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Designer’s Corner: Liquid Force Havoc 2010 Originally Published in the December 2009 Issue of The Kiteboarder Magazine Designer Profile: Name: Julien Fillion Age: 27 Location: Montréal, Hawaii, US East/West coasts Job Title: Chief Kite Designer, Athlete Designing: 7 years Kiteboarding: 5 years Product name: Havoc Generation 4 Kite Product category: Pure SLE Sizes available: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16m Release date: Available Now Is this a new design or a next generation on an existing design? The Havoc is a completely re-engineered 4th generation SLE design. If this is next generation design, what were the main goals in developing it? We wanted to give one of the best SLE kites ever built a major face lift. We envisioned the high demand in 2010 for a no-center-strut design, so we redesigned the Havoc on a 4-strut structure, giving room for a much deeper and more powerful profile in the center of the kite where it’s really needed. The Havoc was already renowned for its exceptional high wind range and capacity. For 2010, we drastically increased its low end raw power, lift, hang time and the turning speed on the bigger kites. What was your biggest challenge during the prototype phase? Redesigning the internal structure of the kite based on a 4 strut, no-center-strut platform without losing the proven and popular stiffness and stability of the Havoc. We did it! If you could choose one standout performance or new construction feature to highlight, what would it be? The 4-strut, high performance lightweight design. Most of our competitors have come out with a with a no-center-strut design based on 6-strut platform: We did the Havoc on a 4-strut platform

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Designer’s Corner: Liquid Force Havoc 2010

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