Why doesnt someone just get a 10m pole and hold it out in the water for a test bench... pretty simple and will show you if its a Crock of Sh.. 
Select to expand quoteSaveTheWhales said...
Why doesnt someone just get a 10m pole and hold it out in the water for a test bench... pretty simple and will show you if its a Crock of Sh..
I think there is ways to measure easily like jumping with the bottom of the board facing the camera and using that to calculate. My biggest problem is trying to find someone to film. My wife certainly isn't going to stand on the beach filming it in 25+knots nor will my kiting buddies give up a good session. However, I do agree woo or someone (unbiased) should prove it with some videos/photos of this type of test.
Till then I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt as I'm happy with the results so far. 
Select to expand quoteSaveTheWhales said..
Why doesnt someone just get a 10m pole and hold it out in the water for a test bench... pretty simple and will show you if its a Crock of Sh..
I could be wrong. But I think this tool does not use gps. It used accelerometers and other sensors.
So... hold it on a pole.... no height reading. throw in over a goal post.... height reading.
The lamp posts at the pond are 20 feet high, compare to them and check your woo. In 20/25 knots with a kite coming towards you at 11 o clock, boost, if you are looking above his kite you are close to 19 m
Select to expand quotePlummet said..SaveTheWhales said..
Why doesnt someone just get a 10m pole and hold it out in the water for a test bench... pretty simple and will show you if its a Crock of Sh..
I could be wrong. But I think this tool does not use gps. It used accelerometers and other sensors.
So... hold it on a pole.... no height reading. throw in over a goal post.... height reading.
Ahh yeah sorry - I meant do a jump over the Pole with the meter on the board... its a small enough jump for most advanced jumpers so no worries..
attaching it to the kite or a pole won't work.
When I first tried the Woo I was a little concern about the board mount and how it would hold up to a rough landing and not wanting to lose it on my first few goes I tried putting it in the key pocket of my wetsuit close to my ankle and it work but putting it in a pocket of my board shorts and it stopped recording any heights. So I imagine that it needs to located around the board to sense board leaving and landing on the water.
From another web site:
The device contains a 3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope, and a magnetometer. This sensor data is fused together to get the board orientation as well as horizontal and vertical acceleration. The algorithm running on the device identifies when a jump occurs. We use the vertical acceleration to calculate the jump height. (Using double integration of the vertical acceleration and by average the take off and landing height).
Interesting to flick thru the sessions on that leaderboard and excluding the max heigh boosts of individuals, the average boost for most would be around the 6-7mtr range.
