Had an awesome session on Saturday on my 10m Catalyst until this happened.
Left hand plastic tip snapped off. It shot up the kite lines and cut right through the safety line. The kite fell to the water in the waves.
When I hit the quick release the kite completely disconnected from me. Luckily there were other kiters who could help rescue the kite.
I had a session on thursday by myself so I'm very glad this didn't happen then.
This is the bar I am talking about. I have been using it since October 2013. 3-4 sessions per month.
ozonekites.com/products/water-kites
I have contacted the shop I purchased it from and they said they will contact Ozone about it.
wow thats really suprising!
ozone will probaly give you a new bar and lines. they have awesome warrenty service.
The shop where you bought it, if they don't deal with it promptly then go to the distributor, but you should at least contact the shop first and give them a chance to look into it.
Takes a lot of force to break the bar end off, and every single bar is load tested at the factory, there is even a mark on the bar to signify it passed the load test, if it does not pass it does not get into production.