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France: Water sports enthusiasts 'fly' above the River Seine

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 223 words · By Video by Ava LUQUET
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What to know about France: Water sports enthusiasts 'fly' above the River Seine

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Claim 1: “Parisians are defying gravity on the Seine thanks to the e-foil, an electric board equipped with a propeller.”
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The claim is corroborated by multiple independent sources. Euronews explicitly reports that Parisians are using e-foils on the Seine, and both Wikipedia and MC Watersports confirm that an e-foil is an electric board equipped with a motor/propeller system.
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web search NEUTRAL — E (minuscule: e) is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E
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web search NEUTRAL — Online is the online arm of E!, featuring live updates on entertainment news stories; the website includes an online-only entertainment news bulletin titled E! News Now, which is updated each weekday.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E!
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web search NEUTRAL — E! Online delivers breaking entertainment news, celebrity updates, red carpet and award show coverage, fashion trends, and the latest in TV and movies.
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Claim 2: “The board emerges from the water as soon as it gains speed, creating the feeling of flying just above the surface.”
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Multiple sources confirm the mechanics of the e-foil: Euronews states it glides above the surface 'once it gains speed', and MC Watersports describes the foil as an underwater wing that 'gradually lifts the board out of the water', creating the sensation of flying.
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web search NEUTRAL — An e-foil in action, Interboot 2023, Friedrichshafen. Various manufacturers and individuals have developed powered foilboards. Electrically powered ones are often referred to as eFoils.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foilboard
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web search NEUTRAL — E-foil in Monaco: flying above the bay, in silence. Stability, ease, freedom. Everyone can now fly. E-foil in Monaco, what exactly is it? An e-foil is an electric board fitted with an underwater wing,…
https://mc-watersports.com/en/activities/e-foil-flitescooter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Known as an e-foil, the board combines an electric motor, a submerged hydrofoil and a rechargeable battery, allowing it to glide above the river's surface once it gains speed. "It's got a board to cli…
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/04/parisians-are-…
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