iPhone · Coming soon to the App Store

My First Tube

Too slow and the wave swallows you. Too fast and you're on the flats.

A cartoon surfer races down the inside of a barrelling wave that is collapsing right behind him. Dodging forces line changes, line changes change your speed, and that interplay is the game.

  • iPhone, landscape
  • iOS 17 or later
  • One thumb
A surfer in the barrel with his arms up

How it rides

01

Stay in the pocket

The meter runs from foam to pocket to flats. Fall behind and the collapse swallows you. Shoot out ahead and you lose your multiplier.

02

One-thumb controls

Drag to carve up and down the face. Swipe down to cut back. Tap to ollie over reef, fins and loose boards.

03

Airs, spins and flips

Flick hard into the lip when you're out ahead, then swipe in the air for a 360, a front flip or a backflip.

04

It gets crowded

Sharks, jet skis, boats, kayaks, windsurfers and a dinghy. And the big boat, which is exactly what it sounds like.

05

The locals

Some surfers drop in on you. Some are hostile. A quick flick toward one in reach is a punch or a kick, and he comes off his board.

06

A ladder of levels

Speed School, The Reef, Locals Only, The Grey Visitor, Big Iron, and then The Long Glide, which is endless. Clear one clean for a gold trophy.

Screens

A shark in the tube
A shark in the tube
A 360 off the lip
A 360 off the lip
A hostile local gets bonked
A hostile local gets bonked
The big boat and its wake
The big boat and its wake
Reef and traffic on the face
Reef and traffic on the face
The menu: tap to drop in
The menu: tap to drop in

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