Riversurf IQ: River surf, Wake surf & Surf skate
· v8.5.4
About
[Open Beta]
Take your flow to the next level! Riversurf is the smart, multi-discipline application for Garmin watches designed specifically for stationary and carving board sports. No waves in the ocean? No problem. Track your sessions with pinpoint accuracy on both water and asphalt.
*** ONE APP, THREE DISCIPLINES ***
Select your mode before you ride and let the adaptive sensors handle the rest invisibly:
- RIVERSURF: Optimized for river surfing and wave pools (Eisbach, Citywave, Wave pools). Features a smart anti-false-positive algorithm that detects paddling and drops you out of the wave if you wipe out.
- WAKESURF: Designed for surfing a boat's wake. Paddling penalties are disabled and speed thresholds are strictly scaled to accurately capture your longest runs.
- SURFSKATE: Bring surfing to the pavement! Fine-tuned for continuous carving and pumping on dry land.
*** SMART DETECTION LOGIC ***
Forget about staring at your screen while riding. Powered by our hybrid kinetic engine, the watch automatically separates your active ride time from your waiting time in line or the channel. Plus, the blind user experience keeps you informed via haptic wrist vibrations:
- 1 Short vibration: Wave entry! Tracking started.
- 1 Long vibration: Exit or wipeout detected. Back to the lineup.
- Wave Hog Alert: A subtle nudge at 60 seconds (in Riversurf mode) to friendly remind you to share the public wave with the rest of the queue.
*** ADVANCED METRICS (FlowScore System) ***
As soon as you kick out of a wave, the watch processes your kinetic data to deliver a comprehensive performance rating from 1 to 100 points:
- FLOW SCORE: A weighted algorithmic score based on your consistency, speed, and turns.
- SNAP SCORE: Measures the radicality and aggressiveness of your turns by analyzing lateral G-force peaks.
- AIR TIME: Into airs or ollies? The accelerometer detects the exact moment of weightlessness followed by a hard landing impact to measure your flight time in milliseconds.
- Speed, duration, and distance statistics per individual wave.
*** MAXIMUM BATTERY EFFICIENCY (Smart Sleep) ***
Don't run out of juice mid-session. The Dynamic Downsampling system automatically throttles sensor polling down when it detects you are waiting your turn in line, snapping right back to high-performance mode the moment you drop in.
*** AUTOMATIC CLOUD SYNC ***
Pair your device with https://riversurf.xyz. When you save your session, data logs natively to Garmin Connect—intelligently categorized by discipline to keep your history clean—and transmits a detailed JSON payload to the web backend so you can break down your wave-by-wave speed charts, share with crew, or climb the global leaderboard.
[Open Beta Note]: This is an open testing version and we are still fine-tuning the details. If you notice any errors in your wave detection or have suggestions, please don't leave a bad review! Write to us directly via https://riversurf.xyz or through the "Contact Developer" button and we'll fix it in a flash.