A surfer paddling out across clear water, cliffs behind

Velocity ✦ For people who surf

The best sessions are the ones nobody interrupts.

Early light. The paddle out. A set lining up on the horizon. Out there, nothing else exists.

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Back around 4.

A smiling surfer running out of the whitewater with her board — Nothing else exists

Two surfers with their boards on the cliff coast, one checking her phone between sessions

The truth

Somebody always needs you.

A message wants an answer. A call wants a callback. Someone has a question that could wait an hour. And your phone is on the towel, in the car, in the locker.

Anyone who wants an hour in the water
Working for yourself, or with a team
Something of your own, big or small
At home, or on a trip
First wave, or ten thousandth
Everyone is welcome. You set it up your way.

SANDby Velocity Wake

A first look at SAND.

Set your time away, see the water you’re heading to, and come back to a short recap. Family can still reach you the whole time.

SAND preview: Your day starts here, with the hourglass

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A surfer in a green swimsuit walking out of the water with her board, friends holding boards

SAND ✦ by Velocity

Leave your name in the SAND.

SAND is an iPhone app we’re building for anyone who wants time away, whatever their work looks like. While you’re in the water, it will look after the people trying to reach your work, and family can still reach you.

Replies in your words. “In the water, back around 4.”
Offers a time. Missed calls get a text back with a link to book.
Routes what’s urgent. To whoever covers for you, by rules you set.
Lets family through. The people you choose still reach you.
A short recap. Waiting when you walk up the beach.

A surfer on the sand sealing her phone in a waterproof pouch, board beside her, another surfer walking to the water

How it works

How it will work.

01
Set your status
“In the water, back around 4,” in your own words.
02
Choose urgent and cover
Decide what counts as urgent, and who covers for you.

Four friends sharing a sunset picnic on the sand beside their boards

03
Paddle out
Leave the phone on the towel. SAND looks after your business line, web form and email. Family still gets through.
04
A short recap
Everything that happened, in one place, when you’re back on the sand.

Hands sealing a phone into a waterproof pouch on the sand, board beside it

What it does, and doesn’t

Honest about it.

A clear line between what SAND handles and what stays yours.

Does: Business line, web form, email; The ways people reach your work.
Doesn’t: Block your family; The people you choose still reach you. Personal messages stay private.
Isn’t: A safety device; It doesn’t track you or detect trouble. In an emergency, call 112, the European emergency number.
Runs on: iPhone, in development; The preview above shows the app as it’s being designed.