# Who invented foil boards?
**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/who-invented-foil-boards/22041
**Category:** Wing Foiling
**Created:** [October 14, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/who-invented-foil-boards/22041 "2024-10-14T02:19:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ausdroid](https://foil.zone/u/ausdroid)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/who-invented-foil-boards/22041/1 "2024-10-14T02:19:01Z")
Just saw this;
> **[KTH Royal Institute of Technology on LinkedIn: Marine engineering at KTH gave...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kth_marine-engineering-at-kth-gave-the-world-activity-7250395723848945664-LbHO?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)**
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> Marine engineering at KTH gave the world eFoils. Now students and researcher Jakob Kuttenkeuler have innovated these boards even further, so they can be used… | 41 comments on LinkedIn
I note the ongoing discussion about patents. This article says that KTH invented them in 2008.
What propulsion are they using? Appears to be a very ducted prop which would be inefficient?
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### Author:  [@bfr](https://foil.zone/u/bfr)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/who-invented-foil-boards/22041/2 "2025-04-21T19:16:49Z")
are you asking about eFoil boards…or just foil boards in general? There were foiling waterskis as early as 1956 and a patent exists for a foiling surfboard in 1973. The Aqua Lift hydrofoil kneeboard came out in 1985. There were other iterations between 1985 and 1988 that adopted a single mast with a front and rear foil that look very much like what we ride today.
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### Author:  [@bfr](https://foil.zone/u/bfr)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/who-invented-foil-boards/22041/3 "2025-04-21T19:17:58Z")
a link with pictures: [A Water Skier's Life - Adventures in Water Skiing, Hydrofoiling. Air Chair.](https://waterskierslife.com/adventures-in-water-skiing-hydrofoiling-air-chair/)