
Andreas Lakeberg
Editor
Andreas Lakeberg is the editor of this site and founded E-SURFER in Berlin in 2017. He has spent most of his life on the water and a large part of it writing about it.
On the water since the age of eleven
He started windsurfing at eleven and sailed his first regattas at twelve. Water skiing, wakeboarding, surfing, jet skis and kitesurfing followed.
Publishing about watersports since 1996
In 1996 he launched wakeboarding.de, an online magazine about wakeboarding. Jetski.de and wassersport.de followed, and later, together with sport1.de, the action sports portal sport2.de.
Electric watersports since 2017
In 2017 he founded E-SURFER in Berlin with the first blog about electric surfboards, followed by the first YouTube channel on the subject. Since 2019 E-SURFER has sold eFoils and jetboards, with its own showroom and test centre in Berlin. He is a founding board member of the Global Foil Board Sports Association (GFA).
On this site
He edits and approves every article. Facts come from the sources linked in each article; his own view goes into the section called “Our take”.
Articles
- Electric boat without a licence: what power limits apply in Europe? 24 October 2026
- How much does a boat licence cost, and do you need one for an electric boat? 24 October 2026
- Electric outboard motor: which one fits your boat? Torqeedo and ePropulsion compared 24 October 2026
- Electric houseboat hire: what does it cost, how far can you go, and do you need a licence? 24 October 2026
- Buying an electric boat: what does an electric day boat cost? Frauscher and Marian compared 24 October 2026
- Electric boat registration and licensing: the rules in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and NL 24 October 2026
- Electric motor for an inflatable or tender: TEMO and Remigo compared 24 October 2026
- Foiling or planing: how far do electric boats really go? Candela and X Shore compared 24 October 2026
- Electric houseboats for sale: models, prices and what to check before you buy 24 October 2026
- Houseboat hire without a licence: the rules in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands 24 October 2026
- Electric-only lakes: where Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland ban combustion engines 24 October 2026