Saturday, June 24, 2017

Safety Release Systems for Kiteboarding


Dr. Nathan Gunn, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley who holds an MD from the University of California at Davis, is a health care executive with experience as the president of Valence Health. In addition to his professional work at Valence Health and other health care firms, Dr. Nathan Gunn has become an experienced kiteboarder after learning the sport in Costa Rica. 

Kiteboarding is a water sport that makes use of an airborne kite to pull an individual along the water’s surface. Since kiteboarding can pull a rider into the air, safety equipment such as a helmet and a safety release system are required when participating in the sport. 

A safety release system includes a leash, which is also known as a bypass or handlepass leash, to keep a kiteboarder safely connected to the kite. In addition, the equipment features two releases. The first is the chicken loop release which decreases the kite’s power. If that release fails, the safety lease quick release can be employed which jettisons the kite from the kiteboarder.

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