SWELL

Surf the waves of California.

0Bolos

Set up your session

FREEYour plan

Beach · all free

Difficulty

My board · free

Surfer

Board

Rash guard

PADDLE (space) to build speed while the wave arrives.
When «TAKE THE WAVE!» appears, press TAKE (Enter) with the speed bar past the marker.
STEER with ▲▼ to climb and drop on the wave, and BALANCE with ◀▶ so you don’t fall.
Maneuvers are announced ahead: get to the height of the band and move ▲▼ while it passes (tube and floater are held still and balanced).
Medium adds Floater, Snap and Tube. Hard adds Aerial (X), Deep tube, Rodeo (X twice) and combos: 3 different maneuvers in a row, without missing, give a bonus.

Keyboard: space paddles · Enter takes the wave · ▲▼ steer · ◀▶ balance · X jumps (aerial, Hard) · P pauses. On a touch screen, use the buttons.

Season One: the SWELL competition. Six California arenas in order, with randomized conditions, Local Knowledge, the Main Heat and The Closeout.

Full rules

A session is 5 waves.
Each maneuver scores its points; repeating the same maneuver is worth less: 100%, 50%, 25%, then 0.
Staying well balanced adds a small bonus every second.
A wave is capped at 10 points. A fall keeps half the points of that wave.
Harder beaches multiply your score: 1 wave ×1.0, 2 waves ×1.1, 3 waves ×1.25.
Finishing the 5 waves (with at least one taken) pays 20, 30 or 40 Bolos depending on difficulty.
Season One: each set brings 2–4 waves; a clean wall scores ×1, a soft shoulder ×0.8, a closeout ×0.5. A clean kick-out adds +1, the right board +0.5. Best two waves count in a heat.

A Chicas Productions minigame.