UP YOUR GAME

The New Lift3 Ffrom Puerto Rico-based Lift Foils is an updated model that's built to reach a wider audience of riders.

- KIM KAVIN

NICK LEASON is psyched to see that the sport of e-foiling is having a moment among boaters. ¶ For more than a decade, the company he founded, Lift Foils, has been building and selling the toys that can be used pretty much wherever there is water. Mega-yacht owners and crew discovered e-foiling pretty quickly and have been adding the toys to their lazarettes for a number of years in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. But it's only in the past year or so that Leason has seen a surge of interest from owners of yachts as small as 40 feet length overall. ¶ "People are realizing that these don't take up any space," Leason says. If you have a tender or a personal watercraft, "you need a crane or a platform; you need infrastructure for that. These e-foils, I can fit it in a Mini Cooper. You can put it on any size boat, even if you're buying a yacht in the 40- or 45-foot range." The increased interest is coming from outside the boating community too, including from beginners who want a more entry-level product. The New Lift3 F is Leason's solution to that increased demand. It reduces the use of carbon fiber in the toy's construction and instead adds materials, such as fiberg