Hi all - great to see your comments and I'd appreciate your advice
I've move to a rope slider as I only really use a directional board now and love the feeling
I did use a Caribiner with a low friction bit in it, but found that even with my long arms (I'm 2m tall!) it held the bar too far away from me.
I've moved to an Antal Low Friction Ring which works really well for me and seems to preserve the rope and CL well:
https://www.force4.co.uk/item/Antal/Low ... -Rings/K06
The problem I get is with a tethered launch. I don't use it often but do sometimes and can't quite get my head around how to use it with a slider rope
This morning I did clip in above the swivel system which allows control of the kite and works ok, but I was aware that there would be no ability to release the safety/CL system if things went wrong. I use the tether below and have always been reassured (but never used) by the fact that the safety leash can be connected, and if the kite starts looping etc I could make the beach a safer place by releasing the CL and also not lose my kite and bar/lines!
Any thoughts/hints?
I was wondering about using a caribiner on the rare occasions i need to do a tethered launch, and the low friction ring the rest of the time