The production model also has a longer hull – 78 inches (2 m) with the front foil folded in – plus it's 29 pounds lighter, tipping the scales at a claimed 220 lb (100 kg).

Are you out of luck? Not if you follow this hackworthy e-foil build that uses a waterproof rifle case as the… hull? Board? Whatever, the floaty bit. If you haven’t run across an e-foil before ...

Lift Foils tells us that the Lift5 and LiftX will be available for preorder as of Feb. 25th, with shipping set to follow starting April 15th. We're still waiting to hear back about pricing and specs.