yeah sorry ofcourse its chick2.jpg the second one... I've misplaced my digicam so all I had was mt webcam but if you know what I'm looking for that should be enough for you to understand what I'm after. Obviously you don't.

Dave,

If it is a loop that attaches by the pin into another loop as it looks like. Pull the saftey tab that pulls the pin. I have an Airush one with the big loop. You can have it if its what your looking for.

Dave,

If you find the release too light on the atom setup, just use some tape or a cable tie to hold the tabs in tighter. you can tune the release up to the stiffness that you like. it is fairly light to meet the french regulations.

why is the centre mini 5th line rubbish? i think it is great. I used to run just suicide but find using the mini 5th line the kite just sets up ready for relaunch if it drops.

Don't know about the 08 atom but yeah that's the same issue I had with my 07 atom bar, when you connected the leash to the 5th center line and you drop the kite unhooked it gets all tangled up and twisted and ****... absolute rubbish...

maybe you need to wash the sand and salt out of your bar and lines (and the swivel)
your gear will last a lot longer.
i got my atom start of last season and the swivel still works fine. sometimes if i launch and have been too lazy to untangle the middle lines i just have to keep twisting the chicken loop until it gets untangled then normally if the swivel hasnt worked then the pressure of a few twists bungs the sand n salt loose and it swivels all the twists out.

another tip if you find your swivel is bunged up is also check your pulleys in the bridle (not just for atoms but all the new sle kites)
if you are in a habit of dropping them they prob have salt in them and are jammed which then leads to the lines rubbing on them and then ping!

bummer sci! that succs.
maybe if you sprayed a heap of wd40 on it it may free it up a bit or somethin.
yeh i found the depower a bit far away too so i shortened the chicken line length and also shortened the rear lines on the kite to suit and it is way comfier to reach and also if you let go of the bar it depowers the kite but it doesnt fall down so quick so you can run up the beach or straighten your boardies or whatever.

i also just got a plastic lined chicken loop as my standard line was wearing out. looks booya, cant wait to use it n see how it feels.