Tips For Using Your Apple Watch

Add a Hoolan Complication
Access the Hoolan app with just one touch from your main watch screen. Learn how to add a Hoolan complication.
 

​Set up your Action Button
If you have an Apple Watch Ultra, you are able to set up the Action Button to take you straight to the Hoolan recording screen.
 

​Check your jump detection settings
If you are jumping, make sure to go to the Settings screen on your watch and check that jump detection is 'ON' for your activity.  As a default, it is set to 'ON' for all kite activities except for strapless kite foiling, kite skating and kite landbuggying. For wingfoiling and windsurfing it is set to 'OFF'. This is very easy to amend - see full details here. 
 

Use the fast finish feature
As riders, we know that trying to finish a session by touching the screen with wet/cold/sandy fingers can be difficult. To make this easier, we have implemented a short cut: a short press of both the digital crown and the side button at the same time, twice, within a 1.5 second period, will finish and save your session.  This double press is the default, but you can configure the 'fast finish' to be activated by a single press, or not to activate at all. This works whether you have the waterlock on or off.  You always still have the option to save your session in the normal way by screen touch. Fast finish and save feature explained. - see full details here. 
 

Ideally, don’t wear your watch under a wetsuit 

You will get the strongest GPS signal (and in turn the most accurate session data) if your watch is pointing up to the sky and isn't covered by a wetsuit. We understand though that this isn't always practical and Hoolan will record your session if your watch is under a wetsuit.
 

Wear your watch on your skin

If not, it will lock and you won't be able to see the screen as you ride.  It will still record your session.  If you prefer to wear your watch over a wetsuit or find that your watch sleeve keeps on knocking the watch off your skin, you are still able to see your stats on your watch screen if you turn off wrist detection on your watch. Be aware, however, that you will not then be able to record your health data.
 

Open the Hoolan app on your watch before you start recording

This gives the gps a chance to warm up and find your accurate location.
 

You can start recording before you get into the water

The app is smart enough to figure out when you're actually riding. Likewise, you won't have to finish the recording until you've come off the water.
 

Make sure you have a secure strap

We recommend either the Apple Solo strap or the Spigen Rugged Armor Pro Apple Watch wrist band. To be on the safe side, you could always secure your watch with an extra strap/ string.
 

Charge your battery 

Hoolan has been developed to be as efficient as possible and doesn't use up huge amounts of battery, however we do always advise having it well charged before you head out. Rest assured, if your battery were to run out mid-session, we're saving all your data to your watch as you ride, so when you next open Hoolan on your watch, your data will auto-upload to your phone where you can see your stats.

A couple of tips for saving battery:
1) Hoolan will record your sessions in power saving mode - if you put your watch into power saving mode before you start to record your session, your battery will last considerably longer. 

2) If you're not jumping, or only jump on a certain board type, you can switch off jump detection which will save battery usage.
 

Set up 'Fitness Focus' on your watch

By doing this, you shouldn't get any pop up alerts or notifications that obscure the data on the Hoolan recording screen as you ride.  Set up 'Fitness Focus'. 
 

Set your haptic alerts to prominent

After every jump, your watch will buzz to let you know that your jump metrics are visible on your watch screen. Set your haptic alerts to 'prominent' for the best chance of feeling these buzzes.

See instructions on how to manage Apple Watch haptic alerts.​