ok, my original one broke and my DIY one is going all limp. Any suggestions on a nice (DIY) stiff one?

Pls keep it clean

Seriously though ! I got a piece of black fuel hose from Clark rubber and slipped it over the DD , my chicken loop was stretching beyond the reach of it , hence unhooking when I least expected . It works great !

I know you said DIY but... www.kitepower.com.au/collections/kitesurfing/kites+ozone

and on the DIY options i've tried three cable ties attached to the bar hook and taped together with electrical tape... worked ok but of course the tape came off after about 5 sessions. bit of garden hose sheath over the top might be a way to fix that

Well in the beginning there was a loop you hooked the kite to on a windsurfing harness, then some guys decided that when 4 line kites came along using the limited depower of them made you a chicken and so the term "Chicken loop" came into existence. Myself and many others tried to change the thinking on this to "trim loop", because thats what you are doing when you power up or depower the kite (also stupid and inaccurate terms), you are trimming its angle to the wind, not chickening the angle to the wind, or chickening, whatever that is?

Then this term for the peg that stopped the loop coming off your hook appeared and became known as the "donkey dick", which is sort of funny but not so, if you are a female and you are having trouble with the dick, thing.

So Ozone decided that they would call the damn thing a chicken finger, makes perfect sense right?

beefarmer said..
^^^ chicken finger WTF is this ****. Its a donkeys dick now don't lets get all PG rated with our kiting terms now.

Chicken finger perferable to having to explain to the kids why it's called a donkey's dick!

fyi the Ozone version is probably too limiting for my needs. It would mean swapping kites on the fly more troublesome. I also have a second bar so taking it on/off would become a pain.

Chicken finger = What's gay about Kitesurfing

What Gwako said is a good idea.

They used to be common many years ago but I haven't seen them in years.