It seems like GPS tracking is the next big thing in surfing from a consumer perspective. Has anybody seen one of these before?

http://www.traceup.com/trace-for-surfing

I think the fact that you can overlay the data onto a GoPro video is pretty cool, I'm surprised the RipCurl watch doesn't have that kind of function.

At $199US its a decent price point, but I'm not a fan of stick stuff to my boards to be honest.

With the greatest respect to those who like to have all the toys, who kn cares ?

Surely, if you get a good one, you finish your wave, you look back at where you started, and think to yourself, that was about 50m (or 100m, or whatever) ???

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trevor1 said..
With the greatest respect to those who like to have all the toys, who kn cares ?

Surely, if you get a good one, you finish your wave, you look back at where you started, and think to yourself, that was about 50m (or 100m, or whatever) ???

you just know it was a long by how far ya gotta paddle back....sometimes i like the short barrelling A FRAMES for a reason

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trevor1 said..
With the greatest respect to those who like to have all the toys, who kn cares ?

Surely, if you get a good one, you finish your wave, you look back at where you started, and think to yourself, that was about 50m (or 100m, or whatever) ???

I guess its horses for courses. I wasn't going to buy one once i saw the price but as a gift I've really enjoyed it. Im not a technical person and originally wanted it so when i traveled i didn't have to set my watch for tides to the zone i was in. I can just turn it on and it sets itself. Its cool to see how far you've paddled over a period, it also records all your surfs in a log and if you were diligent (you need to edit the conditions on size as its always smaller than the report) you will then have a log of the conditions, tides that stuff to help reference back.

I forget what days i even surfed last week so its also helpful to work out dates and times.

Also its really comfy and i need to wear a watch, id normally wear a tide watch so why not


Some people like that stuff, some don't, i also like to train with a HRM whilst others don't. I guess its just one of those things that makes us all different

Surfed trigg today with a bloke who had one of those nifty gps watches. He caught pretty much every wave right to the shore. I remarked after one of his waves "gee, you milked that one". He replied that his mate has a gps watch too and they're trying to see who gets the longest wave.

In summary, while he was dicking about in the whitewash, I got all the set waves.

Thanks Ripcurl

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LateStarter said..
Surfed trigg today with a bloke who had one of those nifty gps watches. He caught pretty much every wave right to the shore. I remarked after one of his waves "gee, you milked that one". He replied that his mate has a gps watch too and they're trying to see who gets the longest wave.

In summary, while he was dicking about in the whitewash, I got all the set waves.

Thanks Ripcurl

But i guess that post sums it all up in one. Everyone is different, what some like some don't, so not everyone is out there surfing a comp in there head wanting the best part of the wave (Not that theres anything wrong with that) , obviously for that bloke you spoke to it was more about sharing some waves and having fun/laugh with a mate