Thought you were serious till I saw the comment about the soundtrack!

The rest of the "action" is the same! Insipid!

Man,that kite turns slow! 13m? It looks bigger !
Janke claims 12-22 knots. I would be FLANGING along on my 12 Bow !

Hello friends,
and here are my impressions on the Vision 13m
Where to start?

Construction looks perfect; the material is thicker and seems way stronger then the one of a PL or an inflatable.
The internal wall dividing the cell is even thicker. All sawing are double and the one on the Leading Edge is really impressive, quadruple!!

The battens are shorter then the one of a PL, just 86 cm on the 13m.

No internal regulation, straps etc. Just take it out of the bag and is ready to fly.

The kite is extremely stable and feel solid in the air, it does remind me allot of a Peter Lynn of course but more of a Vortex then a Venom as the AR is lower.
If someone is coming from a PL will find himself straight at home.
The power is nicely delivered, very softly no sudden pull or strange behavior
Very comfortable riding!

It does have the auto zenith feature but less marked then a PL, if you live it at the zenith he will stay there all the time, if you park it in one side will come up but very slowly.
It does eat very well gusts but not as good as a PL, this is cause is more rigid.
It does not luff even if I run under the kite. I also tried to do a jump without recalling the kite and he float nicely back in the window.

Low End is between a Venom 16 and a Venom 19. Comparable to a powerful Bow/SLE of 12m or an inflatable 14m. For the guys on Ozone the low end is like the Instinct Light 12m and just a bit short of the Sport 13m.
With my weight of 70 kilos I need 11-12 knots to going up wind and 13-14 to be well powered up and start jumping.

High End, is in between a Venom 13 and a Venom 16.
Maybe a bit less of a Bow 12m or equivalent to an inflatable “C” of 12m.
For my weight the limit is 22-23 knots.

The depower is good and is all in about 30 cm of throw of the bar less immediate then a Bow and comparable to the one of a PL.

Speed and upwind is excellent, just 2 days ago I kind of raced with a friend with a brand new Airush Vapor SLE 12m, I was behind him of about 50 meter and I pass him easily

Turning! Faster then a Venom 16 and very close to a Venom 13. You need to pull hard on the bar to make it turn. The PL turns more on the tip, smaller turning angle.
I was hoping for something faster and more radical but is ok.

Jumps are nice and very floaty with nice soft landing. I was able to loop it even if the turning angle is a bit wide. It doesn’t pull too much during the loop.

Launching is very easy, either from the side of the window, PL style, or in full power zone like a FS or an open cell. It does need some inflation and patience before launching, due to the battens on the tips
It need more time to inflate from the side zipper and if you leave it on the beach it does loose pressure quite fast. Don’t forget that has 6 intakes valves on the leading edge and that the kite was designed to be polyvalent, both in the water and in the snow.
So to avoid the kite to explode on impact it was designed this way.
It doesn’t have blow out valves but generous size Velcro on the tips, easy for access and cleaning.

Re launching from the water is very easy… It always wants to re launch on his own!
Just give a light tad on the front line and it open immediately. We tried many times in shallow water and is hard to keep in the water! I was even able to re launch after deploying the safety end let the bar go.

Safety, you let go the bar or deploy the safety on the chicken loop and you are left connected to the 4 line connected to the middle cell (like the 5 line on inflatables) but the kite will fall in the middle of the power zone like a “U”. I think that FS use the same system. I tried 3-4 times and in 14 knots there is not much pull, enough to secure it to a strap of the board when walking to recover it. It comes down quite fast but it does not spiral out of control.

I can’t comment on the batten and the bag as they are not ready.
Also the bar will probably be slightly modified to look more like the one of an instinct.

Final consideration: a very good kite that will position well in the close cell foil market.
It perform well both in the water and snow and that is a great selling point.
Is not a super performance kite but that is not what was design for.

I think that’s about all.
If you have question just shoot…. But slowly.
Bye Jankie