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dt73775
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Postby dt73775 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:38 am
Hi Guys
I came out of the water the other day and I saw that my leash was hooked onto the chicken loop. I know it can't happen when I hook in coz I always pull the safety line out when I connect it so that this never happens. Anyway, I went out yesterday and checked everything twice coz of this and even checked it a couple of times on the water and everything was fine. Behold, when I came out to land the kite, same thing. The safety is latched onto the chicken loop with no way to punch out. I changed the safety with a new one and noticed that the spring on the old one was weaker (but not by much). Any idea?????
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Postby NorCalNomad » Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:16 am
What's happening: The gate of your leash biner is being pushed onto that steel loop. The neoprene sleeve that covers the gate does absolutely nothing in terms of stopping the biner from clipping in the loop. North leashes don't have this problem since the biner cover is made of thick EVA.
How: Beats me. Do you do unhooked riding?
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Postby dt73775 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:05 am
No unhooked riding but I was practicing a lot of jumps and my kite was in the water a lot.........
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Postby NorCalNomad » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:29 am
What safety is that btw?
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