^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From where is that LF picture?
The leash end on the depower knob is the end I attach to my harness.
2 Benefits.
1. When a lot of the depower line is trimmed, the release doesn't swing around.
2. To release, I pull it away from the harness. There will always be resistance to activate the release.
I currently use the LF CPR set up on another bar that I already had. It is nice.
It is recommended (by some) to run the leash through the Chicken loop so it won't get lost. I did for a long time, but it has never been an issue and seems unlikely to become one.
No need for the mini 5th line though IMHO.
Also, I use a different stopper. I lost an '08 Havoc because of one. Basically, after deploying to the safety (as shown in the picture), the depower line pulled in all the way, causing the bar to go up as usual. Under load, the stopper was pinched between the pulley (block) and the bar. The problem was that the LF stopper's pointy bottom jammed between the depower lines in the hole of the bar. It all torqued out as I was being pulled away from land. (Not offshore winds, I had a mile of side shore, but couldn't un-wedge the damn thing in time.
It pissed me off to no end when the shop riders said that they had that happen to them, so they all ride suicide. Their distributor acknowledged it had happened to him too.
LF's final say was that I shouldn't have been on a 16m in 20-25kts. A year and a half later, my distributor gave me the LF CPR upgrade kit out of his own pocket.
I guess the new stopper was made to work with the new hole in the bar.
I have a floating ball under my current stopper. If I want to, I put it between my index and middle fingers when I ride one handed. No chafe on my fingers or gloves from sheeting in and out.
This wouldn't work with the LF stopper.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/Review/Upgrading-my-weak-09-Eclipse-bar/
