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We start February with a preview look at a Summer 2024 intro from SeaDoo, via a visit to the NY Boat Show. And then we’ll look at some very useful gadgets we found at The Inspired Home Preview.
Remember the World’s First All Electric Hydrofoil boat in our CES 2023 coverage. Perhaps the starting price of $380,000.00 was a big offputting. We don’t have an exact price for this upcoming entry announced at the NY Boat Show, but next summer it should let you go solo hydro-foiling for a faction that price!
It’s called the SeaDoo Rise. Tim, at SeaDoo PR, said there were a lot of eFoil boards around, but SeaDoo wanted to make one for a much ridership. So they created the Rise. The rider can it use standing up, on their knees or even lying down. If you’re new to the sport, the Rise eFoil features a retractable handlebar you can use for extra balance and later fold-down to feel like a true surfer. You can choose to ride your electric surfboard on the water without foiling or partially or fully deploy the foil. When you’re ready to fly over the water select your cruising speed on the cordless remote and enjoy a near-silent experience. The all-electric hydrofoil surfboard Sea-Doo Rise will be available summer 2024. Tim said the price was not set yet, but at the NY Boat show a person at the SeaDoo booth said it could be between $15,000 & $20,000. I have no idea if that’s correct, but online I did see some eFoil boards from other companies selling for $12,000 and they seemed rather bare bones compared to the Rise.
Company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4x-v8k8VQg
https://www.sea-doo.com/us/en/sea-doo-rise.html
There are other hydrofoil lift-boards already in the marketplace if you’re in a hurry, and from what I’ve read, if you’re a really excellent board-rider! I have not seen these in person.
https://liftfoils.com/products/lift3
https://highfly-watersport.com/products/flyway
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