Er is een geheimpje in de wereld van Harnasses. Aaron Hadlow en Sam Light weten het; maar heb jij ook gehoord van Ride Engine? Meneer Coleman Kinzie maar zelf custom harnasses. Eindelijk een Harnas op maat gemaakt voor jouw bierbuik en/of rare ribbenkast 
KSm: How did the inspiration and idea come about to start making harnesses?
CK: actually started out by making my own kites that had a zipper system that allowed them to fold so a 10m could become an 8m etc. Those worked pretty well but no company wanted to mass produce them so the idea was put on the back burner.
Anyhow I had always struggled with getting my harness comfortable while kiting and eventually just sort of assumed some level of uncomfort was inherent in the sport. Then one morning I was out riding and got the idea to make an inflatable harness that would expand into my back for a more snug fit. I already had a sewing setup from making kites so I ripped apart my dakine pyro, put a small kite-style bladder in it and put it back together. That worked well enough that I got interested and just started experimenting.
I realized that kite harnesses are based off windsurfing harnesses but on a windsurfer you are never getting thrown around by your harness like in kiting. Thus, a kite harness needs to be a lot more supportive and able to stay in place. Eventually I tried making hard shell harnesses and that just worked really well.
I gave some prototypes to my friends, people noticed them, and a trickle of emails asking about them started coming in. After 9 months I was starting to get orders every week so decided to try making it a business.
Lees het hele top interview hier >>
KSm: How did the inspiration and idea come about to start making harnesses?
CK: actually started out by making my own kites that had a zipper system that allowed them to fold so a 10m could become an 8m etc. Those worked pretty well but no company wanted to mass produce them so the idea was put on the back burner.
Anyhow I had always struggled with getting my harness comfortable while kiting and eventually just sort of assumed some level of uncomfort was inherent in the sport. Then one morning I was out riding and got the idea to make an inflatable harness that would expand into my back for a more snug fit. I already had a sewing setup from making kites so I ripped apart my dakine pyro, put a small kite-style bladder in it and put it back together. That worked well enough that I got interested and just started experimenting.
I realized that kite harnesses are based off windsurfing harnesses but on a windsurfer you are never getting thrown around by your harness like in kiting. Thus, a kite harness needs to be a lot more supportive and able to stay in place. Eventually I tried making hard shell harnesses and that just worked really well.
I gave some prototypes to my friends, people noticed them, and a trickle of emails asking about them started coming in. After 9 months I was starting to get orders every week so decided to try making it a business.
Lees het hele top interview hier >>
