Firstly - thanks to the guys who retrieved my kite at duchies, after i watched it sail away at leighton on new years eve...

Was on my waroo, doing a simple transition on an outbound leg - ie furtherest point from the beach i was willing to be, and the webbing between the depower strap and the chicken loop swivel disintegrated. there goes the front two lines.
as soon as the back two lines took the strain, the attachment point gave way on both sides of the kite simultaneously, and the kite went bye bye.

i was left with bar and two lines. no one else around to help.
Bad feeling watching kite being blown away from the beach, even though it was onshore -?
The safety was still attached to me 8)

I'm not going to give the safety lecture of check your gear - all heard it before. Just FYI - if you have a waroo, that webbing is a weak link.

one thing i still haven't done - but should is put my name on that name tag on the kite 8).

that is an 07 bar - mines an 06.
usage was last season (ie not much) and the start of this season - always washed and dried nicely.


The webbing looks really strong - right?
well after i pulled back the cushy cover, all that was left of that webbing was strands of webbing material and the other side of the swivel which didnt have any sharp edges...

maybe it was just made crappily.

looking at the posts about kites / bars breaking these days, i dont think anyone makes a kite with the same quality they did a few years back.

anyways - keep an eye on it.

robbo.