Houston…we have a problem!
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Big oooooooooooooooff.
Jesus thats bad!!! Can you zoom in?
wow, curved spacetime
Yikes! That is not good at all. Do we know if this was in the hands of an advanced rider carving hard or a rookie continuously crashing every 5 seconds, etc?
One (taller) Waydoo mast after a ride. Not good but not endemic, yet. The test now is to see how Waydoo handles this - hopefully just a limited manufacturing batch issue with the taller mast and not a wider design or production issue.
I doubt Waydoo would replace this. They could quite easily claim the user fell on the board and as a result the mast bent (the most likely case). This is the burden with using aluminium masts. I’ve bent a Chinese mast in that exact manner. The really bad part though is that Waydoo has no option but to replace the entire unit as it’s all integrated. Now maybe users will start to see that plug and play has major drawbacks when it comes to faults.
All electric jetboards always overstate their top speeds, it’s unfortunately “normal” for the industry. It always depends on the rider weight and measured probably for a 40kg kid riding on a windless lake 
Can that really happen just from riding it!? Is this yours or are you quoting something?
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Beginner rider who says he never fell on the board or mast. Someone else said their mast bent as well. That’s two bent masts with only a few boards delivered so far, very bad.
I am also hearing that boards can not be registered. Waydoo lied about coast guard certification and the is no manufacturers certificate of origin.
OK…so the answer to the original question that started this thread off is:
NO!They have recently provided a Manufacturers Identification Code for registration.
A lot more than “a few” boards have been delivered (without reported issues).
Honest question: Why are you rooting for Waydoo to fail here? How is a lower-cost entry-level commercial eFoil bad for the industry and growth of the sport?
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I don’t care what happens to Waydoo but I don’t want to see people scammed by an unprofessional and dishonest company. They have lied so many times I can’t count anymore and people are reporting new problems every day. So far nobody said anything about warranty support so I guess that’s no good either.
It’s a new product shipping to early adopters. I don’t think Waydoo is going anywhere. It sounds like you are only hearing about the small number of issues so far. Lots of happy European retail customers and North American backers who are riding theirs - with more being delivered over the next 6 weeks.
Waydoo is a relatively new company - at least give them a chance to prove themselves.
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I believe they are doing great for the price tag. Plus they are learning as they move forward with manufacturing. Same life cycle for any startup. Only thing they need at this point to have a great customer support even if it means to loose money for couple of months. They did a great job in branding and creating a vibe collecting more than 2M in crowd funding. We as consumers should be happy they are in the market even if we prefer lift or other high end brands because with waydoo in the game thos high end brands will be under pressure to either come up with new innovations to justify the price tag or cut the price.
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There is an article (video) in a Dutch online newspaper about “surfing above water” and how nice it is.
The guy is on a Waydoo.
https://www.ad.nl/video/surfen-boven-het-water-dat-doe-je-zo~p174488
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Did not know about that.
I do not understand how they get away with this? Official the boards need to have a Y number and operators need to have a boat drivers license (VB1) as it goes faster than 20 km/h
It seems to work fine in this video 