Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf

October 23, 2024

In this release we're excited to introduce the following new features: WIND SPEED UNITS You can now set different measurement units for wind speed and for general riding speed. EXCLUDE JUMPS It’s now possible to exclude any jump from your session and recalculate your overall session stats and personal bests.

June 24, 2024

In this release we're pumped to be adding the following activities: Kite Landboarding If flying your kite while riding a landboard is your thing then we've got you covered with this new activity :). Kite Land Buggying If you'd rather cruise along in a buggy while flying your kite we've now got that activity covered too! Wing Landboarding Now you can also record your winging adventures on a landboard, perfect for those flat wide open spaces!

April 8, 2024

In this release we're stoked to be introducing the following features: Garmin Watch Integration Garmin users can now connect their Garmin and Hoolan accounts, and activities recorded on their Garmin watch will automatically import into Hoolan :). New Activities We've added Wing SUP as a new activity type. We're also currently testing a number of other new activities and will be releasing them soon!

January 9, 2024

Happy New Year! There's been quite a lot of maintenance work in this release, which isn't that exciting, but has to be done! In this release we're including: ​​Edit Profile Function You are now able to update your first name, last name and username from within the App. More sophisticated features such as adding photos will be coming in future releases. Fast Finish defaulted to double press For all NEW users downloading Hoolan, or users reinstalling the watch app, the default for the the Fast Finish feature will now be a double press instead of a single press. This should help push people towards our recommended setting for this feature, in turn this should make it harder for riders to finish their session by accidentally pressing on the watch buttons. This option can be amended in the 'Settings' screen on the watch app. What's New information within the App A 'What's New' screen will now pop up whenever we release a new version of the App so that you can keep up to date on all our latests features and developments. Finally, we've done a lot of general maintenance and fixes in preparation for what promises to be a big year for Hoolan :)

December 4, 2023

WINDSURFING AND WINDFOILING We've added a new 'Windsurf' Category to track your windsurfing and windfoiling sessions!! If this is your discipline of choice you'll now be able to: - Record your statistics and personal bests for each of the following session types: strapped windsurfing, strapless windsurfing, strapped windfoiling,  strapless windfoiling - Update any previous Hoolan sessions with the correct activity type. From the Hoolan phone app go to the three dot menu on the top right of the session details screen > Edit > Activity & Kit. By default, jump detection is turned off for for all windsurf activities, however you can change this by going to the 'Settings' screen on the Hoolan Watch App and customise your 'Jump detection & alert' settings. HEIGHT UNITS For everyone caught in the imperial-metric brain funk its now possible to set your preferred measurement units for height using different units than for horizontal distance. For example this means you can now see jump height in metres and distance in miles! You can set your preference for this new setting by going to the Settings screen on the Hoolan Watch and Phone app. Currently, the preferences on your phone work independently of the preferences on your watch so you may need to set your preferences on both the Hoolan phone and watch app. MINIMUM JUMP HEIGHT ALERTS If you are in the business of boosting big or riding in really wavy conditions, it is now possible to set a minimum alert height! For example, with the alert height set at 3m you'll only receive an alert on your watch about a jump if it is more than or equal to 3m. However, we will still record all your jumps above our minimum threshold of 1.5m and send them up to the cloud so you can get the full picture on your phone after your session. You can update the minimum jump height for each activity type we offer from the Settings screen within the Hoolan Watch App.

November 7, 2023

In this release we're pumped to be rolling out the following features - enjoy! Summary Map With GPS Tracks We're now drawing your entire session track on the summary map image on both the session and session details screens. The track line is coloured according to your speed at each particular point on the line. This means you'll no longer be presented with an empty map image. Instead you'll be able to see a visual overview of your session tracks so you can relive those epic downwinders, chuckle about a walk of shame or just take in your very own GPS art :) GPX Export With Heart Rate Providing you've accepted the required health permissions you should now be able to see your heart rate data in the GPX Export. This means that should you upload your sessions to other fitness apps such as Strava, you'll now be able to get a much better measurement of your cardio performance. Pull Down to Refresh & Scroll Down to Load More On the sessions screen we've changed how sessions are loaded. Currently we download all of your sessions and their associated data every time you visit or return to the screen. This is not so great in terms of data charges for you and server costs for us! Particularly because most people don't look much beyond their most recent sessions. Instead, we're now surfacing just your 10 most recent sessions. If you want to see older sessions just keep scrolling down and we will magically load them from our server. You can now also refresh your list of sessions if you're waiting for a new session to load by pulling down when you're at the top of the list. Alternatively if your apple device is connected to a physical keyboard you can press command-r on the keyboard to refresh the list of sessions :) Watch UI Update A breaking UI change was introduced with the rollout of WatchOS 10. We're applied some fixes so that features like the time in the top right hand corner of the screen are still visible. You may also notice some other layout changes, particularly around the position of the title on each screen and the style of the header navigation buttons.

