About Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf
Hoolan is a FREE tracking and analysis app for kitesurfers, wingfoilers and windsurfers of every level who are looking to keep a record of their sessions, get in-depth statistics on their performance and gain unique...
Hoolan is a FREE tracking and analysis app for kitesurfers, wingfoilers and windsurfers of every level who are looking to keep a record of their sessions, get in-depth statistics on their performance and gain unique insights into their progression that will keep them motivated and pushing to improve!
TRACK ON YOUR WATCH
Hoolan tracks exclusively using watches as we believe they offer the very best tracking experience, especially on the water. We have an Apple Watch App for tracking both jump and GPS data, and a Garmin Watch integration for analysing your GPS data. A free Hoolan App for Garmin is in development and this will also track your jumps and health data.
APPLE WATCH APP
Download the Hoolan app onto your Apple Watch and you’re all set to record your kitesurfing, kiteboarding, kitefoiling, wingfoiling, windsurfing and windfoiling sessions! Record both your jumps and gps tracks, and see your live speed, distance and jump data on your watch as you ride. Your data will automatically sync to the Hoolan phone app where it's translated into clearly presented, detailed statistics.
GARMIN WATCH INTEGRATION
Connect your Hoolan and Garmin accounts and the GPS data for the sessions you record on your Garmin Watch will automatically feed across to the Hoolan App on your iPhone for you to analyse.
LOG & PROGRESS
Keep a log of all your kite, wing & windsurf sessions - spots, wind and weather, kit, dates and times, gps tracks, achievements and performance statistics. Compare sessions, view progression over time, write notes, and share with friends.
ADVANCED PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
See your ‘best in sessions’ and ‘personal bests’.
Jumps - height, airtime, jump distance, tack & totals.
Runs - distance, upwind gain, downwind gain, max speed, max speed over 100m, max speed over 500m, tack and stops.
Transitions - success rate, average speed through transition, transition time, tack and stops.
Health - max heart rate and calories burned.
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
Go deeper into your stats and view, filter and compare every run, transition or jump. Either relive your session visually by scrolling through your tracks on a map, or view your statistics in a list to scan, compare and focus down on a particular aspect of your performance, which you can then select to view on a map.
SESSIONS BY BOARD TYPE
Follow your personal bests and progression by different skill set. For example, twin tip vs directional (strapped and strapless) vs foil (strapped and strapless).
RECORD HEALTH DATA
Hoolan integrates with Apple's health and activity apps. Your sessions will contribute towards your activity rings and you will be able to see your heart rate and calories burned.
EXPORT YOUR DATA
Free GPX exports of your data for upload into other platforms, such as Strava.
CLOUD BASED & SECURE
Never lose your session data - it is securely held on the cloud so you can view your sessions on any mobile device. We use industry-leading, robust security standards and practices.
DATA ACCURACY
This is an absolute priority for us and we’ve spent months developing, comparing, testing and tweaking our algorithms to get them to the accuracy and reliability that we’re proud of.
ECONOMICAL ON BATTERY USE
In tests, just 1-2% of battery was used in 10 mins on a 44mm Apple Watch SE.
ALL FEATURES ARE FREE
The Hoolan app is completely free.
We're continually developing our app and have many more features in the pipeline. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date - www.hoolan.app
SUPPORTED WATCHES AND PHONES
Apple Watch - SE gen 1 and above using watchOS 7.0 and above.
iPhone - iPhone 6 and above using iOS 14.0 and above
Garmin Integration - every watch model since 2017
HELP & FAQS
To get the most from using Hoolan, we recommend that all users take a look at our Help and FAQs page on our website before getting started - https://www.hoolan.app/help
Apr 8, 2024
Version 2.0.0
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!
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf since it was posted on our website on 2023-10-12 12:23:25.
The latest version is 2.0.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 17:04:51. See below the changes in each version.
Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf version 2.0.0
Updated At: 2024-04-08
Changes: Apr 8, 2024
Version 2.0.0
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!
Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf version 1.11.0
Updated At: 2024-01-09
Changes: Jan 9, 2024
Version 1.11.0
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 :)
Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf version 1.10.0
Updated At: 2023-12-04
Changes: Dec 4, 2023
Version 1.10.0
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.
Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf version 1.9.0
Updated At: 2023-11-07
Changes: Nov 7, 2023
Version 1.9.0
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.
Hoolan: Kite, Wing & Windsurf version 1.8.0
Updated At: 2023-10-05
Changes: Oct 5, 2023
Version 1.8.0
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.
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