Cabrinha need to lift their game. My son was out on Botany Bay with an 8m Ozone Catalyst. 25 - 30 knots and throwing some unhooked moves. This is what the Cab leash he was using did when he let go of the bar.
These things should be stronger. Fortunately, he didn't loose the kite. It was mine.
That wouldn't have happened if he was using a cabrinha kite with his cab leash, the kite would have depowered a lot faster.
The strongest leash i have seen is the Flexifoil leash, but it can be a bit short for some riders.
The worst leash i have seen is the old Slingshot ones, since most people don't use them any more i have seen a lot less stray kites.
Why dont you write to cabrinha and show them instead of starting a little anti cabrinha smear campaign? Probably the best company when it comes to waranty and I even hear they let the dealers make the call....Things break, things bend, especially in 30 kts...
Got a 2011 switchblade and am pretty impressed. But just read forum on line replacements and now weak leashes. Should i be worried to flag my 9m in 25 knots to land it. Have not yet had to and would hate for it to seperate due to a fault.
Cheers for that but is it safe to flag down for self landing without the fear of breaking the landing line or the clip.?
Unhooking in 25-30 knotts in the windswell choppy waters of botany... thats pretty game 
. I have always found cab leashes to be pretty tough through the pains of unhooked riding. Although i have seen two which the spring inside the clip in question had broken. Though this isn't the case. I love using the North leashes however they are pretty short and if u connect around your chickenloop they can be a bit small diameter.
ya think thats a faulty clip?....that thing has undergone a sh1#load of stress to do that...try putting it in a vice to get it back to it's original shape...and see how much force it takes...lucky your boy is tougher than the leash I reckon
"And just to show that I'm not biased, my son doesn't like the Ozone leash because the outer sheath slides up the inner bungy making it difficult to haul in a kite quickly once you've let go of the bar"
Oh, but Cab have to lift their game - not Ozone ... yeah right
"...But just read forum on line replacements and now weak leashes..."
one report of a bent leash clip ... I think you should be really worried ...
