Chicken Loop? Donkey dick, stiffy, chicken doodle...I understand the phallic reference, but chicken loop i don't know.

Actually Dorothy it dates back to kitings pre-historic days when our valiant forebears were out there kiting (or trying to) on the original 2 line kites.
No cockpit control at all apart from steering & edging. These were hard-core dudes.
So hard-core in fact that when the 4 line depowerable bar set up hit the scene about the turn of the century they all scoffed & pooh-poohed the idea as being something only for "chickens".
They werent about to have anything to do with anything that pussy & gay.
("What" u say - kiters being negative a bout a new idea??? "Never")

Needless to say 4 line conversion kits sold like free hot soup at hobo convention to every kiter who didnt want to upgrade to a new 4 line kite. And sales of 2 line kites dropped to zilch pretty much overnight.

I wasnt around in those olden times but thats how I heard it came about.

puppetonastring said...

Actually Dorothy it dates back to kitings pre-historic days when our valiant forebears were out there kiting (or trying to) on the original 2 line kites.
No cockpit control at all apart from steering & edging. These were hard-core dudes.
So hard-core in fact that when the 4 line depowerable bar set up hit the scene about the turn of the century they all scoffed & pooh-poohed the idea as being something only for "chickens".
They werent about to have anything to do with anything that pussy & gay.
("What" u say - kiters being negative a bout a new idea??? "Never")

Needless to say 4 line conversion kits sold like free hot soup at hobo convention to every kiter who didnt want to upgrade to a new 4 line kite. And sales of 2 line kites dropped to zilch pretty much overnight.

I wasnt around in those olden times but thats how I heard it came about.

^^ I still have a couple of old RRD "CONV" kites; the "CONV" model name was for "convertable". They were sold as a 2 line kite and it was possible to buy a factory kit to convert them to 4 line kite. Cutting edge stuff, marking the transition from 2 to 4 lines!

It's called a Chicken Loop because it resembles a tool to catch chickens. A long handle with a loop on the end, used to snag their leg. The Donkey Dick on the other hand is called so because you're a donkey if you use one. No, because you're a Dick if you use one. Something like that anyway. Now the Oh **** handle is named from the bad old days of zero depower kiting when panic mode was the norm. Your safety was connected to a back line, but just to be sure there was a loop on the end of that line which you could go for to flag the kite out. Oh **** was a very apt name in that case.
cheers
Col

unhook or you a chicken

things would have different if i did not buy naish ar3.5 5m 2 lines damm chickens