A good friend of mine who besides beeing a great paddler also is a tech-geek has come up with an invention that could help boost your training. The goal is to give you live data without having to check you watch
Check out the trial site ( you have to type a code as a visitor to prove you are not a computer )
Let me know what you think
https://a-paper.squarespace.com/

Ok had a look. Doesn't really show you what it is - maybe specific photos of the device would help? Is it blue tooth connected? Why just Suunto, when most use garmin? Is this a ground level Suunto plug (indirect social media strategy) or late April fools?

I personally find a $30 pair of blue tooth head phones, linked up to my iPhone GPS training app works great. I get speed, interval time remaining, total distance - what ever I want to hear at whatever intervals I need to hear them whilst paddling.

With the iwatch coming out, I imagine it's only a matter of time for someone to create an app for stroke rate - given there is an accellerometer in the watch and my technical wishes will be compete.

Hey all.
im the guy behind a-paper. First of all - im not trying to make a big business out of this. I am firstly solving a personal problem, and since im a Ambit3 user I developed the A-paper for this watch.

When making a product like this it requires an API from the manufacturer. This is basically the translation of their bluetooth signal. Garmin wants 5000$ for their APi which in my opinion is stupid! Im just trying to make their product better. Looks like Suunto is willing to give me their API for free. Still waiting for final answer.

i have done similar products within the diabetes industry, so making this product is not a big investment for me. I am just curios if other athletes would like to have the "hack" - thats why i made the site.

so there is no big cooperate buiz behind the product. Only a surfing-tech-student that likes to fix things!

Just want to say I am not bagging the product, I actually think it is quite a good idea and something that I would consider purchasing if I had a compatible Suunto device. J
Just saying your target market will be quite small (i.e. paddlers with a Suunto Ambit 3) but if that is the market you are chasing then go for it. Keen to see the final product.