Greg Mungall, Former Pro Surfer
MISSION
To bring objective performance measurements and tracking to the sport of surfing and other board sports that will enhance the spectator experience, improve athlete performance, and increase participation by creating a better understanding of the motion mechanics and skill levels involved in surfing and other board sports.
THREE YEARS AGO
Three years ago, Surf One was started with a simple question: What if you could track a surfer’s performance the way an athlete's performance is traked in so many other sports? Not everyone has the opportunity to experience surfing and it can be hard to for the non-surfer to understand what they are seing. For those who do have the surfing experiance, they don’t have the tools that athletes in other sports have to track progress and improve performace. Cyclists have sensors to track speed, distance, and elevation. Formula 1 packs sensors into each car for constant data feedback. Runners have sensors built into their shoes to help them better understand what is happening while they train. In surfing, there have been previous attempts to to measure performance, but these were inaccurate, cumbersome or a combination of both.
SPEED
ON THE WAVE
FORCE
OF THE TURNS
FLOW
OF THE SURFBOARDS MOVEMENTS
WHAT WE DO
With the evolution in the sport of surfing progressing every day, the time has come to capture the techniques and skills that map the language of “movement” in the sport in order to track performance.
Surfers, like other athletes, should be able to track their performance and have access to metrics that will provide the foundation for a measurable training program. Now the athletes will be able to map their movement to better understand what they are actually doing on a wave and compare that to other surfers. Surfing is an individual sport, and any edge a surfer can gain through video, photos, and now metrics to track performance will set the stage for advancements in the sport. Having the ability to tweak certain parts of their game and watch the speed of their turns, heights of their aerials, and flow across the water, improve performance levels will and increase spectator participation.
The acceleration of turns in surfing is dependent on the surfer’s ability to generate speed using the “rail” of the surfboard. Now for the first time , a surfer can attempt to increase or decrease acceleration based on readings from our sensors. This will give the surfer a massive advantage to increase performance as speed is the key to improving overall results. We have captured this language of movement that all athletes share but even more so on a wave because of the dynamic movement and speed changes possible.
The acceleration of turns in surfing is dependent on the surfer’s ability to generate speed using the “rail” of the surfboard. Now for the first time ever, a surfer can attempt to increase or decrease acceleration based on readings from our sensors. This will give the surfer a massive advantage to increase performance as speed is the key to improving overall results. We at Surf One™ are looking to capture this language of movement that all athletes share but even more so on a wave because of the dynamic movement and speed changes possible on a wave.
Jock Sutherland, Surfing Legend
A LITTLE ABOUT US
The founders of Surf One™ came together with a unique perspective on the sport of surfing. Having decades of experience in competitive surfing, board design and innovations, as well as top skill sets in technology. We saw a need to upgrade both the athlete and fan experience through the use of existing sensor technology integrated into existing board equipment. Using state of the art technology, we coupled this with a revolutionary user interface.