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A viewer question kicked this one off. Five seasons in, does an eFoil still hold your interest, or does it end up in the garage with the other expensive water toys? The answer here is not a spec comparison. It is about what actually determines whether you keep using something.
The real test is how often you can go
The comparison drawn here is with a childhood spent waterskiing and wakeboarding. That was the sport of choice, done as often as anyone would drive the boat. And that is the catch. A tow sport needs a driver, a spotter, a boat and fuel before anyone gets in the water. An eFoil needs none of that. The example given is an ordinary Monday: a remote stand up meeting finishes, the schedule is clear, the conditions look good, and an hour of riding happens because nothing had to be arranged first. Being your own driver is described as the number one selling feature of the sport.
More hours in five years than a lifetime of tow sports
That accessibility compounds. The claim made here is that five years of eFoiling has added up to more time on the water than an entire life of wakeboarding and waterskiing, purely because nothing else had to line up first. If you are weighing the cost of a board, that is the honest way to work out the value: not how good a single session is, but how many sessions you will realistically get.
The gear got better, and that mattered
The enjoyment has not been flat across five years, it has climbed, and the reason given is equipment. Boards got smaller and faster, batteries got smarter, wings got smoother. The analogy used is downhill skiing before and after parabolic skis: you do not know a thing can be better until someone shows you. Staying on that first board for five years would probably not have produced the same answer.
What to buy if you want it to last
The advice at the end is consistent with everything else on this channel. Buy the smallest, lightest, fastest board you can handle if you want a hard carving ride. You will struggle slightly longer while learning, and that struggle tends to commit you to getting good. Always take the tall mast, whatever a salesperson tells you about short masts being easier to learn on. The argument is that riders on a tall mast stop concentrating on holding their height above the water and start actually enjoying themselves, which is exactly when the sport clicks. Pair that with a mid size surf wing and get going.
Chapters
- 0:00 @ethanmoore7833 asked the “still fun?” question
- 0:25 Five-year verdict: yes, the stoke keeps growing
- 1:05 The Monday-morning freedom test—launching at 9:45 a.m. with zero prep
- 1:45 Tech leaps: smaller boards, smarter batteries, smoother wings
- 2:45 Solo convenience vs. wakeboarding & waterskiing (no boat, no spotter)
- 3:30 Why a small, light e-foil + tall mast = tighter carves and bigger smiles
- 5:15 How many sessions I’ve logged vs. all my years of wakeboard / ski riding
- 6:10 Final answer—what I’d tell any Lift, Fliteboard, or Waydoo rider
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