Kite surfing gear is very important because it influences your safety while practicing this sport. Depending on the type of kite that you have, there are three different kinds on safety release systems. Two of them, the inflatable system and the foil system, allow you to operate them when you are conscious. The dead-man safety devices is useful because it is enabled if you happen to become unconscious.

The first two types of Safety devices function on approximately the same principle. If you don’t grab the control bar anymore, the kite becomes inoperative. The two systems are using a line in order to do this. The inflatable systems are using a line from the front or from the back and the foil systems are using the break lines. Both these systems are also provided with a safety leash that you can use to regain control if you have dropped the control bar accidentally.

Kite Surfing Gear with Inflatable Safety Release Systems

Inflatable safety release systems can be of two main times: 2 line inflatable safety release system and 4 line inflatable security mechanism. The first one uses a line that is longer than the other one with the length of the kite span. Because of this the kite becomes inoperative when you don’t hold the control bar anymore. The safety leash that is attached either to your wrist or to the harness prevents accidents and enables you to take the control bar back if you drop it accidentally. Read the rest of this entry »