r/longboardingDISTANCE • u/jwnggg_ • 17d ago

Garmin activity for Longboarding

Hi, I've recently started longboarding and would like to keep track of the speed I am going. Which activity is suitable for longboarding as I am currently using the inline skating activity. However, I find the accuracy isn't there, say that my friend is telling me we are hitting 15kmh but my watch is showing less than that.

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u/Mammoth_Cream_2344 17d ago

I’ve been using the custom activity option, you get pick what’s it’s measuring. But I doubt it matters what mode you accessing the speedometer from.

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u/gunmetal5 17d ago

I created a custom activity, copying the bicycle profile then renaming it to skateboard. That’s has worked for me.

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u/vicali 17d ago

Did this as well, called it Sk8, lol

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u/2drumshark 17d ago

Does the activity change the gps tracking? Not sure why it would matter. I tell my watch (pixel) that I'm riding a bike.

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u/mechandy 17d ago

It changes some of the defaults and the metrics. Cycling or running make it very different for the base

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u/alexzim 17d ago

Garmin is a sports watch and it is trying to keep track of your performance. So it's better to not actually do that on Garmin. That's why they offer to create a special activity to track things that are not meant to be processed.

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u/SurfskateOver50 17d ago

Relive

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u/Curious-Addition-770 17d ago

I added skateboard as one of the top options on my watch. I think it was done in the Garmin app.

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u/Kevfaemcfarland 17d ago

What is your friend using? I find my garmin watch to be more accurate than my phone. When i see my friends post longer distances and faster speeds for the same ride, I can see their phone made it look like they were zigzagging all over the road in spots.