October 5, 2023

JUMP DETECTION: There are now three jump detection options a rider can choose from in their Watch settings screen: On, Off & Custom. On means jump detection will be running for all activity types. Off means jump detection will be off for all activity types. Custom means the rider can choose whether jump detection will be on or off for each activity type. By default this new setting will be set to Custom and jump detection will be on for the following activity types: - Kiteboarding (twintip board) - Kitesurfing (directional board) Strapped & Strapless - Kitefoiling (foil board) Strapped For those who never jump, or only jump when on a certain board type, for example, this development saves battery and prevents any false jumps from being recorded from things like riding over waves or porpoising on the foil. LOCALISATION: We're taking the first step on our localisation journey by starting to make a note of people's preferred language and region as set on their phone. This will allow us to tailor our communication with users through things like newsletters, email queries and one day the actual app content :). GPX SPEED EXPORT: We're now including speed as part of the GPX Export. If you're a keen speed surfer and love to analyse your data offline this one is for you ;). CROPPED RECORDING TIME: ​For a few people who change the default text size on their phone the total recording time was being cropped when they were reviewing their session results. We've now updated it so that it will flow over multiple lines. MAP IMPROVEMENTS: 1. For really long events such as pre/post session events that are over 1 hour, sometimes the order of the location points was incorrect meaning some slightly weird lines were being drawn. This is now fixed and all the location points appear in the correct order regardless of how long the event is. 2. We've updated how we draw the map line to take advantage of the iPhone's multiprocessor. This means that the overall map line from really long sessions and really long events such as those from pre and post session should render a little faster on the screen. ​

August 26, 2023

It's been a super busy month and we're pumped to be releasing the following features and improvements - enjoy :) Action Button Initial support for the action button on the Apple Watch Ultra. With this feature you can now quickly open Hoolan using the action button to get to the record screen and choose your kit setup to start recording. This is a great option if you're already on the water and want to start recording with minimal watch interactions. Fast Finish You can now change the behaviour of the fast finish feature on your watch. From the settings screen on the Hoolan watch app, you can configure fast finish to activate for one press (default), double press or off. We made this change after feedback from riders who were unintentionally pressing the side button and digital crown while riding. We've been testing these options out for a few weeks and it has prevented any session recordings from being unintentionally finished :) Scroll Lock We've removed scrolling from the watch recording screen, this prevents any accidental rotations of the digital crown from scrolling the metrics off the screen where they can't be seen. Pre & Post Session Breakdown We've lowered the thresholds to determine pre & post session events. We did this to better support beginners and people riding at lower speeds. With this change the breakdown of a low speed session into runs and transitions should be much improved. Upload Validation A few riders have reported that when they came to finish their session they were only being given the option to either discard or continue their session. In order to address this we've changed how we validate a session before we try to upload it. Now your session only needs to contain a minimum of two GPS location points in order for it to be successfully finished and uploaded. Finish Session Reminder For now we've removed the finish session reminder. In an upcoming release we'll be working on a crop function so if you do drive home in your car you'll be able to crop out the drive home, thus protecting the integrity of your stats :) Speed Calculation We've updated how we calculate speed. The new method requires far less post session filtering to get an accurate representation of your speed from the GPS data. As a result it means that realtime speeds on your watch will be even more accurate. Stop Calculation We've updated how we represent stops. Sometimes if you fall in, then body drag a little, then stop to get your board on before riding off again, you may notice a couple of stops rather than just one long one. We feel this is a better representation of any stops and more accurate than the current calculation. If a transition has one or more stops, it will still be counted as an unsuccessful transition.

July 14, 2023

In this release we're really excited to be introducing the following features and improvements: GPX Export It is now possible to export GPX files directly from the Hoolan phone app. Go to the three dot menu at the top right of the session details screen . Choose Export GPX File, wait for the file to download and then pick your preferred way to transfer your GPX file. This will allow you to upload your GPS data to platforms like Strava without the need for a third party paid tool :) Workout Routes We've enabled the Hoolan Watch App to write GPS data directly to Apple Health while you are recording a session. Once your data is in Apple Health you can use third party apps like Health Fit to export your session to platforms such as Strava. To allow Hoolan to write your GPS data to Apple Health you have to accept the Workout Routes permission. Once this update has been installed the Review Health Permissions screen should pop up the next time you open the Hoolan Watch App - this will allow you to accept the Workout Routes permission. Failing this, on your phone navigate to Settings > Health > Data Access & Devices > Hoolan and toggle the write to Workout Routes permission on. Session Analysis Filter On the session analysis screen in the phone app, we've added a sorting & filter description at the top of the screen to help you understand how the runs, transitions and jumps are organised on the map and the list. For example if you tap through to the session analysis screen from your highest jump on the session details screen, then the sorting & filter description will tell you that the jumps you are looking at are sorted by highest jump first. Finish Session Reminder We've dialled down the aggressiveness of the finish session reminder that pops up after about 5 minutes once you've finished riding. Upload Retry We've expanded the scope of the retry upload button on the watch. Now it's possible to retry an upload not just for failed uploads but also for uploads that get stuck while queued or uploading. Phone Settings We've added some new functions to the settings screen in the Hoolan phone app. You can now: - Rate Hoolan in the App Store - Follow us on Facebook and Instagram - Share a link to the Hoolan app with friends - See what's new in the latest and previous versions of the app. UI Improvements We've updated the menu UI at the top right of the session details screen. Its now a three dot menu with a more modern feel and design.

June 26, 2023

In this release we have: - Made the map GPS tracks easier to see and interpret for both the overall session and the run, transition or jump that you're focusing on. - Updated the colours used to represent different speeds on the GPS map tracks. This makes it much easier to see the speed changes along the track. - Improved the performance of the map so that the GPS tracks will display much faster as you navigate through your session. - Added a key to the map to help explain some of the icons and use of colour. - Added an edit button next to your kit on the session details screen so that it is easier to navigate to the edit kit and activity screen.