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A run ends one of two ways. Either the tank ran dry, or the boat went over.

Fuel: cans float on the water ahead of you, and the gap between them grows every time. Sooner or later a gap is longer than your tank, so every run ends by itself. Upgrades are how you push that point further out.

Capsize: roll past your boat's tipping angle and stay there, or dunk the skipper's head while you're upside down, and that's the run. The Hull upgrade widens how far a boat can lean before it goes over.

Your propeller is out of the water. The revs climb the moment you press throttle, but the push only arrives when the prop actually bites. Over a crest, in the air or riding nose-high, it's spinning in thin air, and you'll hear the engine over-rev.

Let the stern settle back in, then open it up again. Upgrading the Propeller (its lane is called BITE) gives you more grip and a faster recovery after a landing.

Right thumb is Throttle, left thumb is Brake. On the water the brake slows you, then backs you up, and also tips the bow down. In the air, Throttle lifts the nose and Brake drops it. That's how you flip, and how you line up a landing.

You can't retreat down the course. A current builds behind the furthest point you've reached and pushes you forward again, and the warning shows when you back into it. It isn't a penalty, just a nudge to turn around.

With coins. You earn them from pickups, distance and every stunt you land, plus daily missions and the login streak. Every boat and every sea shows its price in the garage.

Yes. Wave Rider is free to download and play, and it's supported by ads. You can buy coin packs and a one-time Remove Ads, but every boat, sea and upgrade can also be earned with the coins from your runs.

Yes. Remove Ads is a one-time purchase that permanently turns off banner and interstitial ads. Rewarded ads, like doubling a run's coins or a second chance with half a tank, stay available, because you only see one if you tap to watch it.

Yes. Every boat, sea and run plays offline, and there's no account to make. You only need a connection for ads, rewarded-ad bonuses, purchases and leaderboards.

Yes. Wave Rider runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 15 or later, and on Android phones and tablets with Android 7.1 or later. The game plays in landscape.

No. Your coins, boats, seas, upgrades and best distances are saved on your device and there's no cloud save, so a new phone, a reinstall or clearing the game's data starts you fresh. Remove Ads comes back with Restore Purchases, and leaderboard scores and achievements follow your Google Play Games or Game Center account.

Tap Restore Purchases in Settings or at the bottom of the coin store, signed in to the App Store or Google Play account you bought with. It brings back Remove Ads. Coin packs turn into coins the moment you buy them, so they can't be restored.

First, tap Restore Purchases in Settings or in the coin store. If it still hasn't arrived, email us with your receipt and roughly when you bought it, and we'll sort it out. Refunds are handled by the store you bought from: reportaproblem.apple.com for iPhone and iPad, or your Google Play order history on Android.

There's no violence, no chat and nothing made by other players: a wipeout just sends the skipper into the water. The game does show ads and sell coins, so if a child plays on your device, turn on purchase approval in your parental controls (Ask to Buy on iPhone and iPad) and any purchase waits for your OK. The Privacy Policy explains how ads are handled for younger players.

Open Settings → Privacy Choices in the game to bring the consent form back and change your answers, where that form applies to your region. You can also reset or limit your advertising ID in your phone's settings. The Privacy Policy has the exact steps for iOS and Android.

SmartLifeUtils, a one-person studio in Slovenia, so every email reaches the person who builds the game. Writing about it or making a video? The press kit has the facts, the trailer, screenshots and the logo.