Chris Smith had an interesting thing happen to him here at the Santa Cruz Flats Race. On the first day he was towing behind a trike. Somehow the tow rope at the trike end got caught (just how is unclear), couldn't be released and was twisting up. It started vibrating at Chris's end. He wasn't aware of what the problem was and he decided just to hang on.

But the rope was now twisting and shorting itself and twisting itself up at Chris' end without him realizing it. Chris looked down as the rope kept vibrating and saw that his pro tow was twisting up also and twisting the barrel releases together. He immediately released one of his barrel releases and then the other, but that didn't release him from the tow rope, but it did scare him.

Then the weaklink broke and released him (just how is unclear). Chris has promised to send in his story. I hope so.