Het heeft heel lang geduurt maar uiteindelijk is er dan toch een standaard gekomen voor de kitebarren. Al was er al wel 1 in Frankrijk, internationaal was deze er nog niet.
De volgende merken hebben nu goedgekeurde barren volgens deze norm en er zullen vast nog veel volgen.
- Airush
- Cabrinha
- Core
- Duotone
- Flysurfer
- Naish
- Ocean Rodeo
- RRD
The ISO Standard 21853
- applies in all countries worldwide
- overrules all national norms for quick-release systems in kitesports like the French norm AFNOR
- sets the standard for maximum release force (equal to or less than 170N) and opening time (equal to or less than 2 seconds) of quick-release systems under different standardized conditions like
- water with and without sand
- dry and clean conditions
- dry sand
- cold and wet conditions
- includes the safety leash release system that belongs to the respective kite control bar
- sets the international standard on how to test release forces through
- standardized testing units
- standardized testing procedures
- sets the standard on many more important safety relevant parts of QR systems like
- percentage of signal color
- strength of material
- for quick-release systems on kite bars is tested at two independent, certified testing facilities worldwide:
- Fraunhofer Institute in Rostock/Germany
- Camosun Institute in Victoria/Canada
- Those two institutes are qualified to issue an official certificate stating the conformity of a product with the ISO standard 21853.
