Hooked - again!

As I have just bought my first depower kite, I have decided to retro-fit my harness with it's original hook rather than the roller spreader.

the roller spreader

As the hook is designed to take Ozone's Megatron Chickenloop...

with the spreader

This meant that I needed to unpick all the stitching...

So that I can get the webbing straps through the buckles and remove the roller spreader. Then it was just a case of returning the hooked spreader to it's rightful place.

Though now the ends of the webbing needs to be re-sewn...

But thanks to my amazing wife it is as good as new!

Ozone Access SB Harness - with roller SB!

Last week I got a second-hand Dakine roller spreader the plan was to swap it onto my Ozone Access Harness...

The first problem was there was no way I was going to be able to pull the straps back through the strap adjusters they were obviously sewn after being threaded through and would not fit back through...

So I raided my wife's sewing box and found an un-picker, and un-picked all the stitching. Thought it was best un-picked so that it can be re-sewn...

So then I was able to thread the strap through and remove the hooked spreader...

Then it was just a case of placing the roller spreader and re-threading the straps...

Jobs a good 'un...

Now I just need to get the ends of the straps re-sewn, so will take it to a shoe repairers at some point - somebody with an industrial sewing machine!