Hey can anybody advise on this product? Comfort while jumping, general comfort while riding. Use a waist harness, and just wondering the big difference for a kiter that does a lot of jumping.
cheers

Buy them, use with hook included or put a dynabar slider on and boost away.
Very comfy dont ride up .
On rare occasions you might get a bit of wedgy when reallly powered up...but that's after a long boosting sesh.
You ll only get 12months of boosting out of them as the lower front straps have only one square of stitching...not 2, like the 3 strap stitching mounts above that.
The straps also wear through where they turn through the clip.

They have large plastic built in reinforcement at each side that does limit movement.
I just commisioned my 4th pair..i dont repair them when they start to go i just replace them .... its more of a peace of mind thing.
The rest of the shorts are looking pretty tired by then.

Work well with an impact vest with the lower hook position.

But all in all they do a great job.
I think ION B2 short may be a better build quality.

Lots of people complain of the dakine ones desintigrating to quickly...I've owned the ION B2s and they lasted OK but could be better. Now using the Neil Pryde Tracker shorts harness and its build seems very good after one season. In any case I can't ever see me using a waist harness again-if you like to boost all day these (probably any seat) are the go, so much better than a waist in my opinion.

Thanks for all the replies. I will head in and try a few different types.
cheers.

nah hooks sits too low for me...put weird pressure on my hips. but others love em.

Surfer62 said..
Love em, worn for last 10 years, great for jumping and good in waves, low bar lets you rotate hips in waves working well with kite low or drifting, also got a jaybar on a second pair. Did rip the shorts on rocks covered with razor sharp shells at Balian once but sewed up fine.

Wondered how long it would take

I have had a pair for three years with a dynabar attached. Never had a problem, in fact don't know there on. I do wash them after every kite so if I was picky I would say they might have faded a bit. Cannot speak highly enough of the dynabar, fantastic when riding toeside.

The rope is fine for boosting.
I use the same combo
Nitrous and dynabar with rope now for around 4 yrs.

Takes 1-2hrs to get used to the rope. ..it then becomes a hugh advantage unlocking your hips.

I doubt ill ever go back to a fixed hook and you can do everything on the rope and more than a fixed hook.

Jay dynabar has a bungee if you unhook....so the hook stays in an upright postion ready to hook back in.

I replace the rope with every season ... if you boost heaps Its just good prevetative maintenance.

For the sake of a few $ of dyneema......
You have peace of mind.

ste said..
Are you ok jumping a lot with the rope, or do you use the metal slider?
cheers

If you do agressive jumping transitions it certainly takes some getting used to, as the Kite flicked through the power zone the slider would go rapidly from pulling from the middle to pulling from your hip getting you out of wack mid flight, fine for general jumping though and free up movement at the hips getting a better angle, id loan one off a mate as I passed mine to 4 locals, none chose to keep it