On the glamorous bays of the Côte d’Azur, you rise above the water on an e-foil, gliding silently over sapphire shallows under pristine summer skies, guided by champion instructors.

The sensation is unlike any other watersport: once the foil lifts, the hull leaves the surface entirely and the noise stops. You are flying a few centimetres above the Mediterranean, banking through bays that Picasso and Fitzgerald knew before the yachts arrived.

A private tender shadows your every run, a beachside table is composed around your preferences and a butler attends throughout. It is high-tech sport with no compromise whatsoever on comfort.