Audi e-tron foil

The brand: Aerofoils GmbH and Audi

Short version for anyone who typed the name into a search box: the Audi e-tron foil is an electric hydrofoil board that Aerofoils GmbH developed and built in Bavaria, and the board family that grew out of it is sold under the Aerofoils name today. The Audi badge has left the catalog; the enclosed jet drive has not. Five sets make up the 2026 range, three carbon boards and two inflatables, and the manufacturer's list runs from €11,799 for the inflatable Airfly to €14,999 for the race-oriented Competition. Audi-badged boards surface on the used market only now and then. Further down you will find where the name comes from, why reviewers count it among the safest eFoils, which model suits a beginner, and what to check before you buy one used.

The Audi e-tron foil is one of the odder names in eFoil history: a car brand on a piece of watersports gear. No board on sale today carries it. The name belonged to the edition that came out of the collaboration between Audi and Aerofoils GmbH, a Bavarian company that specializes in developing and building electric hydrofoils; the boards never came off an automaker's assembly line. At Audi, e-tron stands for electric drive, and that was the message the board took onto the water: electric propulsion with German engineering behind it. The catalog is Aerofoils-branded throughout now, and the maker itself treats the old name as a chapter of its history.

If this is your first brush with the topic: an eFoil is an electrically powered hydrofoil surfboard that, above a certain speed, rises out of the water on the lift of its underwater wing. You are practically flying over the surface. The premium segment today is defined mostly by American Lift and Australian Flite; Aerofoils is the German alternative in that field, and many riders still look for it under the Audi name.

With eFoils, premium is not an empty label: pricier models usually get you better materials, stronger motors, and longer-lived batteries, which shows up in reliability over the years. What sets Aerofoils apart from the pack, though, is not primarily the materials but a single, sharply drawn promise: reviewers count the Aerofoils boards among the safest eFoils on the market. Whether that claim holds up comes down to one design decision, the enclosed drive.

One more point is purely practical: among the premium manufacturers, only Aerofoils develops and builds directly in Germany. Lift ships its boards from the US. Flite designs its boards in Australia and sells them in Europe through its own Dutch company. This maker works out of Bavaria, in the heart of Europe. What that base means for you as a buyer gets its own section further down.

To place it on the market map: Lift and Flite are the two big names of classic propeller premium; Swedish Awake is the challenger from the jetboard world; Waydoo leads the value class; and Sofia-based SiFly is the newcomer with EU assembly (its own wording) and aggressive pricing. In that lineup, Aerofoils holds a position of its own: German premium, built around a safety concept. It sets out to be neither the cheapest nor the fastest, but the eFoil you would most readily trust with your family.

Aerofoils models and prices, formerly the Audi e-tron foil

The 2026 Aerofoils lineup consists of five sets and is laid out more clearly than ever: three full-carbon boards (Adventure, Performance, Competition) and two inflatable models (Hyperfly, Airfly). The Hyperfly has taken over the role of the earlier eFoil Scooter: with its removable Hyperbar handlebar, which has the remote built in, it rides as an eFoil with a grab handle, or, paired with the separate handheld remote, as a classic board. All five sets run on an enclosed jet drive, either the Hyperdrive ABS with a 60 cm carbon mast or the Competition eDrive with an 80 cm one, so the safety concept runs through the entire range.

A note on the brand name: the manufacturer now goes simply by Aerofoils (part of the Rosenxt group since 2025), and none of the sets in its store carries the “Audi e-tron foil” name, though a few accessory descriptions still use it. That name is the legacy of the earlier partnership. In a blog post of 30 June 2026 Aerofoils itself presents the Audi e-tron foil as the origin of the family it sells now; we checked the store and the post on 3 October 2026. The core has not changed: Munich engineering know-how and the enclosed drive.

Whichever model you land on, the same spec-sheet items matter as they do on any eFoil. The size and volume of the board: as a beginner, err on the larger side, since a bigger board is more stable and easier to learn on, while a smaller one is meant for quick turns and higher speed. Wing size follows the same logic: a larger wing runs steadier and burns less energy. Aerofoils tells beginners to take the largest wing their lineup offers, for most of them the Freeride 1350 × 400, and keeps the even bigger Easyride 2000 × 510 mainly for schools and riders over 100 kg (around 220 lbs). A smaller wing is faster but harder to control. For the mast, the shorter one suits beginners, the longer one advanced riders and choppy water. Finally, look at battery capacity and charging time: one charge is typically good for roughly 1 to 2 hours on the water, and many manufacturers make the battery swappable; a spare battery doubles your daily ride time.

On price, Aerofoils sits squarely in the premium field: on the 2026 list, the sets cost €11,799 to €14,999 with the Light battery and the standard charger. When we read the configurator on 3 October 2026, the Endurance battery added €1,000 and the fast charger €500. For exact current prices, ask the manufacturer and its official dealers; for how eFoil prices break down in general, and what upkeep will cost you, see our eFoil prices page.

Aerofoils and the competition

In the premium field, Aerofoils builds its whole case on the safety argument. Lift and Flite also sell jet drives: Lift an LCS Jet kit whose impeller it calls fully enclosed, Flite a Jet C system you can choose in place of the Prop C on its ICON and PRO boards. At both brands the jet is an option next to a propeller. On every Aerofoils set the fully enclosed jet drive is the only drive and the foundation of the whole system. For families, schools, and more cautious buyers, that alone can settle the decision. On price, the German sets sit in the premium band with Lift and Flite, below the dearest configurations of both.

You will find every current model from the active brands in one table in our eFoil comparison.

Who is the Audi e-tron foil, now Aerofoils, for?

For beginners, and perhaps for them more than anyone. The learning path is the same as on any eFoil: prone first, then kneeling, finally standing; most people ride confidently after 4 to 5 hours of practice, and with prior watersports experience you may be flying within 20 minutes. The difference plays out in your head: when no part of you is busy thinking about a spinning propeller, you fall more relaxed and try things more boldly, and that attitude is exactly what speeds up learning.

For safety-minded buyers and families. If several people will use the board (your partner, teenage kids, visiting friends), the yardstick is not your own routine but that of the least careful user. A machine whose drive is closed by design simply means fewer worries in that situation: even with kids splashing next to the dock, you lift the board out of the water with more peace of mind.

For rental operators and instructors. From an operator's point of view, an eFoil's risk profile is part of the daily routine: most guests are standing on a board like this for the first time in their lives, and the briefing gets minutes, not days. Here the enclosed jet drive is not a comfort feature but a business case: less risk for guest and gear alike.

Whether at the dock of a vacation house or off the deck of a yacht, safety is measured at the least attentive moment, and that is exactly what the entire Aerofoils product is built around.

And who is it not for? If your budget is tighter, Waydoo offers the best value in the entry class (on 3 October 2026 most of its sets in the EU store were listed between €5,807 and €7,500). If the classic propeller-premium world with its wide accessory range appeals to you, see our pages on Lift and Flite; if you want a cheaper alternative assembled in the EU, SiFly deserves a look. The full decision checklist is in our eFoil buying guide.