Whittall, Zimmermann has assumed the mantle and now has the onerous responsibility for all the kites and wings in the ever-expanding range. The 41-year-old German splits his time between Switzerland and Mauritius, where consistent breezes, the big waves of Manawa and One Eye, and turquoise butter-flat lagoons provide ideal conditions to develop and fine-tune Ozone’s new offerings. The Indian Ocean island also affords Zimmermann the opportunity to switch-off by indulging his passion for nature. Its roads and hills make a perfect training ground for the endurance cycling races in which he loves to compete in Europe.

British adventurers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs have just crossed the half-way point of their journey to travel 2,150kms across the Antarctic after 40 days. But tough challenges posed by the hostile environment have already thrown the expedition off course. The pair have braved ferocious winds of 111kph and temperatures that dropped to minus […]

The world’s best specialists in the discipline competed in snowboarding and skiing during the 19th edition of the snowkite masters, from December 4 to 10, at the Lautaret pass (Hautes-Alpes). At 27, Didier Botta flew over all competitions, winning the gold medal at the French and Masters championships, in snowboarding and skiing. An exceptional and […]