Manufacturer:

Flysurfer

Model:

Titan (15.5m)

Sizes:

4.5m, 6.5m, 9.5m, 12.5m, 15.5m, 18.5m, 21.5m

Type Of Kite:

De-Powerable, Water Re-launchable Foil

Introduction:

I have flown the Titan a few times on land with my mountain board and so far I have been loving it the power in the kite is amazing and the de-power is fantastic I would say that you get 3/4 the pull when the bar is out! Wind was 5-8mph, onshore and fairly steady. The kite was easy to self launch take it out of the bag, unwind lines, pre-inflate it a little and then put some sand on the wind tip, walk down to lines, attach the safety clip and then clip into the chicken loop...deep breath and then take off. For take off I had the kite on full yellow (depower) and it effortlessly went up to the zenith and stayed there at first it would slightly overfly a little but by adding a little of the blue (power up) it would sit really stable and not luff.

Packaging, Style + Construction:

The bag is a very large red and black affair.... you can easily fit the kite and bar in the bag as well as a few other essential bits of kit (and if you pack it well you can also get a Blade 6.4 in). The build quality of the kite is great... all the seams are neatly sewn, none of the seams are anything but straight. it even has a funny little message on the air intakes.... something you would normally find on a jet engine to make sure you don't get sucked in! The bridleing is very neat and is made up of suprisingly few lines, I suppose this is to minimise the likelyhood of lines catching when water starting... the control bar is Flysurfers WAC system, and i dont know what that stands for.... but basically it is a carbon bar that reacts like most other control systems that you have on kitesurfing kites.. pull in, and you go up....push out and you come down... but it also has a spinning leash... so if you have twists in the line all you have to do is spin the bar and out they come...meaning that your safety line never gets tangled... you 'Really' wouldn't want to be attached to this thing if it all goes wrong..

Jumping:

Jumping was similar to the Frenzy...take kite low and then redirect to the zenith, carve up wind and pull the bar in. Pull the front hand in and redirect so you float... and float and err FLOAT, this would be the only thing that I could say that makesit a little unsuitable for mountain boarding is that it is very easy to cover half a football field in the air especially when it is gusty.

KiteATB’ing:

On the board things were really hotting up, this was about as much wind as I would like to have the kite up with the mountain board.... Jumps were really quite high and very long... the thing that I have noticed with the kite in comparison to the Frenzy is that the steering is a lot lighter as is the powering up... you can pull the bar in with one hand and you will get pulled up which is great for grabs, foot offs etc.... the latter is something I STILL can't do. It is a very big kite.... and because of this it is quite slow.... in light winds it is like flying a bus.... goes slowly but pulls an awful lot...as you would guess the more wind the faster it goes... i would say in terms of speed and turning....it is nearly as fast as a 12m frenzy.... and turns a bit slower... but I would have to fly them side by side to see... say all of that...I have seen someone from flysurfer doing a kite loop with double back loop with the 21.5m!!!

Final Summary:

So far the kite has totally blown me away (no pun intended) the depower on it is fantastic and the safety features have been fantastic. And as I bought it as light to medium wind kite it has been fantastic if you can feel wind there is enough to land board with it. I think the 15.5 is great for Mountainboarding in light winds...in a good breeze you will find it hard to not jump too far. If you have a massive area then you will be fine... but if you're in a small area you might find yourself climbing out of a tree or off the roof! all in all this is a very well put togeather kite that seems to have stuck to the "simple is best" ideal.... it all works very well, the only issue i would imagine would be how well it water launches when it is 2 years old!? right now when it is inflated it stays that way for a VERY long time.... Pictures of this beast of a kite can be found in Tones Gallery

Reviewer:

Tony aka Tone @ Tones Gallery