Was out taday with a mate who was flying an '09 switch. He's a beginner, just at the point where his waterstarts are just about sorted, and on his first run of the day he drops the kite and accidentally manages to activate both the push away safety and the flagging line, which his leash was hooked into.

Unfortunately his chicken dick wasn't in which caused his chicken loop to fall off into the water never to be seen again. I don't own any Cabs but the few times I've flown them I've never had any problems and have found them as good as anything else I've ridden. Luckily he was just behind the break and was able to swim in with no problems.

There's an article in the current Kitesurf mag about the 2012 cab bar but it doesn't say whether the chicken loop still comes away from the bar and can be lost. Based on what happened today unless they have redesigned their IMO totally Fu*#ed safety system I wouldn't consider riding one let alone spending my hard earned cash on one.