Click and hold on the snowboarder with your mouse and wait for the light to turn green. At the green light, push the mouse up and release, launching the snowboarder through the tape and starting the clock. The better you launch the snowboarder through the tape, the faster the start of your run is.

You must pass each gate on the short side of the flag. Every gate you miss adds 5 seconds to your time.

Stay low, stay straight and turn through the gates as close to the flag as you can. The wider you turn, the slower you go!

Check the cool stat readouts in the upper right of the screen. The number on the left tells you how many gates out of 30 you have remaining. The number on the right tells you how many gates you missed.

Watch out for the ice patches! Or...you'll end up on your you-know-what!