Awake
- Category: electric jetboards and eFoils
- Founded: 2017 by Philip Werner, Daniel Aronsson and Mikael Kajbring, following Werner's earlier electric surfboard venture of 2013
- Origin: designed and developed in Scandinavia, in the company's own words
- Jetboards: RAVIK Explore, RAVIK Adventure, RAVIK Ultimate, plus a BRABUS limited edition
- RAVIK Explore: 21 kg, 121 litres, 11 kW, up to 40 km/h, up to 60 minutes, EUR 9,990 excluding VAT
- RAVIK Adventure: 23 kg, 71 litres, up to 50 km/h, up to 45 minutes, EUR 13,990 excluding VAT
- RAVIK Ultimate: 16 kg of carbon composite, 51 litres, up to 55 km/h, up to 35 minutes, EUR 15,990 excluding VAT
- eFoil: VINGA Carve at EUR 11,990 excluding VAT, with Adventure and Ultimate variants
- Batteries: Flex Battery LR 4 at EUR 2,990 and XR 4 at EUR 4,990, both excluding VAT
- Flex Battery XR 4: 18.5 kg, about an hour of riding, waterproof to 10 metres, 5.5 kg lighter than the pack it replaced
- Warranty: two years across boards and batteries
- Cross-compatibility: the same Flex 4 battery and hand controller run both the jetboards and the eFoils
A second attempt at the same idea
Philip Werner built his first electric surfboard in 2012 and started a company around the idea in 2013. It did not become what he wanted. In 2017 he set up Awake with Daniel Aronsson and Mikael Kajbring to build electric jetboards properly, and the second attempt is the one that reached yachts. The eFoil line, VINGA, followed in the spring of 2022 on the same battery and controller architecture.
Awake is unusually quiet about itself. The company describes its boards as designed and developed in Scandinavia and does not put much corporate detail on its own site, which is worth knowing before an owner relies on it for support in a distant market. What it does publish is a clear specification for every board and battery, which is more than several competitors manage.
The RAVIK jetboards
Three boards share an 11 kW motor and differ in hull and volume. The Explore is the beginner board at 21 kg and 121 litres, with a dual channel hull, a top speed of 40 km/h and up to an hour of riding, at EUR 9,990 before VAT. The Adventure drops to 71 litres on a V-shaped hull, weighs 23 kg, runs to 50 km/h and lists at EUR 13,990. The Ultimate is the carbon composite board at 16 kg and 51 litres, good for 55 km/h.
The Ultimate costs EUR 15,990 before VAT and buys 35 minutes of riding, which is the trade the whole range makes visible. More speed and less volume mean less time on the water. There is also a BRABUS x Awake Shadow Explore at EUR 15,900, a limited edition built with the German tuning house that also builds Brabus Marine tenders. It is the Explore hull in different clothes.
The board price is half the story and the battery is the other half.
Flex 4, and what really limits a session
Every current board runs the Flex 4 system, a modular pack that clicks into the board without tools and pairs with the HC 4 hand controller automatically. The Flex Battery LR 4 lists at EUR 2,990 before VAT and the larger XR 4 at EUR 4,990. The XR 4 weighs 18.5 kg, gives about an hour of riding, is rated waterproof to 10 metres and is 5.5 kg lighter than the pack it replaced.
The important detail for a yacht is that one battery is one session. Charging is not fast enough to turn a single pack around between guests, so a board that is meant to be available all day needs two or three. At EUR 4,990 each before VAT, the batteries can cost as much as the board. Awake sells batteries and hand controllers as separate items on its own store, so an owner should establish exactly what a quoted price covers before signing.
VINGA, the eFoil side
VINGA is Awake's answer to Lift and Fliteboard, launched in 2022 and built to run on the same Flex battery and hand controller as the jetboards. The Carve is the intermediate board at EUR 11,990 before VAT, with Adventure and Ultimate variants above and below it for cruising and for performance. The Click-to-Ride system snaps the whole assembly together without tools.
