Got an absolute flogging on Sunday.

Relaunching in strong winds after dropping kite and bar. Pulled myself to bar on 5th line being carefull to keep 5th line out of the way of fingers, arms, etc. After hooking into bar kite somehow relaunched itself in the power zone.

5th line wrapped around my legs and compressed them into my body with a sh1t load of force. Knee is now f~cked. Fortunately (and somehow) 5th line came off my legs when launched up to 12. (Was thinking I was going to get well and truly dragged into shore upside-down by my feet!)

Anyone had similar issues with 5th line?

yeh I have had the same thing 5th wrapping on my limps.
But the line was shorter and there was no pull in the kite.
You may have been caught in another line.