It was quite a sight last week: a glowing, hovering UFO flew over the Amsterdam canals past the artworks of the Amsterdam Light Festival. It turned out to be a stunt by Flying Fish eFoils by Titus Vriend, who completed the sailing route on his eFoil in these cold conditions.
With temperatures below five degrees and waterproof LED lighting taped to his eFoil, Titus braved the cold. The goal was to generate attention for the new sport of eFoiling, but also for the Amsterdam Light Festival. "Every year I am immensely impressed by the festival, so seeing the artworks on an eFoil was very special," says Titus.
The Amsterdam company Flying Fish eFoils has been the largest eFoil platform in Europe for three years. The company name already describes it; an eFoil is an electric surfboard that, through an innovative fin, a so-called foil, rises out of the water. This makes you fly over the water, as it were. In combination with the impressive artworks of the Amsterdam Light Festival, this produced futuristic images.