Question about 2006 best bar?

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Where does the leash attach to on a 2006 Best Bar? Does it go up by the OSR handles? If so, how do you unwind your lines if your lines get twisted?

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

I attach mine to the little steel ring on the Chicken loop.

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

i haven't HAD to self-rescue, though I've done it for practice...
I'm not sure I see the correlation though... i detach my leash and attach it to my board (my leash is now going from harness to board).... then I climb up one of the rear lines a bit and then wind up the lines on my way to the kite (the one I climbed up is considerably shorter than the others).... then I grab the kite and drag my self into shore.

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Thanks for the explanation. The self-rescue process works just a little different with a 5th line kite. I stay attached to the fifth line while my bar floats away. Then I drag myself to the bar, wrap up the fifth line on the bar, then wrap all five lines together until I get to the kite. During the self-rescue process your kite only has tension on the 5th line so it is pretty much depowered the whole time.

BUt the process you described seems like it will work just fine. Thanks man.

hedquista · Since 13 Apr 2007 72 Posts Salt lake city

i think it was originally supposed to attach to the OSR so the kite would flag out and be depowered but i dont do that. i attach mine to the center line above the chicken loop. i have had too many problems with the chicken loop popping off or tearing at the emergency release.

flying elvis has it nailed on the self resuce though

keats

Kodiak · Since 01 Aug 2005 1114 Posts Slidey

A different method of self rescue is to keep your leash attached to the kite and attach the other end to the board. Then instead of rolling up the lines just work youyr way up one outside line to the kite. The lines should trail downwind of you in the water while you self rescue to shore. You then minimize the chance to get tangled in the lines, and should have less of a mess when you get to shore.

cosmodog · Since 06 Oct 2005 201 Posts Stoked

My wife had a slight kitemare using the 2006 Best bar. The center lines are sewn into the depower strap and the stiching came out.
So the center lines ended up uneven by ~6 in and you can not compensate with the bar. This happened on launch she was lucky not to get hurt.

gabe · Since 16 May 2005 475 Posts Obsessed

leash on CL for riding. if you need to flag it out for self rescue, move leash to OS handle. after kite is flagged out, bar toward kite, one line in hand--then you can attach leash to board, and follow that line up.

in theory you can just hold the OS handle while you eject, but it wouldn't take much force for you to let the kite go--gone.