What is the Waydoo FoilBoost, and how does it ride?

What's up, guys? This is Chris with E-Foil Miami. Today, we have the Waydoo foil boost. Pretty excited about this. This is Waydoo version of the foil assist. Uh, so it's not really an e- foil. It's meant for somebody that's going to want to put this on an existing foil and propel themselves into some sort of wave or since we're here in Miami right now with no waves in the summer, into somebody's wake just to steal some

weight. Uh, so we're kind of gonna go through the differences and some different brands that we've tried and what we think of this and just all the different features of the foil boost. Things we really like about all the Waydoo products is the ease of use, durability, and the plug-andplay ability of all the products. So, it's going to be one of the easiest ones to get up and just get going with pretty much no user manual.

So, when I first got mine, didn't have the user manual anywhere. I'm like, and it just set up that easily. Uh, there's not much to it. Let me show you. To start with, we're just gonna take the little front piece off of here. And it just comes with the Allen key. Pretty much the only tool you're going to need to set it up is this Allen key.

And once you have it already mounted onto your foil, you don't need anything. It's just ready to go. So, that comes off. And then we're just going to slide the mast in. We're going to pop that in. and we're ready to go. And this just cinches down so you can use any mast. Uh all the products we've used between

Cabrinha, Delta, uh AXIS, all the all the brands that we've tried so far fit completely fine. So once the mast is in, you have two batteries here. It's pretty simple. You just put it in. The front clips in and the back latches here other side and it's locked into place.

So, same remote as on the Waydoo eFoils. I'm just going to turn on the remote. It's making some noises. It looks like it's already paired. You can see the battery levels here. It's full battery. Um, unlock it. It just says waiting for ESC to power on.

powered on. Rained earlier, a little bit of water in there. So, yeah, didn't have to pair anything. It's just ready to go. It's like I said, plug and play. Couldn't be much easier. Pretty self-explanatory. Maybe the fastest one to set up on the market. It's Let's move this here.

This way. All right. So, now let's kind of go through the some of the different features uh of the way. One thing that's a little different with the Waydoo actually you can take the back prop and create a front prop. So, it's here. And again, uh, as ease of use goes. You just take your remote and there's this little key here and you can literally just unscrew this

in the back. It pops right off and you can just swap it out and then just put it to the front. So, you would swap that out. You would take the mast out and then prop it, put it the other way. And this is the front prop. I think most people just stick with the back prop, but if somebody just wants maybe a little bit more torque and power and also uh as a beginner, it's just a little more balanced for riding. So, if you're really beginner, maybe try the front prop or just really normal e-

foil. Most people will stick with the the back prop, but this is available as well for a little extra stability and maybe a little torque. I'm 170 lbs. I had no problem with torque. There is three gears on the remote. I do just kind of go to gear three so I can power up and I release a lot. I can easily get up on gear two and ride around with no issue, but I do just kind of stick on gear three. As a heavier rider, you might have a little more issues

depending on the setup you're on. Um, if you're trying to ride on a small board, u maybe use the front prop. Had some bigger riders around 220 uh that have had a little more issues on smaller boards trying to get up. So, if you're a bigger rider, just, you know, know what setup you're using. a bigger board, bigger wing is going to be very helpful.

That being said, the battery life really depends on which setup you're using. A smaller board, a smaller wing is going to really affect your ride time. I usually ride around like a 130, I think, lately. Uh, and a bigger wing. I've gotten about 30 minutes of like solid ride time, a lot more on the water because I'm not using it the whole time

to actually ride. So, I get on a wave, I use it, let go of the the power, and keep riding. So, about a 30 minute on average, I'd say ride time with these batteries. So, the batteries do sit on the side of the mast. And some people do worry about the added drag with the batteries here. I don't really see it being an issue on my

end. I haven't really felt the extra drag. Um, I kind of get up pretty quickly onto the foil. Obviously, yes. If you're riding flat with the board flat, you're gonna have added added drag, which will take some battery life out of the board. Again, I'm up on a foil pretty quick. I don't really feel the extra drag. The good side of this, the batteries being on the side and not

above it, it allows you to have a really close connection to the board. So, when you're riding, you have a really direct feel, so it's not affecting your ride. And it is a very light setup as well. So you feel almost like it's not there. Definitely a little extra weight of course will affect you, but with the batteries in the top here and the board connecting basically directly to the mast, it gives you a lot more direct

feel for riding, which in my opinion is definitely worth it. I really am happy with this design and the simplicity of it and the ease of use comparing to some other the other foil assist that we've tried it against, you know, back to back. Honestly, with this being here and some of the other ones being maybe a little more flush, I haven't felt much of a difference myself and the other riders as well. As long as, you know, both of the motors are sitting around the same uh height on the on the mast.

Um you can kind of go back to back and I don't feel that much of a difference other than the way the foil boost being a little better connect, you know, having the batteries here and the mast sitting right next to the board. You can use it as is if you're on a carbon board or a thicker board and you want to avoid any issues with the Bluetooth. We have it comes with this little antenna cable.

So, this will come and attach down here by the board and this just goes on the top side of the board and you can actually use a little bit of tape that it comes with as well uh to secure it to the board and it just sticks right on and that way you're not having any issues with uh with the Bluetooth and the remote. So, I've learned it's probably better just to use it even if you're on a smaller board. I've I've used it quite a few sessions with a smaller board, but when it's really choppy and you're you kind of plunge

into the water, it might disconnect. Uh even with a smaller board, so I just kind of had better luck using using the antenna compared to not using the antenna. Overall, I'm super happy with this design and the ease of use of it and where it kind of fits in. Uh obviously here, one thing when you're riding, you do have a small sweet spot. So, either going to be coming down on the board or you're going to be popping the mast out. So, as a beginner goes, definitely maybe try the e- foils out

first before you try out the foil assist. Give us a call. If you have any questions, let us know um what you want to see next. We've been having a blast on these, to be honest. So, thanks for checking it out, guys. Uh we've been super happy with these so far. Uh since there's not a lot of waves in Miami, we've been trying to just steal the wakes of some other boats on the water and we're excited to get some waves in this season uh to finally actually try it on some waves a little more.

Please let us know if you have any questions in the comments below. Give us a call, text us, email us, send us a DM, whatever you want to get a hold of us. We happy to get you your hands on new foil boost or whatever else you might be thinking you want. Just let us know. We'll get it for you. Have a great day and see you in the water. Cheers.