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 […]
French riders Lauriane Nolot and Axel Mazella—powered by Ozone R1 V4 kites—clinched silver and bronze medals in the drama-packed finale of the Formula Kite World Championships on the Italian island of Sardinia. Britons Ellie Aldridge and Katie Dabson, both also riding 11m2 R1 V4 kites, joined Nolot to make up three of four in the […]
France’s Lauriane Nolot, riding an Ozone R1 V4, clinched her first Formula Kite European championship crown in dramatic fashion, sealing victory with an audacious inside pass at the last mark in the final on waters off the historic Greek town of Nafpaktos. Compatriot Jessie Kampman, also on Ozone, grabbed the silver medal in the four-berth […]
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.
The Netherlands’ Annelous Lammerts, riding Ozone R1 kites, landed her first gold on home waters at the Hempel World Cup Series. In the tense finals shootout Lammerts just held off stern challenges from Israeli riders Gal Zukerman and Maya Ashkenazi, also on Ozone R1 kites, to take the win. Ozone team rider, Spain’s Gisela Pulido, […]
Poland’s Nina Arcisz riding an Ozone R1 clinched victory at the Formula Kite U21 Youth World Championships in dramatic style, after battling her way to the finals where she came from behind to land the title on the Italian resort island of Sardinia. Arcisz was almost unstoppable taking the three wins she needed to seize […]
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.
French kitefoil racer and Ozone team rider Axel Mazella just had a stellar 2021 season, winning the KiteFoil World Series and the Formula Kite European title, both for the third time. The 24-year-old was also just pipped into second place for the coveted Formula Kite World Championship crown by French team-mate Théo de Ramecourt. On […]
France’s Axel Mazella secured his third KiteFoil World Series championship crown with a dominant display in testing conditions at the final event of the season on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. The 24-year-old Ozone team rider and tester romped to victory at the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Gran Canaria with a remarkable nine bullets […]
Dear Ozone customer, we have found a small number of stainless steel parts from a recent production batch may have a manufacturing issue that can cause rust and eventually part failure. The stainless steel part is located in the Harness Loop assembly. In the event of the part failing, the kites’ flag out system will […]
A cloudy, rainy and windless day turned out to be dazzling and beautiful for the newly crowned young World Champion after eight fast paced races of the Medal Series in the Formula Kite Men and the A’s Youth Foil fleets, and one single race for the Formula Kite Women. It all came down to the female sailor who […]
After four days and 17 races during the 2021 IKA KiteFoil World Series in Gizzeria, Axel Mazella ends up in second place followed by the Slovenian Toni Vodisek who has proved is finally back after his last injury in 2019. He is the defending winner of the 2019 edition of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria, and on […]
Ronny Bollhalder, Ozone rider since the early days has showed once again the performance of the R1-V4. He has proved what has probably been the best and most stylish hydrofoil water exit we have seen in the last year. Let's read some of his story: I have been flying kites since 2002 and I was lucky enough to discover […]
We are very proud of our team riders Axel Mazella and Julia Damasiewicz winning the European Championships in Men and Women category during a hard five days of competition in the baltic sea of Puck/Poland. The all new R1 V4 was on the race course for the first time amongst all the top international riders […]
On Thursday 13th of August of 2020, our R&D team joined in a public meeting to talk and explain the road to the new R1 V4, tuning tips and tricks, new kite features and more! If you missed it live, you can watch the full meeting again now or go to the minutes below for certain topics: […]
On Thursday 13th August 2020 at 8am CEST (Central European Summer Time) we will open a ZOOM call link with our design team and race team to help you understand more about our R1 V4 Race kite and how we got to the V4 design. We will be talking about the product, its features and some tuning […]
The R1 V4 has been selected for use in the 2024 olympic games. The kite is now in production and ready to order. We are happy to share the news that Parapex, our factory in Vietnam, has passed the world sailing / Olympic / IKA inspection this week for the manufacture of the R1 V4. The […]
"Synonymous with speed and height, Ozone have hit the stratosphere with the 10th version of the ever-popular Edge. A high aspect ratio LEI kite, it has been the mainstay of the race scene until the recent switch to the more efficient foil style kite. What this has done instead is opened up the kite to […]
Congratulations to Ozone France team rider Axel Mazella for claiming victory at this year's European kitefoil championships and for fending off the close rivals with current leading world champion Toni Vodisek hot on his heels. Congratulations to UK's Ellie Aldridge for some superb racing and claiming not just the European female title but also the […]
Slovenian team rider Toni Vodisek is on a roll, claiming yet another major championship. He was beaming as he shot through the finish line at the KiteFoil World Series in China. Vodisek, 19, who was 2018 Youth Olympic Vice-Champion, currently leads the World Series after a dominant win at the first tour stop in Italy in July. Congratulations to […]
