Get ready for a new kind of aquatic adventure, or shall we call it a real fun workout, with the Mirage Eclipse Stand Up Pedal boards. You will be gliding across the water  simply by moving your legs up and down. Hobie has been in the watercraft game for more than 60 years and has never been shy of experimentation, from new kinds of surfboard materials in the 1950s and 60s to rethinking kayaks for touring and fishing, and one of the company’s key innovations off late is its MirageDrive propulsion system.

It is intended to do away with the paddle that kayakers use to move through the water and instead tap into our more powerful muscles below the waist. It allows users to pedal their kayak like a bicycle, which moves a pair of flippers beneath the vessel back and forth to propel the craft forward.

Users can steer the board with the aluminum alloy handlebars (adjustable between 36 and 43 in (91 and 109 cm), squeezing the right caliper to turn right the left caliper to turn left. But that’s about as complicated as it gets, with Hobie claiming that riding the Eclipse is as intuitive as walking, you basically hop aboard and go for it on the waterways.

Like Hobie’s other MirageDrive watercraft, the fins fold up flat against the bottom of the vessel for beaching or when moving through shallower waters. A cup holder and phone mount are available as optional accessories.

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