Rossi Pants with built in Harness

[Tighe]

http://www.rossignol.com/US/harness-pt_ ... pants.html

wonder if it is as supportive as the Nitrous shorts?

[wings]

I was pretty and pleasantly surprised that Rossi would branch out to include snowkiting--a relatively small market.

[jp_photog]

Those are very cool - I'd like to get a pair myself, but I think it's worth noting that the harness seems to be designed as a climbing/mountaineering harness which is very different that a kiting one. Sure, you can kite in a climbing harness, and I've done that quite a bit, but it's nowhere near as comfortable as a purpose built kiting harness.

Not sure if he's still using it, but Alex Peterson used to kite with a climbing harness that he had modified by adding a lumbar pad from a Petzl industrial harness. Petzl makes a ton of climbing and industrial use harnesses, and I think the pad he had was from a window-washing model.

Anyway, cool find. I'm hoping I get to check those out sometime soon.

Take it easy,
John.

[Nathan B]

Dont think these are for kiting , but not sure if they will work? I have a contact with the rossi rep out here ,and just put in a email to see whats up with these, Ill keep ya posted!. im sure you could get pulled around in them but what the weight it could hold? dude is balayin down a rope in the vid..

had this same Idea years ago ( as im sure some of u have being the crazy snowkiter community we are) ) espeisally when the Nitrous shorts came out! and was wanting to tell Dakine to do something with it but they know what snowkiting is and as Wings stated pretty small market .

Jhon I would imagine AP still uses some type of stystem like you mentoined with all the crazy chinaigans that guys up to....http://www.alexpetersonkiteflight.com/

[Tighe]

Love the voices from afar...John on the east coast and Nathan in the Gorge. Good to hear from you guys.

I think the harness would have the strength, I'd be more concerned about the comfort factor. Then again the Nitrous shorts don't have much protection in there either.

Let me know what the rep says Nathan. Think it's a cool option.

ride on