bars not coming till 2013 kites so this october i believe. Steve from KP will know.

Think i might start trying my Blind Judges a little further from the shore line compared to normal...

NickT said...


- Where can I get some soft bar ends like a wakeboard handle for my control bar ?

off a wakeboard handle I guess.

Thanks Turtle, didn't want to pay $30 for a $2 part though, i've seen a guy using them before and thought there might be another source.

Muirs, yeah its just those hard bar ends, not Ozone bashing just more waiting for the new bar also. Thought Ozone might pull their finger out and release ASAP rather than waiting to 2013. Just means i'll upgrade later rather than sooner.

Not sure if anyone else has tried this but I have ridden with 2 leashes since I started unhooked riding. Connect one to the safety as normal ride a safe distance from shore then connect the suicide leash and ride with both at the same time. Works for me if kite goes onto suicide has the added bonus of being able to yank the one on the safety so that it flags the kite a little. Obviously disconnecting suicide method before returning to beach.

Not recommending this method as any mod to a manufacture safety system is your own decision but does work for me

mywisdom said...

sounds good to me, dont really get the whole connect away from beach thing? i would have thought a depower to the window was safer than a uncontrollable flag out down wind in most beach cases?? (im not taking the piss i literally am not sure) do the leashes flail about annoyingly or ever give you trouble? would a weak bit of tape on two points have any bad side effects?

EDIT: must add i have never had a bad uncontrollable beach slide accident so this is probably the cause of my ignorance.

A flagged kite falling on someone would be much nicer than a powered up, out of control kite on suicide.



Anyway, why bother riding with two leashes. Check and maintain your gear regulary and you shouldn't be too worried about snapping a leash. Anyway, whats the worst thing a kite with a broken safety leash will do? They generally just fall out of the sky straight away, might just mean you wave to swim in.

You don't see pro (or amateur) surfers riding with double leg ropes do you?

NickT said...

Kiting today on my 12 C4 tried a Blindjudge and missed the pass, leash hooked bar end and Deathloop ensued. After about four I decided to let the kite go.

Sh!t is I just cut a bar down with trimmed ends, but as it was gluing today i was running my standard bar.

Two Questions - When is the new Ozone bar coming out ?
- Where can I get some soft bar ends like a wakeboard handle for my control bar ?

if you go to BCF or those type of camping stores they often have very cheap wake handles, just go buy one of those and pull the soft ends off the bar.

always hook to mini fifth when on beach then to suicide once im riding