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Hi, I am developping a device that tracks your surfing, and my goal is for the device to create a FIT file that can be uploaded to Strava and display information about the surfing session. For a start, this information would be whether I am paddling or not, and the number and time of the waves taken.

Diving into the FIT file format it looks like it might not be super easy to store boolean data (like paddling/not paddling). Do you have any recommendations about how to best display these kind of things on the app?

Also, not all information present in the FIT file seems to be displayed on the Strava website/mobile app. For instance, I thought about using FIT Event messages (event_mesg.event = FIT_EVENT_SPORT_POINT and event_mesg.event_type = FIT_EVENT_TYPE_MARKER) to mark the point where I catch waves, but they are not displayed on the app. Is there a list of all the information from FIT files that can be displayed on Strava ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi ​@NicolasGoualard 

The API documentation listing all the available fields is here:

 https://developers.strava.com/docs/reference/

 

If you'd like to propose something that’s missing, you can submit an idea here:

https://communityhub.strava.com/ideas

 

I can't really advise with other recommendations but hopefully others will chime in and share their suggestions. 

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