Franky Zapata
INTRODUCTION OF FRANKY ZAPATA
FRANKY ZAPATA is the inventor of Flyboard and owner of ZAPATA RACING products factory based in France.Franky built his reputation on a solid jetski racing carrier that saw him and the factory team he created (ZAPATA RACING) get the ultimate title: The RUN F1 WORLD CHAMPION title.
Franky’s passion, knowledge, experience and devotion contributed greatly to the success of Flyboard. He pushed his invention to the limits not only technically but also on the challenging sport aspect. This is no surprise that Franky Zapata is today considered by everyone as the best Flyboard rider.
Despite that, Franky is always ready to help other passionate people and is always here to support riders all over the world, help to promote on all continents and pass on his knowledge to everyone he meets.
JET SKI TRACK-RECORDS
| 1996 | National Champion SKI STOCK |
| 1997 | 3th Word Champion Rally Raid Orléon RUN F1 |
| 1998 | National an European Champion RUN F1 Vice Word Champion Rally Raid Orléon RUN F1 |
| 1999 | European Champion RUN F1 |
| 2000 | SEASON in USA |
| 2001 | KING OF BERCY – Paris RUN F1 |
| 2003 | Vice European Champion RUN F1 |
| 2004 | Vice European Champion RUN F1 3th world Champion Rally Raid Orléon RUN F1 |
| 2005 | European Champion RUN F1 |
| 2006 | European Champion RUN F1 Vice world Champion Rally RAID Orléon RUN F1 |
| 2007 | European Champion RUN F1 World Champion Rally RAID Orléon RUN F1 Vice world Champion SKI F1 WORLD FINALS |
| 2008 | European Champion RUN F1 World Champion RUN F1 WORLD FINALS 3th Word Champion SKI F1 World FINALS |
| 2009 | Vice world Champion SKI F1 WINNER CAVALAIRE ENDURO JEY-SKI F1 |
| 2010 | European C RUN F1 |