Stick Surf: Wavepool

Paddle out, pick your line and get barrelled. Wavepool is a semi-realistic side-view surfing game where every board, wave and break behaves differently.

Surf a wave pool with five selectable waves, or head to real-world breaks: Westdale in Pembrokeshire, Nazaré, Cloudbreak, Pipeline, J-Bay and Teahupo’o. At the breaks you start on the beach, paddle out and duck-dive the whitewater to reach the lineup.

Pump for speed, stall to tuck into the barrel, carve and turn, then throw snaps, cutbacks, roundhouses and floaters. Hit the lip for airs with spins, reverses, alley-oops and grabs. You won’t fall every wave, but a bad line will punish you.

Take on four-wave heats, chase your best score on the leaderboards, and grind through 52 tough achievements that won’t be done in a weekend.

Controls: A/D or arrows to carve, Space to pump or paddle, Left Shift to stall or duck-dive. There’s a built-in tutorial.