We’ve tried electric rideables of all shapes and sizes, but we never had a chance to wet our beaks with anything in the water — until now.Fliteboard is an electric hydrofoil company out of Australia that brings together the joys of surfing together with an experience similar to flying, thanks to its electric hydrofoil — aka e-foil — technology. Hydrofoils act as a set of wings that sit under the surface in the water and function much like they do in the air.
Fliteboard’s parent company Brunswick invited us out to Charleston, South Carolina, to take its electric Fliteboards and electric outboards from sister company Mercury Avator out for a spin on the water. We eagerly obliged and before too long we found ourselves floating in the water, kitted out with a life vest and helmet, wondering what we had gotten ourselves into., had a briefing from Fliteboard’s experts, and even their team rider eight-time world champion wakeboarder Harley Clifford.
The experience was magical, and our short trial already has me wondering when the next opportunity to get into the water and onto a Fliteboard will be. That said, the Fliteboard does have a learning curve and it’s definitely a good idea if you can to set up some time with a local expert to get comfortable on the board and learn a few key tips from a pro in that first session.
Much like the electric skateboards we reviewed in the early days of electric land rideables, we believe the Fliteboard and its electric hydrofoil technology is paving the way for a fully electric future for transportation on the water. The Fliteboard itself in its current configuration can go up to 20 miles / 32 kilometers per charge.
Those efficiency gains allow electric watercraft to compete with their hull-in-the-water counterparts that have had hundreds or even thousands of years of development put into them.
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