Surfboard with a deck , an electrical drive for the surfboard , wherein one end of a rope is fastened to the bow of the surfboard and another end of the rope has a handle , whereat the drive is connected to a controller , which comprises a receiver of a wireless remote control, and the handle has an accelerator lever which is connected to a transmitter of the wireless remote control in a data conducting manner, and the transmitter is arranged in the handle and by actuation of the accelerator lever control signals can be generated, which can be transmitted by the transmitter as wireless signals and can be received by the receiver and can be converted by the controller into control values for the drive and the one end of the rope can be releasably fastened to the bow and the other end of the rope can be releasably fastened to the handle , characterised by a first type of construction of the surfboard, in which the rope is connected to the handle and surfboard and a second type of construction, in which the rope is detached from the surfboard and the handle , characterised in that the handle is shaped approximately triangular with rounded corners along its outer and inner periphery and has a gripping portion for the surfer to grip with one hand, and during surfing a centre of force in the first type of construction is arranged centrally in the gripping portion and the accelerator level is arranged laterally on the outside on the handle pivotably around the gripping portion so that it can be operated by a thumb of the hand of the surfer gripping the handle and on a region of the gripping portion remote from the other end of the rope, a lever surface facing in the direction of the gripping portion is arranged on the accelerator lever and the accelerator lever can be operated by pressing the lever surface . a deck , an electrical drive for the surfboard , wherein one end of a rope is fastened to the bow of the surfboard and another end of the rope has a handle , whereat the drive is connected to a controller , which comprises a receiver of a wireless remote control, and the handle has an accelerator lever which is connected to a transmitter of the wireless remote control in a data conducting manner, and the transmitter is arranged in the handle and by actuation of the accelerator lever control signals can be generated, which can be transmitted by the transmitter as wireless signals and can be received by the receiver and can be converted by the controller into control values for the drive and the one end of the rope can be releasably fastened to the bow and the other end of the rope can be releasably fastened to the handle , characterised by a first type of construction of the surfboard, in which the rope is connected to the handle and surfboard and a second type of construction, in which the rope is detached from the surfboard and the handle , characterised in that the handle is shaped approximately triangular with rounded corners along its outer and inner periphery and has a gripping portion for the surfer to grip with one hand, and during surfing a centre of force in the first type of construction is arranged centrally in the gripping portion and the accelerator level is arranged laterally on the outside on the handle pivotably around the gripping portion so that it can be operated by a thumb of the hand of the surfer gripping the handle and on a region of the gripping portion remote from the other end of the rope, a lever surface facing in the direction of the gripping portion is arranged on the accelerator lever and the accelerator lever can be operated by pressing the lever surface . <EOS>