First Ride: Testing Awake's 37 MPH electric surfboards!

In the latest edition of "I have the toughest job in the world", I went to Sweden to test out Awake's high power and high speed electric surfboards. Check out my full writeup on Electrek at: electrek.co/?p...
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[@AwakeBoards]

Great riding and great video Micah! Big thanks for coming out and testing our boards. Next time let's ride in some warmer waters! ⚡

[@Electrek]

Sounds good! Meet me in Tel Aviv :-D

[@Superhermit]

Great video, and you got me, I am watching this at work 😆

[@thedownwardmachine]

Expecting this to be the hot new toy for Navy Seals.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

attach a nuke warhead on it :D wait they have that already :D maybe Jihadist can some TNT on their back and ram a sub,,,, I really should not be giving them Jihadist ideas, Aloha hold my beeer

[@raylivengood8040]

I’m glad you emphasized on the water temperature ! Nordic countries are 🥶 Those boards are cool 😎 . Requires a lot of patience and agile skill 👍🏻. Your wife was an inspiration for most of us 😁. Hey, at least she got the boogie board level down pat 😉

[@Electrek]

I couldn't believe how cold it was. I was trying to act tough but after a couple hours I seriously couldn't stop shaking until they put me in the wetsuit!

[@raylivengood8040]

@@Electrek I really enjoyed watching ! I’m sure your example was spot on for any beginner 😆. We have Hood River (Columbia Gorge) out here in the PNW. I’m convinced I’ll get out there someday and learn some wind surfing. Electric boards are starting to make a prominent appearance, so it’s great to see more innovative products on the horizon !

[@JetSurfingNation]

yea they are not cheap but totally worth it! We have been testing all jetboards and efoils on the market during the last 5 years and it's a lot of fun! Great video. Special point for putting that splash sound in the sound design ;)

[@360vroomers]

Micah congrats on this challenging review!

[@folsomatgranitebay5215]

Been snowboarding/wake boarding for years and live next to a lake. So tired of boat maintenance/payments etc…and everybody wanting to surf at 10MPH. I want one of these so bad! Just need to sell boat😏. Almost same price as a Sea-doo or Jet ski…tons of those out there…so wouldn’t necessarily single out yacht owners/rich to be an owner of one of these electric boards. Definitely must have if you have a boarding background I believe👍🏼

[@thelastword3270]

I happen to own both a boat and a Ravik Brabus board ( which I haven't learned to ride yet). ;) Your comment about the "10 mph surfing" pushed my button. I HATE wakeboarders. They buy boats designed to make HUGE wakes, and then they get on the water and do that, ruining things for everyone else. They don't give a rip - they're having THEIR fun, and to hell with anyone who complains - totally inconsiderate and arrogant losers.

[@SHOman_86]

Hilarious video man, I think most of us would have been crashing just as much

[@TheChungKids]

Nice! Hopefully companies will start coming out with affordable versions. Looks like a lot of fun

[@TheGreenBoater]

These look so amazing! And eco friendly as well?!?! Kudos

[@JavierBarberena]

Riding those things look like fun

[@CrossWindsPat]

I’m waiting for the prices for these to drop. I just bought an entire electric dirt bike that probably has 3x the battery capacity for under 6k. There is no reason these are so expensive except simply that it’s a high end luxury item that they can tax the hell out of.

[@vincenzoemanuele5478]

In the end my choice went to Radinn. But I can confirm, to ride this toys it's amazing

[@andreitudose3838]

How about trying the Acedeck N3 / Z3 and the radium boards next?

[@TheJAMF]

That water is not cold, it's invigorating! 😉

[@budwhite9781]

This is awesome!

[@DerekYeung_LA]

It will be a great tool for lifeguards

[@JerseyStyle7]

👍🏽awesome, great job 🏄‍♂️

[@TheBestCuteAnimalVideos]

I like how he says the water is frigid but he's only wearing shorts and a tank top 😂

[@erikkpritchard]

I was not watching on my yacht, so sadly you are correct about my inability to afford one. Noticing a Chinese brand Rushwave, model ES2301, for $3200.

[@WairComel]

Nice video well made

[@yoric7200]

Quite surprised they don't make you wear a helmet when riding the foil board. If you fell awkwardly and hit the foil, I expect some serious damage could be done.

[@jonathan842]

When u fell “unexpectedly “ i feel like it’s because ur foil got caught in kelp (or something)…..am i right?

[@dustintravis8791]

I'll be in Stockholm soon - do they rent these?

[@chrisalas879]

Nice i did not kno about this beautiful fun toy how much it cost? any body

[@bearvonsteuben9675]

Looks like a lot of fun for me and my grandsons, but i’lll wait until they scale up production and get those ridiculous prices down closer to sanity.

[@LucienXie]

I can give you the price 4000$👍

[@jtaggueg]

I want to surf on a river with this

[@ScrappyDoodad]

W H A A T ! ? No autonomous rider homing, you mean that I have to swim to it and not it come back to me? RATTS

[@pbjandahighfive]

Look, these things are cool and all (and have been since the 80s when the first powered surfboards came onto the scene) but WHY DO THESE THINGS COST MORE THAN SOME CARS? I can literally buy a brand spanking new fully complete paramotor kit from a reputable company for like $4000 to $5000 less than their cheapest model jetboard and it will go faster, have a longer fuel range, be easier to fix AND IT CAN FREAKING FLY. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a powered surfboard, but for $13,000, $14,000, $15,000? Bruh, absolutely not. If someone brings the price down to under $2k then give me a call.

[@SimonZhao-yy4xx]

Do you need a $3,500 electric surfboard?

[@dkoo6866]

No way these are worth 10 grand

[@verb0ze]

They are because the supply for them is quite limited. They know their target audience and it ain't you or I. If you own a yacht or beach house, this is peanuts in terms of cost to you 😅

[@dkoo6866]

@@verb0ze yea geuss u right , geuss well have to wait for the left overs

[@titberiya]

JetFly fast ....

[@TheAETHER22]

Yeah i'll pass on that price. Right now this company is seeing it as the esk8-ing Evolve of water surfboards. Once this thing becomes mainstream and the chinese pick an interest on it i'll get one at 80% less price

[@quantumfx2677]

Let's start building in the US.

[@AnythingEvil78]

Love my evolve e skateboard, rather invest in keeping that going than buy a cheap and nasty Chinese thing.

[@SimonZhao-yy4xx]

Do you need a $3,500 electric surfboard?

[@raimonds.petrovskis]

You can already buy similar China made ones.

[@codyrodriguez1056]

Not 12000 fun but fun. Can’t wait till us peasants can play with these

[@patmoitry4397]

Start Efoil, Man! MUCH better!

[@gary467]

Humor , that's not a surfboard , looks like a ski ,

[@fastm3980]

These are not surfboards. Cool but not surfboards. Surfboard rides the actual surf. Nothing like actually pulling into a wave with your own strength.. these are good if you are a lifeguard 😂

[@Electrek]

Nothing like surfing flat water or rivers either as if you were on a skateboard. To each his own!

[@JetSurfingNation]

You can actually jetsurf and efoil in the waves, it's much more fun than flat water but more challenging.. yes in actual surf

[@RSpracticalshooting]

This is cool but calling it a surfboard is just dumb.

[@ChrisSmith-rd6dm]

Get prices down to 5-6k and you will sell a lot more 10-14k it ridiculous