Hi all,

Been unhooking with my twin tip for a while now, and am about to start on my surfboard. Where do you guys put your safety? On the chicken loop it gets in the way of hooking back in. Is there a better option?

Cheers,
Tom

Is it a "death" leash???.

Cool, thanks.

So if I attach it to the chicken loop I could get locked into the kite, and if I attach it to the rope, it can tangle? I think I will take the latter option.....seems safer to me.

Anyone know of a way to rig it somehow so you don't get locked to the kite, or create tangles? Guess not otherwise it would have been mentioned.

Cheers,
Tom

Other option would be to buy one of the new SS chicken loops and fit it. The 2010 chicken loops have a solid metal attachment point inside the loop which works well.

Attaching on the loop with the old bars means that you loose your whole kite when you accidentally pull the safety release when grabbing for the chicken loop - poorly designed pull tab, as opposed to the newer 'push' system (has happened to me 2-3 times when I have used an 09 bar). And you can get the attachment problem already mentioned.

Attaching to the rope is a bit clunky, as it leads to tangles a bit easier, but I also find that the clip sitting in between the chicken loop and the bar mean that the bar will 'slip' to one side or the other when unhooked. This is more of a problem with freestyle though, when you're trying to keep your kite dead still @ 45 degrees.

hope that helps.

around your neck.

and the winner is.......^^^^^^^

Where is it designed to go ?

OK cool, thanks.

Even though improved, the 2010 chicken loop means either:

A) you connect suicide with no possibility of flagging the kite

B) Have it hooked to the Ring thing that is attached to one of the lines. This means that if you unhook and accidently let go of the bar, you will flag straight away. Making practicing unhooked tricks hard.

With the option that Bobjaan gave, I still have have the possibility to accidentely lock myself into the bar when hooking back in.

So, I think connecting myself to the rope, or slightly modifying the bar as Saffer suggested is my most suitable option.

Cheers again,
Tom

im a bit pissed off with slingshot, firstly, you pay a premium price for their kites fitted with cheap arse pulleys that wear through the bridle lines, then on the bar inside the chicken loop area they install a cheap arse ball bearing that is not even stainless steel so it rusts out and disintergrates within the first year of use.

lift your game or lose peoples business ...

Excuse my ignorance, but is the OSH the red thing that your leash is designed for?