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Singlemalt
Since 21 Jun 2015
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White Salmon
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 Sun Sep 17, 23 5:38 pm Thanks for the help! |
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Thanks to anyone who helped chase down and capture my wayward UFO today at the event site. Thanks Stuart for your help and a second launch!
Launching in the tricky wind, I was pulling on my front lines. My donkey dick just wasn’t stiff enough, and the chicken loop fell out of the hook. When the kite powered up the bar was ripped out of my hands, the safety leash ripped the harness webbing, and the whole Maryanne went flying away. Premature ejection. So embarrassing.
Lots of help and I was reset and launched again in a few minutes. I’m just glad it happened on the beach.
Thinking it over, I realize almost all of my long swim, kitemares have started with an accidental unhooking. Since I would never intentionally unhook while foiling, it’s long past time to rethink the whole harness connection and lose the chicken loop.
Thanks again, everybody!
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dhhr
Since 09 Jul 2015
28 Posts
Hood River
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| Sun Sep 17, 23 6:18 pm |
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the same thing happened to me this season at Rufus - I didn't realize it, but the donkey dick was cracked at the base, and couldn't hold the chicken loop on when I had to fall back into the water for a sec while launching during gusty winds.
The kite released but luckily the safety leash held and the kite didn't fly out to the middle of a fast current. A simple inspection would've told me to replace the donkey dick and avoid the whole unintended release.
Glad everything turned out ok for you!
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McLovin
Since 11 Sep 2017
278 Posts
Corbett
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| Mon Sep 18, 23 12:38 am Good Bye Hooks |
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Ugh!
Glad you got sorted quickly with no lasting issues.
I'm 1000% convinced most kiters have the WRONG connection, I did.
NOT ANYMORE, double slider gives fail safe connection such a better way to go IMHO.
Never looked back after my 2nd long self rescue from the far side of Rufus - YUCK
Just sayin' either you are UNHOOKING or you ARE NOT.
IF NOT, why are you still using a HOOK??? ________
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shred_da_gorge
Since 12 Nov 2008
1257 Posts
Local, not Low Cal
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| Mon Sep 18, 23 7:36 am |
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I was the foiler giving you space to launch and saw that sucker snap on you. I'd just mentioned to a couple sitting on the rocks that they should consider it's an active kite launching area (and we're probably lucky the prime season tourons weren't there). Good on ya, dude who ran and grabbed it!
@McLovin, what spreader bar is that? I'm using the Ride Engine slider and am religious about watching and changing out the line but would love to learn more about having a backup... (probably should use search or start a new thread, eh?).
And don't worry, we've all had premature ejections at one point or another...
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McLovin
Since 11 Sep 2017
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Corbett
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| Mon Sep 18, 23 8:58 am |
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| shred_da_gorge wrote: |
@McLovin, what spreader bar is that? I'm using the Ride Engine slider and am religious about watching and changing out the line but would love to learn more about having a backup... |
Yup - Mystic Stealth - this new version of the slider is great with the double loops and also easy & cheap to swap out the lines as they start to get worn, although anything but cheap initially...
MC
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