Sharing the battery across both product lines is the strongest argument for buying Awake at all. A yacht that carries two RAVIK jetboards and a VINGA eFoil needs one type of pack, one charger and one charging locker, which simplifies the part of water toy ownership that causes the most trouble. Against that, the VINGA is a newer and less proven eFoil than the boards it competes with.
Riding it, and where it stops
A jetboard is easier than a foil to start and harder to master. The rider lies on the board, comes to their knees under power and stands when the board is planing, and the throttle is a trigger in one hand. The Explore is genuinely forgiving, which is why Awake positions it for guests who have no instructor and minimal supervision. The Ultimate at 51 litres will not float an adult at rest and demands a competent rider.
Top speeds of 40 to 55 km/h are real but the useful cruising range sits well below that. Chop punishes a jetboard more than it punishes a foil, because the hull stays in contact with the surface. In a busy August anchorage the water is usually only good early. Ride times of 35 to 60 minutes are quoted for a light rider in good conditions, and a heavy rider on full throttle will see materially less.
Getting it aboard and charging it legally
The boards are the easy part. At 16 to 23 kg a RAVIK is a one-person carry and needs a wall rack or a locker of about two metres, with no crane, davit or lifting plan involved. The Flex battery comes out and goes to a charging point, which is where the complication starts. An 18.5 kg pack is not something a guest carries up a passerelle.
The charging side is regulated. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency published MGN 681 (M) Amendment 1 on 19 December 2025 covering fire safety, storage and charging of small electric craft aboard yachts under Red Ensign Group flags, with dedicated cabinet stowage required for spare batteries above 100 Wh and UK type approval required for new charging containers from 1 January 2027. Awake packs are far above that threshold. Crew training on thermal runaway is now part of the expectation.
What it costs, and the number under the headline
The published prices exclude VAT, which in most European markets adds a fifth or more to the delivered figure. A realistic yacht specification is a board, two batteries and a charger, and on the Adventure that arrives near EUR 24,000 before tax. The Ultimate with two XR 4 packs is higher again. These are small numbers against a yacht. They are also roughly double what the board price alone suggests.
Running costs are modest. Electricity for a charge is negligible against a yacht's daily draw, and there is no fuel, no oil, no impeller wear ring in the sense a petrol board has and no seasonal engine service. The consumable is the battery, and Awake's two year warranty is the yardstick for how long an owner should expect a pack to hold its rated performance before it needs replacing.
Service, parts and the Brabus connection
Awake sells through dealers and through the specialist yacht toy suppliers who serve the Mediterranean and Caribbean, and boards can be rented or supported through those channels in most of the usual cruising grounds. The company is small, which cuts both ways. Direct contact is easy and firmware updates arrive through its own app, but there is no equivalent of a Brunswick or a BRP parts network standing behind it.
The BRABUS relationship gives the brand a second route into the yacht world, because Brabus Marine builds tenders and day boats that already sit alongside larger yachts. A failed battery remains the difficult case. Loose lithium packs travel by air as UN3480 dangerous goods, cargo aircraft only and capped at 30 percent state of charge, so a replacement is a matter of days at best in high season.
Against JetSurf, Radinn and the foils
JetSurf's petrol boards are lighter, faster to refuel and cheaper to run, and they are the choice for a rider who wants a racing machine. Radinn, also Swedish, competes directly with Awake on electric jetboards. The eFoil makers, Lift and Fliteboard, compete for the same guest and win on run time, because a foil uses a fraction of the energy to travel the same distance.
Awake wins on the combination of silence, no fuel aboard and one battery family across two kinds of board. It loses on endurance against a foil and on support depth against the large groups. No licence is generally required to ride one, but a powered board is a powered craft to most Mediterranean harbour authorities, and the beach distance rules apply. The wrist strap cut-off should be worn every time.
Who it is for: Owners who want a fast board with no petrol aboard and no engine to service, and who are willing to buy the second and third battery up front.