I made another post about the problem with my bar here, but I thought I'd post specifically in the foil kites section to address the LCL issue specifically?
After a failure of my lines on my bar,I ended up breaking both BRI lines on an 8m Soul, and tearing the kite as seen in these two photos:
And the BRI lines:
So, four points of damage on the kite, and as you can see in the first two photos, the LCLs are fine. Not a single LCL broke, even though the kite broke in 4 places. This doesn't seem like the LCLs work very well to me. Anyone have any similar or contrasting experiences? Have the LCL lines protected your kite from damage?