Busted stainless ring

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pintofpale
pintofpale
SA
229 posts
SA, 229 posts
1 Dec 2007 4:08pm
Hey anyone had any experience with stainless busting? The ring that connects my chicken loop to the safety release snapped yesterday. It was about 18 knots I luffed my kite after a jump and it powered up in the zone pretty hard and the stainless ring busted. Ended up with a big birds-nest and the chicken-loop still on my harness about 500m out. Not much fun! Its an 06 Wipika matrix. Bit surprised that this could happen!

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Samb0
Samb0
270 posts
270 posts
1 Dec 2007 3:01pm
At least you got some wind. how about sending us some.
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
1 Dec 2007 3:26pm
try boat shops... i modified a ronstan shackle for my depower strap a while back.
pintofpale
pintofpale
SA
229 posts
SA, 229 posts
2 Dec 2007 5:26pm
Yep was thinking along the same lines.. Might try the boat shop and use it as a backup. I bought a whole new Naish set up and just rigged up my bar. Winds been good here. 15knot+ seabreese most days last week! Todays calm though
Thingy
Thingy
QLD
12 posts
QLD, 12 posts
3 Dec 2007 12:03am
lets hope you get your busted ring sorted out
pintofpale
pintofpale
SA
229 posts
SA, 229 posts
3 Dec 2007 5:13pm
Only hurts when I bend over!
BOOMAN
BOOMAN
VIC
333 posts
VIC, 333 posts
3 Dec 2007 7:48pm
yeah i have had the same thing i looked around and kite was gone just go to a hardware shop and look under shower curtain rings
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