TOOB
Toob – An at-home freestyle snowboard training product
What is Toob?
Toob is a Freestyle Snowboarding home training product focussing on ‘jibbing’ designed to reduce costs compared to current alternatives while providing clear direction for progression.
What is Jibbing?
Jibbing is a freestyle snowboarding style, focused on performing tricks on obstacles like rails, boxes, and ledges, emphasizing creativity and technical skill.
How Toob Works
Toob integrates two existing balance and freestyle snowboard training methods into an all-in-one, cost-effective product. Accompanied by an app for progression and direction, it offers a comprehensive home training platform, making regular practice more accessible compared to high-cost alternatives.
Balance boarding (displayed on the left) – Key for developing balance skills, coordination, and core strength. Used in both snowboarding & surf training.
Jib Training (displayed on the right) – Simulates ‘freestyle rail snowboarding ‘jibbing’ for off-snow practice, helping riders improve skills, balance, muscle memory, and techniques at home, making it ideal for continuous training and progression.
The user experience (UX) is pivotal in my solution for home freestyle snowboard training. This component offers users guidance throughout their training sessions. Extensive primary and secondary research indicates a significant gap in trick direction resources, leading to potential injuries and hindering skill development.
Key Features
The key features integrated into the app include frame-by-frame video analysis, a selection of instructors’ programs to match your preferences, customizable programs, a community for sharing progress with peers, a progress tracker offering weekly statistics to sustain motivation, and integration with ‘toob pro’ for monitoring weight positioning and rotation statistics.
The UX
Toob Pro
Toob Pro revolutionizes freestyle home training by enabling users to track their progress and enhance their skills. For users seeking a more affordable option, Toob offers a version without advanced technology, ensuring accessibility for all target users.
Toob Pro Technology
Toob Pro holds a Gyro 3-axis sensor to track rotation and 8 FSR pressure sensors tracking weight positioning through the stabilizers.
It offers frame-by-frame feedback on weight positioning during jibbing, comparing it to a professional’s positioning. This feature allows users to monitor their performance and make necessary adjustments effectively, boosting progression. Additionally, Toob Pro tracks rotational statistics through gyro 3-axis sensors for balance boarding.