saved my bacon

jaksavage · Since 02 Dec 2009 216 Posts hood river Stoked

Thanks to connor and Ruben,
Blew my transition and I dumped my kite, had a bridal hangup that turned into hook wrap up macramae extordinaire.
kiter powered up let loose the chicken loop, kite still powered on safety leash, dumped the whole mess.
Thanks for the support folks!! Laughing

bulae99 · Since 12 Jul 2006 1691 Posts I give out bad advice.

Was it easy to hit pull your chicken loop?

jaksavage · Since 02 Dec 2009 216 Posts hood river Stoked

I had tried to untangle, even unhooking and passing bar thru etc, thought I was clear enuf to go but when I reconnected, the kite powered up , I think you call it a dead man.
the release worked fine. but the power didn't shut off, so I let loose of the safety too.

C.Lee · Since 02 Apr 2012 44 Posts Southern Idaho/The Gorge

No problem. It's always kind of exciting to help out and always appreciated. Glad you got your kite back in good shape.

cnett · Since 23 Aug 2010 115 Posts PDX Stoked

What kite and bar system were you on?
Glad to hear it all worked ou in the end.

Practicing ejection and these scenarios are crucial.

cnett · Since 23 Aug 2010 115 Posts PDX Stoked

What kite and bar system were you on?
Glad to hear it all worked ou in the end.

Practicing ejection and these scenarios are crucial.

bulae99 · Since 12 Jul 2006 1691 Posts I give out bad advice.

One nice thing about watching a kite fly away is that you know you're not connected.

I guess my thoughts would be to know that you have safety options. On the sling shot bars you have 5 potential releases.

jaksavage · Since 02 Dec 2009 216 Posts hood river Stoked

2010 naish cult,
low mileage 2010 naish bar

I was glad to be free of it

Wraps around the chicken loop are very dangerous situations.
glad I got that cleared before kite launched.
The kite hadn't wanted to fly at all until the last move.
then I was underwater, i had no idea how my kite was flying.

DownStream · Since 18 Apr 2007 381 Posts Obsessed

ya, so were you leashed to the kill line (single center line point mounted on the side of the harness loop on 2010 naish bar), or depower/suicide style? (just curious, cause its not too often a single centerline point (like slingshot css, ozone, wainman 2012, blade, naish, and a few other bars use) fail.

jaksavage · Since 02 Dec 2009 216 Posts hood river Stoked

to the yellow center line.
I had pulled on the right side lines to try and clear the bridle wrap, and when I looked down saw that the chick loop/hook was snarled with yellow. so I disconnected and tried to unsnarl.
I have no idea how it got so f-ed up so quickly.

I am thinking of a breakaway harness hook as a safety for hook wrap issues.
clevis pin release.
Hein get on that will ya.

Jonpnw · Wed Jun 13, 12 9:43 am

Nak invented a break away harness loop. Maybe he can chime in.

Slappysan · Since 13 Jun 2012 309 Posts Obsessed

What exactly got tangled on the hook?

If it was just the yellow leash line then your kite should have still depowered shouldn't it?

Were either of your rear lines caught on the hook too? Was your whole bar caught up in the leash line and unable to let the other lines sheet out?

I'd like to know because I have that exact same kite/bar!

DownStream · Since 18 Apr 2007 381 Posts Obsessed

Ah ya, that can definitely happen. Lines get wrapped or tied up when slack and then things dont work, not too common but for sure happens. Gotta always watch for tangles like that on weird crashes.