Climb aboard onto your elbows.

Unnecessary piece of equipment like windows.

Hilly , hey DJ have you thought about zip tying a hook onto the wing handel and connect the harness line to your waist . You could actually do away with the bulky harness and connect to a camel back waist belt or inflatable pfd waist belt.

Piros said..
Hilly , hey DJ have you thought about zip tying a hook onto the wing handel and connect the harness line to your waist . You could actually do away with the bulky harness and connect to a camel back waist belt or inflatable pfd waist belt.

I remember once windsurfing with George Greenough and he was using a similar set up on his home made carbon booms..

It worked but I think I'll pass on doing that..

Y not do it in reverse.
No hook on the harness but on the line.
Should be easy to design with the talent on here.
Maybe harness has the traditional sliding rope and a semi-rigid weighted hook on the boom line.

Keep it simple. If you want to wear a harness go back to kiting or windsurfing. I have the arms of a preying mantis and have no trouble winging for 2 plus hours without a harness. It is about technique and fitness.

DWF said..
Get a harness better suited to winging. My spreader bar doesn't need to be so tight it pokes out stiff and rigid. Mine will just fold under if it hits the rail. No damage.

DWF, which harness do you recommend? Thanks

After I read the post about that metal hook on the waist & potential damage or injury. I thought I would definitely have a hook on the wing handle.

I would still have to make something up out of plastic or aluminium.
I thought the wing reacts differently & is different to a sailboard & a kite. So when the wing is released with either the hand holding the nose or let go altogether the wing nose will face the rider.
So I thought I would make a forward facing hook & attach it to a handle somehow. Probably bind it temporarily first. Then if it works bind it permanently with a gluegun & maybe cord or tear strap.

Then I was planning to get some kind of belt or hookless harness, attach something like a leg leash & cut it at the desired length & attach a ring on the end or just make a loop so I can attach that to the forward facing hook when needed. But that would mean using one hand to link the ring to hook.

So when letting go of your back hand or the wing altogether, then the wing will spin about 180 degrees & the ring will easily slide off the hook.
I think I'm getting a headache.