2005–2014
The story of Team Flite
From the team's birth in 2005 to its farewell to Extreme Enduro in 2012 and its closure at the end of 2014: the timeline of Marco “Karibo” Caribotti's team, pieced together from the fliteworld.it archive and the press of the time.
- 2005
Team Flite is born
Marco “Karibo” Caribotti founds Team Flite. In its first season he finishes 2nd in the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) E3 class on a KTM 300.
- 2006
Flite World goes online; Italian Cup E3
By May 2006 fliteworld.it is already online under the name “Flite World” (Internet Archive). Federico Bugliano wins the Italian Cup E3 class in Team Flite colours (KTM 300).
- 2008
Jarvis discovers Extreme Enduro
Graham Jarvis, a trials champion, makes his Extreme Enduro debut on a Sherco and wins the Red Bull Romaniacs straight away. He is 2nd at Hell's Gate.
- Late 2008
Working with Flite begins
From late 2008 Flite and Jarvis work together: racing, management and training in Italy. His 2009 results according to the team website: 8th in the Indoor Enduro World Cup, 4th at Hell's Gate, 2nd at the Red Bull Hare Scramble (Erzberg). The 2009 Flite DVD shows the Sherco era, with the workshop, the mechanics and the truck.
- 2010
The Flite Extreme Husaberg Racing Team is born
In 2010 Jarvis is 4th in the Indoor Enduro World Cup, 2nd at Hell's Gate and 2nd at the Red Bull Romaniacs. In September 2010 he moves from Sherco to Husaberg. On 1 October 2010 Flite and Husaberg announce the new team: Jarvis will race the Husaberg TE 300 two-stroke, Husaberg's first two-stroke in 22 years. His first race is Extreme Lagares in Portugal on 17 October 2010, which he wins, followed by the Indoor Enduro World Championship from the Genoa round on 27 November.
- 2011
A season of dominance
The team website lists the 2011 wins: Tough One and Tough One's Little Brother (UK), Hell's Gate (Italy), Red Bull Romaniacs (Romania), Sea to Sky (Turkey), Roof of Africa (Lesotho), Wildwood Rock (Australia), Ukupacha (Ecuador), Xtinction (Canada) and Total Extreme (UK). At Erzberg Jarvis is first across the line, but he is not awarded the official win.
- 2012
Still on top
2012 brings wins at the Tough One (UK), King of the Motos (USA) and Hell's Gate (Italy, 19 February), then the third Red Bull Romaniacs win of Jarvis's career (June). Adventure Spec releases the “Spanish Training” and “Skatepark Leeds” videos, the latter with Flite in the credits.
- Late 2012
The end of an era
The end of 2012 closes an era that will stay in the history books: the Caribotti/Jarvis duo changed the identity of extreme enduro for ever. On 27 November 2012 Team Flite announces its withdrawal from the Extreme Enduro calendar for a new project. Caribotti thanks Marco Cavallini (Goldentyre), Marc Teissier (Sherco), Martin Wabnegger and Oliver Goeringer (Husaberg) and Graham Jarvis. Caribotti brings Graham Jarvis into the official Husaberg team, which confirms him a few days later as a factory rider for 2013.
- 2013–2014
Goldentyre and a final win
Caribotti goes full time at Goldentyre as Race Manager and head of R&D, while carrying on as a tester. Team Flite continues until the end of 2014 and bows out with a win: Marco Caribotti takes the Krka Rally (1st overall).
- 2015
Another story
In 2015 Marco Caribotti becomes the owner of Goldentyre, where today he is also Chairman of the Board, and from there another story begins. In 2017 Goldentyre launches the FTS, Flite Tubeless System: the team's name lives on in a product.
Team results
| Year | Championship | Position | Rider | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Italian Cup (Coppa Italia), E3 class | 2nd | Marco Caribotti (Team Flite) | KTM 300 |
| 2006 | Italian Cup (Coppa Italia), E3 class | 1st | Federico Bugliano (Team Flite) | KTM 300 |
| 2014 | Krka Rally | 1st overall | Marco Caribotti (Team Flite) | — |
Results supplied by Marco Caribotti. Graham Jarvis's 2008–2012 results are on The Graham Jarvis years page.
“We created the JARVIS Phenomenon.”
Marco Caribotti in the statement announcing the withdrawal from Extreme Enduro, as reported by ZonaEnduro, 27 November 2012
In the statement Caribotti looks back on more than three years spent beating the big teams “with just a handful of people”.
Sponsors and partners of the time
The footer of the 2012 fliteworld.it site lists Bumper Action, GT Racing Goldentyre (tyres, mousses, tubeless) and Dragon Components, alongside Husaberg. Before Husaberg, Jarvis raced for Sherco.