Fliteboard unveils intelligent new design to drastically lower electrical surfboard costs

Electrical surfboards and hydrofoil boards are a few of the most enjoyable you possibly can have on the water, however their excessive costs have usually restricted their attain to these with boat cash. As we speak, Fliteboard introduced a brand new line of lower-cost fashions often known as the Flite AIR to assist make electrical surfboards extra accessible to a broader market.

Fliteboard, a part of boating large Brunswick, has spent a number of years as a number one power within the electrical hydrofoil board market.

Lots of the firm’s hottest fashions value between US $10,000 to $17,000, which is definitely fairly commonplace within the business. It could sound like some huge cash, but it surely’s merely an costly market.

However occasions are altering! The brand new Flite AIR and Flite AIR PRO, simply revealed this morning, lower these costs right down to a beginning MSRP of simply US $6,995.

“We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Flite AIR and Flite AIR PRO at present on the Miami Worldwide Boat Present, some of the necessary exhibits on the planet and a beautiful alternative to showcase these transformational merchandise to a worldwide viewers,” mentioned, David Trewern, Fliteboard Founder, CEO and Product Architect. “Flite AIR is nice for utilizing on and off boats, docks, rocky seashores, or for varsity and rental purposes. Appropriate with most Flite merchandise, the boards may even be utilized by professionals as a sturdy and light-weight different to our carbon fiber boards. These new boards carry to life the enjoyable character of the product to attraction to a wider viewers whereas staying true to the Flite model and our pillars–innovation, design, efficiency, and neighborhood.”

So how’d they do it? With a low-cost and considerable useful resource: air.

As a substitute of the costlier carbon fiber boards frequent within the business, the Flite AIR makes use of an inflatable design. The identical expertise that has introduced down the worth of furnishings, toys, and boats, is now doing the identical for electrical hydrofoil boards.

The inflexible inflatable board makes use of a patent-pending design to create a strong driving platform. It makes use of a drop sew development outer bladder that helps cut back manufacturing prices and improves the board’s sturdiness.

The 5’8″ (172 cm) Flite AIR is extra appropriate for newbie and intermediate foilers, whereas the shorter 5’2″ (157 cm) Flite AIR PRO presents a extra nimble trip that’s higher fitted to superior foilers.

The transfer is anticipated to assist the rising sport of electrical foiling change into extra accessible and make studying simpler.

Having examined a number of electrical hydrofoil boards myself, I can vouch for simply how a lot enjoyable these boards are, although their steeper studying curve implies that they will take extra time to grasp than a traditional electrical surfboard. And so a decrease value providing that opens the door to extra folks can assist make it simpler than ever to study and luxuriate in.

And hey, it certain beats trailering a jet ski right down to the boat ramps!