Hi Girl/Guys,


I looked at my harness yesterday for its third season
and
I was wondering about its anticipated life espectancy.

And then I thought that a response to the above question would be incomplete without further information. So I spent my sunday morning elaborating the following code to make everyone's life easier:

Could you please share your experience and let us know:

1 - how many seasons have you been kiding for:
2 - how meany failures:
3 - failure type:
4- harness type:
a- waist
b- genitals crusher
c- jacket
5 - your weight (kg):
a- <50,
b- 50-75
c- 75-100
d- >100
6 - your riding style:
a- "scenic drive",
b- "rally car"
c- "radical stunt"
7- your frequency on the water:
a- days/week:
or
b- days/month:

Thank you for your cooperation.

Fred

i go through a harness a season riding at fairly much every opportunity

Prolimit Seat Harness since 2003.

3/4 times a week - weight 75 Kilos - Cruisin and jumpin - No failures YET !!!

Fitzy Gold Coast OZ

Pretty simple to check for failure likelyhood before each use.

Just look for frayed webbing at the attachment points. This is really the only place you are likely to experience a failure.

Fitzy Gold Coast OZ

lol - finally a well thought out enquiry in this forum - please make sure you dont do that again!

basically fitzy is right - check the webbing at the front and you should be right - that's the main place they wear out.

1 - how many seasons have you been kiding for:

too many to care to remember

2 - how meany failures:
3 - failure type:

A few meany failures - like gooseonthebay... not sure what his major malfuntion is...

Seriously I have never had a hassle, but I have know a couple of others who others have things break (1km out!) and or undo (in offshore winds!)

consult my mate my murphy (or is that silviu?!?!) on when things are likely to go wrong.

4- harness type:

a- waist

but I have a backup b- genitals crusher which i use from time to time. if you get the right one there should be no crushage at all, and it saves the ocassional unintended salt water enema

also c- jacket is not such a bad idea, especially if you have to wear a PFD when kitining where you are.

5 - your weight (kg):

c- 75-100 (maybe!)

6 - your riding style:

somwhere between a- "scenic drive" and b- "rally car"

7- your frequency on the water:

whenever the wind blows baby!

Thank you to everyone for the input.

It sounds like, in summary, it's a not too bad an idea to regularly check the webbing!!!

Has anyone ever broken the hook on a harness? In which conditions?

Thanks!

Fred

the "standard" hooks tend not to break, but I have seen a stack of fancy smancy all in one spinny ones break.

I've had my one North styler for three seasons.
Looked after it and its still immaculate
Kite whenever i can. In summer thats 3-5 times a week.
Harness is as good today as it was the day i took it off the shelf.

But as fathers day is coming i will get another one then and keep the one i have now as a spare.

Sorry guys, it may seem silly, but:

What is frothing (definitelly not about milk)

Thanks for the reply Oakie,

My harness is a 3 year old Flying Object waist harness. It does not show any sign of ageing other than a greater flexibility than when it was new.

I believe that checking the gear, including harness, is part of the pre-flight safety check up. I guess that an even closer check up is recommended prior to the first sessions of the year.

This is during this close check up, and seeing no apparent distress of the harness, that I wondered about its life expectancy the other day.


Enjoy and kite safe,

Fred

yes, what we need is a good solid leather harness!

now there's a good use for feral horses on moreton island.

quote:

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Originally posted by silviu

Sorry guys, it may seem silly, but:

What is frothing (definitelly not about milk)

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its just getting frothed.

talking of frothing. Got absolutely frothed saturday night (not what your thinking). Cheers gruezi! toby! and e of ofcourse.


"I've been frothing just to surf. I've been enjoying it a lot and hopefully that keeps continuing and by the end of the year I'm still enjoying it."

mick fanning