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

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: France: Water sports enthusiasts 'fly' above the River Seine © AFP 00:52 Issued on: 03/08/2026 - 18:27 Parisians are defying gravity on the Seine thanks to the e-foil, an electric board equipped with a propeller. The board emerges from the water as soon as it gains speed, creating the feeling of flying just above the surface. Keywords for this article