Its a midlife crisis and I need a fitness tracker - need advice

[tautologies]

Ok, need might be too strong, but I want one so I am looking to you guys to help me decide on one that I can use for kiteboarding too.

Forget anything apple. Apart from that its an open field. I know I want it to do GPS tracking. Not sure if it needs to be extremely accurate, but if it could do multi-sport tracking like kiteboarding, swimming, biking, skiing, tennis etc.
I don't really know other things, but I imagine that connecting it to fitness tracking apps and calorie burning etc. would be nice. Other nice to haves are music controls and email / sms but priority is exercise tracking. Any insights on what made you make your choice would be very much appreciated.

If you have no interest in this, then here is an awesome song.

[Leon van Bergen]

And why no Apple?

My Apple watch does everything you desire in a perfect way, super strong and 50m waterresistant...

[andylc]

What you need is...
O wait you just ruled out the one device that does all of it, including kitesurf tracking....

[JakeFarley]

Check out Garmin Fenix. It comes with preloaded apps and it's easy to create your own. I created my own app for kitesurfing and kayaking. You can also upload your activities to Garmin Connect and share if you want to.

[Donniehall14]

I got a good deal on a Polar M600. Does everything you're looking for. It's not the prettiest watch but I got used to it.

[Tony]

I'll second the Garmin Fenix. Nothing is perfect but I've been very happy with my Fenix 5. Prefer the buttons to a touch screen, more than I thought.

[FLandOBX]

My Garmin Forerunner 920XT is designed for multi-sport (triathletes) and does most of what you want. There may be a more recent model. I've always used Garmin products because the GPS is reliable, heart-rate is accurate, and I want to track cadence on my bikes.

[iriejohn]

Like Mrs irie and I used to say about our boys ... "full balls, empty brain."

You need nice pussy.

[tautologies]

I don't care for Apple. I am also not going to discuss why here.

So the Garmin has been recommended by others, so I will definitely take a closer look at that. Looks stellar to me.

Irie, not sure how your Mrs, convinced you there is a low correlation between nice pussy and fitness tracker, but I would venture to bet, albeit not a high positive correlation, it is definitely not an inverse correlation.

[Tom Tom]

Garmin Fenix. Had mine (version 3) for 3 years. Wear it every day. Use it for running, biking, surfing, swimming and on, one of my most valued pieces of equipment.

Get a modern one with HR on wrist.

Garmin product and support is second to none.