New version of the app just released—with some great improvements for dock starts on Apple Watch. I’ve also levelled up my pumping game a bit.
Finally got a proper site for the app!
Got some pretty cool shots from my new drone earlier this week of a tip breach. After a few years of foiling, it still baffles me how differently various foils handle breaching.
That looks great, what drone are you using?
It’s a DJI Mavic 4 Pro. The follow mode is much improved compared to my old DJI Air 2, and the image quality is on a whole new level. That said, I’ve already managed to splash one Mavic 4 Pro into the lake—it backed into an overhanging tree branch while trying to follow me from a slightly longer distance. I can highly recommend the DJI Care Refresh plans…
New release of the Foil Sessions app!
This update brings a few new features — your heart rate now appears alongside your speed in the timeline. I’ve also upgraded the position indicator to an arrow showing your current direction, and added wake thieving as a new discipline.
Improved parawing up/downwind support
Latest version of the app comes with some pretty nice updates for parawing and downwinders. A new algorithm analyzes your session and picks out downwind runs (and upwind if you’re on a parawing). A run is counted as a consecutive swell foiled for at least 100 m. On the watch you’ll now see stats for your latest run — distance, duration, and average speed. Back on the couch, phone in hand, you can step through the runs in detail. There’s also a summary view that shows overall downwind stats and lists all your runs to scroll through.
Plenty of other goodies in this release too. One of my favorites is the replay feature — hit play and watch your track animate across the map, complete with speed and heart rate graphs. The prone surf algorithm also got an almost total rewrite and should behave much better now (thanks steve!). Oh, and swell rides are also detected in towed jet ski sessions.