I use a waist harness for my wave gear and a seat harness for my slalom gear. My waist harness has never ridden up nor have I heard other people complaining, just make sure it fits properly. The chest harnesses come as a floatation device and may be a fairly good idea though (never used one).

get a kite seat harness with a high hook position.

best winds
Tony L

all the brands use a different model to base their waist harness shapes on so try a few brands to see what fits best. but agree with the waist for waves and seat for slalom/race.

poley

prolimit kitewaist pro

Wow thanks for all the responses! I'll go down to my local kitesurf shop and have a look at what they've got on offer there.

I haven't been able to find a windsurfing shop in the tweed/gold coast area, I'm sure they exist but I haven't been able to find one. I really want to see some of the new gear up close and personal, I'll even provide my own hanky to mop up the drool

Regarding flotation, I was out in the waves three weeks ago, and managed to get myself off the board right in the crash zone of some big waves, being a bit of a beginner this was quite scary and at times I wished I had some flotation. So you say flotation is bad? How do you waterstart without it? I haven't managed to waterstart without a foot on the bottom (so I guess you call that a beach start). I was thinking of rigging up some form of life vest so when the wave takes the rig for a ride and I'm left swimming over to find it I won't be struggling to stay afloat in the breakers...

Sorry this sounds so amateurish but I really value the opinions here.

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Originally posted by decrepit


I started of with a chest harness, but when I switched to a dakine "wave seat" I never looked back.

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I don't know if a Wave Seat is the same as a Surf Seat, but I don't recommend you buy a Surf Seat.



Ive broken everything there is to break on this harness (including alloy spreader bar) and it's about 15 months old. It began to look like this after 4 months.

What is the difference between the dakine thermoform and nexus? (except from the price...)

ok I see what you mean Haircut...
but that harness is still not a simple "waist" harness it go down on you bum.
as something like that
http://www.windshack.com/products.php?cat=accessories&scat=10&id=41
for example is perfect.

I personnally have the Da kine similar to the one you've ripped apart but the waist version (not surfseat) had it for 5-6 years and it is still goin (had the strap fixed 2 times )

OK! I just got back from the kitesurf shop, bought myself an ex-demo Liquid Force waist harness for half price ($125 instead of $250), it seems quite comfortable and I was hanging off the rig in the shop, no riding up at all. Also got some nice line from Bunnings for the harness lines, I'd love to use the proper ones but no windsurf shop in my area means no proper gear

Jakub, yes drifting is my forte Although I've pretty much managed to figure out how to uphaul in between waves, the problem is when the wave hits me and the board stops moving, while I keep going forwards!

The harness should help though.

Thanks again to everyone for the input!

If you can't find comercial lines, try and get some high pressure air hose, the hard plastic sort. If it's the curly stuff just use half a loop on each line. Protects the rope, and lasts a long time. If you have trouble with it swinging around to much, stiffen them up with some cheap plastic tubing from the hardwareshop.

Heya Mr Greenleader. Has your partner in crime found himself a board yet? Areyou going to rejoin the rebel alliance too?

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Originally posted by nebbian

Geez clothesline rope doesn't last too long does it? One session and it's broken.

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That's why you need high pressure line, but evem so clothesline would be a tad thin.