If you have ever surfed or for that matter have ever plaayed an enjoyable video game, do not punnish yourself by purchacing this game. The wave and the riding is terrible. First of all every time you cut back in this game the nose of your board goes under water, which in real life would send you flying over the front of your board. And another thing that caused this came to be a dismal failure is the controls, in my opinion they were to aquard. They have you using both analog sticks to stear the front and back of your board which just gets confusing. I live on Maui and do surf and I can honestly say the going outside and learning to surf would be easier than playing this game. I played mine for a day before I pawned it off. So in short, do yourself a favor and DONT BUY THIS WORTHLESS GAME.