RAL INN said...

Thanks for that, keep us posted.
did you previously have the next Gen bar?

Nope, I was riding Slingshot....

what happens when you get seaweed stuck in your pully? [}:)]

It looks close to ideal.

Give it a year or two of development and it might become a universal solution.

i get seaweed stuck everywhere. probably got more to with kiting where there's lots of seaweed, than luck.

Played with these new bars last night.

just like the video.

Used this bar at Point Danger Saturday with my 10m Notus3.
Started near fully depowered and over next 2.5hrs wind steadily dropped til kite was fully powered.

The low tide and ENE wind gave dead flat water behind the Mini Tubes reef and some reasonable waves from Super tubes all the way to near Fisho's.

The bar is super simple to use and so clean you keep thinking somethings missing.

The distance you can push bar away is very long and will kill all the power as Bow kites claim to do. the stopper adjuster slides seemingly too easy but holds properly.
The action of depowering is simple and bringing bar in with the action doesn't cause any problem.

As far as sand or seaweed goes, The line would pull through to depower even if the pulley was seized. At any rate the distance you have to push bar away would well cover any emergency depower needed short of ditching to safety.

The new ERA set up is an optional extra and now works when you pull the left line for relaunch. no seperate handle.

The extra clip for stronger stopper hold has to have the safety line threaded through.
the hold the stopper has std. means I will not be bothering with this extra clip.

Has anyone more feed feed back on the Zeeko bar?

Is there any around Newcastle ?

I've been using mine for about 3 month now. The depower system is the best I've tried so far. So good not to have the strap dangling around or even sometimes getting jammed....
The only flaw I find is the hard bar end but apart from that I really enjoy using it. It's very simple and easy to use.