Welcome to Camber Kitesurfing

Description

• Spreader bar sold separately.
• Kite or Windsurf spreader bar compatible
• Adaptive Fit Composite with Texon® counter/stiffener
• Honeycomb mesh reinforced shell
• Narrow profile fit
• Memory foam pressure point relief zones
• Two side key/knife pockets with elastic loop
• Independent primary and secondary power belt
• Integrated handle and leash attachment
• Left or right side leash attachment rings
• Buckle covers/webbing keepers

The first truly functional harness was developed by Pat Love and Ken Kleid of Windsurfing Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii in about 1974. It consisted of a vest-like nylon jacket to which a hook was attached. The sailor used the hook to attach to lines attached to each of the wishbone booms.

When future world champion Robby Naish began using a harness in Kailua in 1975 when he was twelve years old, he had problems with his chest being painfully squeezed by the force on the hook. Mike Horgan and Larry Stanley developed a spreader bar to balance the load and prevent the harness from squeezing the wearer's chest. The spreader bar is now in almost universal use.

The seat harness was developed on Maui when young Ian Boyd experienced the same problems mentioned above as Robbie Naish. The solution, half in jest, was to wear a chest harness upside-down with the hook inverted. Barry Holopeter was an R&D expert for Da Kine, and developed the first working model. This design proved to be very efficient in speed sailing and was used by Fred Haywood in his world speed-record runs.

Many companies have developed the harness over the years with major innovations coming from DaKine and Windsurfing Hawaii.