Last Sunday I had an epic 4hr session, however due to constant rubbing of the depower line on one of my fingers it is now very sore. This is because when going upwind I tend to hold the bar with one hand, and in order to maintain control of the kite I have my hand in the middle of the bar with the depower line running between my fingers. It wasn't too painful riding but is now rubbed raw and quite painful and weepy.

So my question is... had anyone else encountered this problem? Is there a better way to hold the bar one handed? Funnily enough I only have the problem on one hand.

One possible fix I was thinking of was to modify the bar with a hose offcut fixed to the bar but that runs on the depower, hence saving my fingers. Any other suggestions?

Hi bramber

the solution to your problem is quite obvious: don't hold your bar with your fingers around the depower rope while riding at speed.... sudden up and down movements of the bar cause a lot of friction on your fingers, no surprise there. Just keep your hand close to the center of the bar but not Over the center of bar.

If you can't keep control of your kite with one hand slightly off center you probably need to work on kite control.

Christian

if you don't wish to change your hand position can you cut up a leather glove and use it as a sleeve over that area of the finger?

I do that when casting big lures using heavy braid and it stops any issues.

Long session = sailing gloves.
It's not a "I'm harder than you contest is it"?

Tape it up.It will last the session.

Cabrinha and the new north bar have the depower rope going through a comfy PU sheath that goes through the bar for when you get your next bar.

Some of the stuff posted on here seriously blows my mind. On a more serious note sometimes when i bat off too much my donkey d!ck gets rubbed raw. Any sugestions on how to solve this problem?

Fingerless gloves, and keep some lube in your fanny pack in case the friction is still causing problems.

I had the same problem.
I started wearing box cutter gloves.
Then I learned to keep my centre fingers slightly wider apart

Do you realise there's a thousand pole dancers laughing at this
Not good for our sport
Is there a knitting section

From this thread, I read

Worn Finger
Up & down friction
Leather / fingerless glove
Comfy PU seath
Lube/donkey dick
Spread them wider apart
Pole Dancers

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glendog said..
Some of the stuff posted on here seriously blows my mind. On a more serious note sometimes when i bat off too much my donkey d!ck gets rubbed raw. Any sugestions on how to solve this problem?

Oh O

:P

welcome to my world, we get a few of these in the shop every other day

Suck it up princess I've had bigger cuts on my mickey!!!!

Always kiteloop :-)

Ages ago i remember seeing a heat shrink sleeve with a small tube for the depower - to prevent your finger catching...

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SaveTheWhales said...
Ages ago i remember seeing a heat shrink sleeve with a small tube for the depower - to prevent your finger catching...

Ages ago I remember Aussie men wrestling crocs, catching deadly snakes with the speed of hand and kites with no de-power
Fast forward and you have vegans ,same sex marriage and topics on a sore fingers and fading kites with 100% depower

Oh and foils

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glendog said..
Some of the stuff posted on here seriously blows my mind. On a more serious note sometimes when i bat off too much my donkey d!ck gets rubbed raw. Any sugestions on how to solve this problem?

be nicer to your missus mate

Let it heal, just put some electrical tape on it for sessions until it does, and when it heals it probably won't happen again as it will heal stronger. I used to get it, or get it when I haven't kited for a while.

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cauncy said..

SaveTheWhales said...
Ages ago i remember seeing a heat shrink sleeve with a small tube for the depower - to prevent your finger catching...

Ages ago I remember Aussie men wrestling crocs, catching deadly snakes with the speed of hand and kites with no de-power
Fast forward and you have vegans ,same sex marriage and topics on a sore fingers and fading kites with 100% depower

And moderators

Wainman Hawaii bar also has plastic sleeve over all lines going through the bar.

Ride with your kite lower to the water then you won't need your hand to be over the centre of the bar.

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Swavek said..
Wainman Hawaii bar also has plastic sleeve over all lines going through the bar.

They pinch fingers and grab gloves too.

The slingshot bar has a little lip you can put your fingers around so they don't rub the center line.

but seriously you can just put your one hand on the top half of the bar near the middle so you dont need to split your fingers

All I heard was I am weepy...

You need a suspension, not just from the forums either...

Just like masterbation, adjust your technique so you don't rub yourself raw!

The answer is simple... cut the finger off!

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Kamikuza said..

Swavek said..
Wainman Hawaii bar also has plastic sleeve over all lines going through the bar.

They pinch fingers and grab gloves too.

Just killing time at the airport - have been kiting for four years and this has never hapened to me with Wainman bar. Still like it a lot and use it for all my kites (Blade, Ozone, Naish). I thought that holding the bar over centre is easier - why not if it does not cause any issues?

Plaster tape

Lots of helpful comments lmao.
I happen to have exactly the same problem as the OP. And I'd say my kite control is pretty good, yet I do not manage to keep the kite perfectly stable one handed unless I hold the bar between my fingers.
My quick fix solution is band aids/tape. It does the job for a session.