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Where do you hook on your leash on your harness?

Security Tips
09 Dec 2017

Let's take a poll…. Where do you connect your leash?

Front?

Back?

Sides?

What if we told you only one of those options is optimal for safety and function!?

A safety trend that has flown under the radar for some years is that of connecting your leash on the front of your harness; somewhere along your spreader bar. Connecting your leash here will  make sure your safety release is accessible at all times.

There have been stories of kiters getting caught in accidents where the leash wrapped around their bar into a death loop scenario only to be connected from the back with no way to release! Some have survived, others not and this could have been easily avoided.

This is a public service announcement not only for you though for your fellow kiter friends, and the first step is to share this post! After you have shared the post grab your harness to change its leash position to the front! You will still be able to do all your tricks with ease and be safe in the process! If your leash is already in the front - let us know in the comments! If it is not in the front, once you change it - let us know in the comments that you did so!

Stay safe-

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