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[*] posted on 23-6-2008 at 08:17 AM
line breakage


out on the water running 16m bow in 20mph side on, coming in loaded up for a transition and BOTH right side lines snap. thankfully in the shorebreak. shut me down on the water for the evening. the bar end was kinda jacked out of place to.

o7 kite 20m OME lines, LF assault 2, got the kite in jan 08 and have run it alot.

had noticed the fray at the line/loop stitching and thought ONE DAY THIS IS GONNA DROP ME!

another reason to update sooner

any suggestion on weight of line and length? 20M is a fraction short.

grateful for the daily sessions prior.



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[*] posted on 30-6-2008 at 07:21 PM


update. after a handful of runs and a pocket full of pig tails.. i jumped my 16m bow onto 30m lines and huge bar duplicated the LF depower below bar trim/safety loop with the pulleys.

went today 18-20mph side on, the power this set up has was insane a little slower than with 20mm lines but did i mention the power. may transition where effortless and floaty. this bar really matches my arm length and smoothed out my timing. it had so much float i was amazed. did i mention the power. with 20m lines i used to whip this thing to get going sometimes.

i love this big stick on this rig. the leverage makes the bar pressure much lighter.

truly stoked folks....stock stuff hurts my body, custom fitted is on the next level.



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