Dylan Graves has built a career out of surfing things most people wouldn’t consider waves. So naturally, his latest mission involved one of the strangest—and most expensive—surfboards around. And he didn’t even need a wave to ride it.
The novelty wave enthusiast recently traveled to Sweden, where he linked up with LIND co-founder Alex Lind and took the company’s Canvas electric surfboard on a tour through the waterways outside Stockholm.
In the video, Graves jokingly introduces the machine as the “world’s most expensive surfboard” before getting a firsthand lesson from the guy who created it.
Technically, there are collectible surfboards worth far more. But as a production board meant to actually be ridden, the Canvas carries a staggering price: LIND currently lists a complete unit at $26,950 in the U.S.
And this isn’t an e-foil.
The Canvas looks and rides closer to a traditional surfboard, using a removable 20-kilowatt, 27-horsepower electric waterjet powered by a 3.1-kWh battery. Dual motors drive the impeller, while a handheld wireless remote offers 15 power levels. Top speed? A fairly ridiculous 37 mph. LIND lists ride time at up to 45 minutes and charging at roughly one hour.
The whole concept makes particular sense in Sweden. Lind grew up wanting to surf despite living somewhere that doesn’t exactly have Hawaii’s wave consistency. His solution was essentially to eliminate waves from the equation.
As Lind previously told SURFER, the idea “all sort of clicked” after encountering students developing an electric surfboard. Eventually, he took out roughly $100,000 and chased the idea himself.
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I got to test the Canvas last year with Blair Conklin in Southern California, and my assessment of whether it actually felt like surfing was simple: “hard to explain” and “no.” But that wasn’t necessarily criticism. The sensation was addictive enough that I rode until my “legs were Jell-O,” and afterward my face hurt from smiling.
Graves’ Swedish adventure illustrates the board’s appeal even better. Canals, open water and boat wakes suddenly become a playground.
As LIND puts it, the idea is to “surf wherever there is water.”
For Graves, that’s basically the perfect sales pitch.
To learn more, check out LIND Surfboards here.
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