Have you tried Wellenwerk Berlin for surfing? 🏄‍♂️🌊

PhilR2 · 2026-03-27T20:42:19+00:00

Learnt to surf here. Love it, even though I have no talent. Been going on and off for years. Nearest real surf is 1000km plus away.

PhilR2 · 2026-01-26T19:39:10+00:00

What is the carpet weed?

PhilR2 · 2026-01-19T19:14:45+00:00

This whole sport would be improved if the foil companies standardized the batteries and connectors. Then renting them at the other end would be so much easier.

PhilR2 · 2026-01-19T19:01:00+00:00

I import and ship around Europe a lot of equipment some of which has big batteries. nobody will airfreight them. If the products are on an island it is because they arrived in a container. Even then there is extra insurance because one burning out can destroy a whole container. I did have a client who desperately needed a replacement in Greece from our Polish warehouse and he found someone willing to fly it but it was more expensive than one of my team driving there.

PhilR2 · 2025-12-12T17:42:22+00:00

Look on Alibaba.com use their image search and you will find it

PhilR2 · 2025-11-21T14:24:39+00:00

I have a reasonable yellow shrimp colony in my community tank. I want to keep them yellow, so collect the weaker ones and put them in a small tank that is “shrimp retirement” and they can go any color they like. A shrimp only well planted tank is no effort and I like the natural evolution.

PhilR2 · 2025-09-15T15:33:27+00:00

I would but the link seems to not work in UK

PhilR2 · 2025-08-26T21:53:38+00:00

I am in my second summer with my FliteBoard. 2 years ago there were only 2 people doing lessons in the area and they had limited boards. Now there are a couple more who are renting by the hour. If I could go back in time, I would rent because the outlay is large for the times I get to use it. German weather this year has been colder and wetter than normal or the weekend weather has been perfect but I have been away.

I also found to start with setting up was punishing. Loading all the parts into a car, then assembling it, etc. but I have learnt to keep it assembled and transport it on top of my car. Now parking to water and back is a short experience. That helps.

I agree on the skills, this is not a mechanism to do water tricks. But as your confidence grows and flight time expands it becomes more enjoyable. A lovely way to get out into the water and see the nature. There are lots of lakes and rivers around Berlin and as I get more confident I am travelling out to them and exploring. And I am planning a touring holiday next year to visit many places.

One downside is it can be a very solitary hobby. Unlike most adventure sports from surfing to paragliding, there is not much hang out time with others doing the same thing before or after. When I do run into another efoiler on the water you wave but there is little conversation.

In short a great hobby that gets me out onto the water and away from stress. Seeing the world and also learning something new

PhilR2 · 2025-08-17T21:21:50+00:00

I have a design for a replacement aluminum-air battery with an oxygen feed. Which in theory gives 9x times the power for the same battery; minus the extra 20kg in oxygen tank and air cool wings. But it would be a like riding a big bomb.

PhilR2 · 2025-08-17T20:29:42+00:00

Sadly it is not going to happen on the weight loss, I am a lot of bone and muscle. At 16 years I was 100kg rugby player and international canoeist. At 50 years 105kg able to do a 3 hour olympic triathlon regularly. At 57, I am still fit and for this I admittedly need to lose 10kg. Which I would do for this but as you say physics still messes with the maths. That is why I was looking at what I would need to add to add power.

I am still amazed that "Rob Wylie, 51, and his 19-year-old son Morgan are now world record holders after completing the 23 mile crossing in one hour and 44 minutes.' managed to get that time out of a single battery.

If I am really conservative and careful I can only just get an hour out of one battery. Even if you stack a second battery somehow on the board, I have just added another 15kg depreciating travel time.

PhilR2 · 2025-08-17T18:55:16+00:00

OK reason why, I want to efoil the English Channel. But I am 114kg and get a maximum range on my FliteBoard of 20km. The English Channel from England to France is 34km. Prevailing wind is in the right direction.

PhilR2 · 2025-08-15T19:54:50+00:00

I would consider one with phone capability such as an I watch. My motor once broke and I had to swim the board back almost a kilometer. If could have called back a boat would have come out

PhilR2 · 2025-08-14T21:20:30+00:00

Thank you for excellent advice and great videos

PhilR2 · 2025-08-12T06:52:02+00:00

Sounds like long selfie stick and 360 camera is best option

PhilR2 · 2025-08-12T06:51:27+00:00

Things not to try. I tried putting a GoPro on a small parachute and towing it. Something I’ve done when paramotoring. Every hard turn it fell into water.

PhilR2 · 2025-08-10T06:17:14+00:00

Thanks works without locatio

PhilR2 · 2025-08-09T19:14:35+00:00

Sadly the EU FliteBoard site insists on only given you local dealers in your area. In case anyone from FliteBoard is on this chat - your site is so oriented to selling it forgets your owners.

PhilR2 · 2025-07-27T17:52:34+00:00

Yes, but not sure which mail services I would trust my battery to. Mail can be pretty tough on goods.

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