Two days ago I made the mistake of chatting to some guys on the beach, while I was connecting my lines. I have made my lines KOOK-Proof with knots on the front lines and loops on the back lines. Guess what! You can still connect up the lines so that the left and right side lines are reversed. This results in a situation with exactly the same results, on launch. as if you grabbed the kite bar flipped over 180 degrees. (I have also done that twice in 5 years).
What scares me most about kitesurfing is the fact that even normally careful people make stupid mistakes, usually when their set routine is interrupted. The mistakes happen to me on a random schedule, sometimes separated by 50 or 60 kiting sessions...just when you think you have it wired and can relax...bam, you make a simple mistake.
The kook-proof (goof-proof) connector concept was a wonderful advance and mind easer, when it made its appearance a few years ago...and I might add: BEFORE the development of flat kites!
The worst mistake a kiter could make in hooking up the lines with "C" kites, was to connect the back and front lines on one side of the kite correctly, and the other side's lines reversed, with the back line connected to the front of the kite and the front line connected to the back of the kite. This resulted in an immediate series of kite loops, right from the launch...and was dangerous because the looping started too fast for the kiter to react... a dragging down the beach resulted.
The other somewhat common mistake in hooking up the lines to a “Câ€Â