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Hoolan Goes Social: Connect and Share the Stoke
Up until now, every Hoolan rider has been on their own private island, tracking their stats and progression with no real visibility of what their friends were up to. Who’s been out on the water? What conditions were they riding? Who’s quietly smashing their PBs while you're stuck at work? Not anymore. Introducing Hoolan Connections - a way to follow friends, share sessions, and stay connected across both iPhone and Android. Send follow request links to your friends via Whats
May 132 min read


Jump Detection on Garmin - Now Calibration-Free 🚀
At Hoolan, creating awesome tracking experiences is at the heart of what we do, and this is why we’re excited to announce that v1.3.0 of our Garmin app is here - and jump detection for all your kitesurfing, windsurfing and wingfoiling sessions using your Garmin watch just got a major upgrade. No More Calibration - Just Jump! Previously, tracking your jumps on Garmin meant calibrating your watch before every session. Not anymore. For the past few months, we’ve been working rel
Dec 11, 20252 min read


How to Prevent Burn-In on Garmin AMOLED Watches
The attraction of Garmin watches with AMOLED screens is clear, a bright display and use of colour makes them visually appealing and...
Apr 27, 20252 min read


Track Your Wind-Powered Winter Sports!
Winter offers a whole new world of wind-powered fun, and we've been absolutely loving seeing riders embrace it! You are able to record...
Mar 7, 20251 min read


Our Garmin and Android Apps are LIVE!!
We are super stoked to announce the launch of both our Garmin app AND our Android phone app for tracking and analysing all your...
Jan 22, 20252 min read


New: Customise Your Wind Speed Units
If you think of your wind speed in different units to your general riding speed, you are not alone! You are now able to customise your...
Nov 21, 20241 min read


New: Exclude Jump Feature
There may be the occasion where you would like to exclude a jump from your session, for example if a false jump has been recorded by...
Nov 20, 20241 min read


Garmin App | Launch Countdown 🚀
Final Testing is underway! Our FREE Garmin app is almost here and it's looking good! We're bringing kitesurfers, wingfoilers, and...
Nov 20, 20241 min read


Android App available for pre-registration
We're stoked to announce that the first version of our Android app is almost here, and pre-registration is now open on Google Play! ...
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Garmin Integration is LIVE!
Our FREE Garmin Integration is live and ready to go - come on :-)! This is available to all Garmin users with iPhones (our Android phone...
Apr 13, 20241 min read


Hoolan for Garmin and Android
Opening Hoolan up to as many riders as possible has been a big priority for us and we’ve been flat out working to achieve this. We now...
Feb 9, 20243 min read


Measurement Units Your Way
For everyone caught in the imperial-metric brain funk, its now possible to set your preferred measurement units for height using...
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Windsurfers & Windfoilers, Let's Go!
We've added a new 'Windsurf' Category to track your windsurfing and windfoiling sessions!! If this is your discipline of choice you'll...
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Customise Jump Detection & Alerts
Riders are now are able to customise which activities they'd like jump detection to be activated for, and the height threshold for...
Oct 10, 20231 min read


Improvements for Low Speed Sessions
In our latest release we have made an improvement that will benefit those travelling at slower speeds, such as wingfoilers in light winds...
Sep 11, 20231 min read


Configure the Fast Finish Feature
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...
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Action Button Support for Apple Watch Ultra
For those of you lucky enough to have an Apple Watch Ultra, you are now able to set up the Action Button to get straight to the Hoolan...
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Add a Hoolan Complication
One of our goals is to make recording your kitesurfing and wingfoiling sessions on a watch as easy and as smooth as possible. A top tip...
Jul 20, 20231 min read


New: Data Exports from Hoolan
This new feature has to be one of the most requested developments from riders since we've launched! We're pleased to let you know that...
Jul 18, 20232 min read


Quick Start
This handy new feature makes recording your kitesurfing and wingfoiling sessions on your watch easier than ever. To save having to select...
Jul 6, 20231 min read
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