Scary shit.
Any chance of posting it so us non-facebookers can see?

Seen it happen a few times but fortunately in lighter winds where the kites crashed and stayed down.

Are you sure that the lines were stuck in the chicken loop?

I would bet that they were stuck in the harness hook!

Thats an important detail, can you please check that for us?

I was in death loop because the bar was stuck in the hook, I almost died. I got rid of my hook, now I use another system. For me, using a hook for kiting is a mistake (except if you unhook, I would say 1% of the riders do that)

Be safe!

Andre

interesting, i will try and ask.. i think lines fron one kiter wrapped around the bar/chicken loop of teh other - hence how they got stuck together..

i have got corner of bar stuck in harness hook too, deathlooping towards fence in low winds with almost no way out I hauled in one line and managed to just clip kite on ground pulling one steering line with enough slack with 2 seconds to get out, with todays fast looping kites though - would have had no chance!

Sometimes you are better to cut your lines and buy some new ones.

This post really makes me think about all the posts discussing the danger of the hook itself. I guess if you ride unhooked then you need it, but otherwise, it does seem like an unnecessary hazard.

A good J knife seems like an obvious solution as well, but I can see the situation where you are being dragged, dunked, spun or whatever where it would be difficult to get to the knife to start cutting.

I wonder if another emergency release could be built into the harness that would release the spreader bar. Maybe a handle on the side of the harness that would release metal tabs that would hold both sides of the spreader bar. That might add one more level of safety. Just a thought.