Am looking at getting a watch (eg: buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/159116) or similar to track height when kitesurfing, speed and other genral fitness stuff, have seen some images of the best "woo" which looks liek it may do some of this- has anyone had experience with a garmin for these kinds of activities?
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Wicked watch, but known to have crap straps. Order some ebay replacements if u buy one
I use a suunto ambit 2s to check my jump height, aldo this sport watch have accelerometers, I only could program an APP in this watch which manages GPS data with some others defined variables. The basics of this App is measuring the mean tide level (by retrieving the last 15 seconds of the lowest gps height) and then calculates the difference between the jump height and the mean sea level.
I think this is not very accurate but at least you can have a reference when jumping and for progressing... This is a video I made about this...
No need for a watch, just estimate the height of the jump then times by 10 and its pretty accurate 
I did a 15m high jump today
I heard the WOO will retail from $199 and be available from late OCT. There is also the Xensr but not heard a RRP yet
I have a 101 foreman [old and bottom range] it said I was 10m high at the beach ?
The strap worked free in crashes. Get a good one.
It would be interesting to see the difference in G force between:
1. A big race kite boosting someone to 10 metres in 20 knots of wind.
2. A tiny C kite boosting someone to 10 metres in 40 knots of wind.
Presumably an accelerometer could give some metric of G force?
I would like to then see that compared to someone stomping a nissan GTR in launch control boost mode.
Or alternatively just the tower of terror at dreamworld.
Not sure that Shadowboxlive are still available, i think their website disappear a while ago, these two new gadgets (woo & Xensr) seem to be a lot smaller and managed to do what most people want, height, air time, distance traveled etc . The interface software looks good two. for a couple of hundred bucks I will give it a go, probably the Woo
Select to expand quotedeanrobi said..
Not sure that Shadowboxlive are still available, i think their website disappear a while ago, these two new gadgets (woo & Xensr) seem to be a lot smaller and managed to do what most people want, height, air time, distance traveled etc . The interface software looks good two. for a couple of hundred bucks I will give it a go, probably the Woo
The Shadowbox team went to Xensr 4 years ago and we just announced the XensrAIR.
get a vario that bluetooths into your smartphone and run leonardo that way you can track not just height of your jumps but distances etc etc and see it all on gps then hang it on your refridgerator because no one else gives a ****
Select to expand quotekookaburrahz said..
get a vario that bluetooths into your smartphone and run leonardo that way you can track not just height of your jumps but distances etc etc and see it all on gps then hang it on your refridgerator because no one else gives a ****
Nice 
if you are not having fun then more gear won't get you there
Maybe check out traceup.com similar to WOO or the new Rip Curl watch but it's just speed/distance.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
Forget gimmick watches.
Buy a Shadowbox.
Done.
Dont red thumb the old boy for giving dated info, I mean hey, he only just got an i-phone a few weeks back and is still trying to find the number button to make a call. lol
I carry a vernier around in my kite bag.
At the end of the session I can measure the width of my smile and the tightness of the sphincter - tells a lot about the height of my jump.
I also keep a diligent log book of of it all.
