Thanks Jaimie-Lee... will check it out. Claire

I am with Garth .... I ride Dakine seat harness, bought the Prolimit hadlow waist harness rode it for maybe 3 times. had a little mishap and broke the suicide line connection point. So went back to my seat. 2 things happened. My stance is a hundred times better from having riden with the waist harness. I have loosened up the seat harness to give me more freedom of movement and have gained a new appreciation for my Seat harness.

I was talking to a guy in Adelaide in the kite shop down at Gelnelg. He was putting together a very different spreader bar arrangement, 1 that slides from side to side. The aim was to make toe side much easier when wave riding. If you see this post can you provide some details and a verdict on how it well it works. I have tried to track something similar down but with no luck.

Clairey / Jaimie Lee,

I am helping a girl to go into the sport with various advice.

I am not sure about harnesses. I have long believed that seat harnesses were more comfy for girls. Are the recent waist harnesses ok?

My experience is that my current harness does not ride up my chest as much as my previous one (which was really comfy when it was where it should be) thanks to additional straps on the new model... Both harnesses were Flying Object. My kites spend far less time at the zenith than a few years ago, though...

Thank you.

Fred

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Originally posted by clairey

What about best waist harness for a girl...? Any advice? I've been recommended the pro-limit one (by a man) but what do other girlies reckon?

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Hi, I use a Dakine seat harness after learning on a waist harness.I swapped to ease the pressure on my ribs.

I find the seat harness keeps by bum up and I prefer the pull of the kite coming from my pelvis rather than my rib cage but as the guys say that will probably make rotating more difficult as I gain more experience. With the waist harness I found my arms were stretched out too far because the harness kept riding up (admittedly I was learning on the waist harness so often had my kite too high). A friend of mine (an experienced kite surfer) cracked her front lower and back ribs with a waist harness last week.

It comes down to choice - try both and see which one is more comfy but I prefer the seat one myself.The Dakine one has very good bouyancy.

Kathy

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