Rewards: Clear Gem—destroy all 100 boxes. Unlocked: 5 relics.
Looks like it’s time for Coco to hop back on her jet-ski and ride the waves at sunset in these dangerous waters. To have any hope of success, you’ll need to navigate these narrow bomb-laden paths while avoiding nitro boxes.
As soon as you start this level, you see two boxes between some bombs. Ride through them, and after breaking the second box, you see two ramps. Veer toward the right ramp, avoiding the bomb in front of you. Use this ramp to jump and break the boxes in the air next to it.
After you land in the water, turn left and head down the narrowing path where you see a string of six bombs with a box between them. Carefully navigate your way through this irresponsible use of explosives as you smash the box. As the path narrows more, you must once again navigate around the bombs with little room to spare. When the pathway begins to open up, avoid the bomb on the right and use the ramp to jump and destroy the offending box. Be careful as you land here, as there’s a bomb nearby. Avoid it and move full speed ahead to the next ramp. Stay on the left side of this ramp as you jump it to smash the box. As long as you have enough speed or use a trick jump to angle away from the bomb just past the ramp, you should clear it easily.
Landing after using the last ramp, you see a group of three boxes ahead. Smash them all with ease, but use some caution—behind these boxes are a lot of bombs just waiting for a reckless jet-ski driver to set them off. Since you’re not reckless, keep moving forward while turning to the right. Up ahead is a small island with two ramps behind it facing in different directions. Next to the island are two bombs greedily guarding a box nestled between them. Thread the needle and destroy that box!
Now that you’re through that hazard, make a wide circle to the left to line up with the ramp facing away from the zone barriers in front of you. Jump this ramp and smash the boxes floating in the air. As you land, turn right, skirting the red zone wall, and head toward the island with the pillar of rocks. Stay left of the island, smash the checkpoint box, and barrel straight ahead to pass between the six bombs, smash few more boxes, and gain a little more breathing room.
Upon entering this area, keep the bomb to your right and smash the box, then turn to the right to line up for a sweet jump on the closest ramp. Jumping this ramp annihilates the floating box, but be careful of the moving bomb near the island. Circle the island and line up in front of the next ramp. This one is much more dangerous, since there are numerous bombs waiting for you in the landing area. Jumping the ramp at an angle and performing a trick jump can easily smash the boxes while keeping you out of harm’s way. Carefully circle the bombs and continue following the arrow to get back on course.
This next part can be tricky and dangerous, since there are a lot of moving bombs hampering your ability to smash a perfect line of boxes someone generously placed here for you to smash. Line up with the boxes and wait for the bombs to all line up in front of the boxes. Start moving out to the edges, then hit the gas! The boxes don’t stand a chance. Now veer slightly to the left and jump the ramp while holding left to trick-jump and smash the floating box while simultaneously avoiding the bomb underneath. Be ready to veer left quickly, however, to line up with the next ramp, where you need to hit yet another floating box while clearing the waiting bombs. Smash the box floating on the water and make your way toward the next ramp.
Another tricky jump lies ahead. There are two bombs in front of the ramp. Get as close to the one on the right as possible while still jumping the ramp. Smash the boxes floating in the air to the right of the floating nitro box. Avoid using a trick jump for this, as it can easily set off the nitro box, quickly ending your fun in the sun. As you land in the water, go between the bomb and the island, turning slightly to the left. Before you lie two sets of two bombs guarding boxes. Glide between these bombs, destroy the boxes, and get ready for a big jump on the ramp ahead. Hit the ramp head-on, and hit the box in the air. Your speed should easily carry you over the line of bombs floating underneath the box. Veer right to crush the checkpoint box, and prepare for the next area.
The path narrows considerably here, and there’s a ridiculous amount of bombs waiting to end your journey. On the bright side, there are lots of boxes filled with delicious fruit to smash as well. Avoid the first bomb and smash the two boxes. Make a tight turn to the right, avoiding two bombs and hitting a box along the way. Keep turning hard right, and destroy yet another group of boxes that line up perfectly with your turn. The path opens a bit here, but you must avoid the four moving bombs as you destroy a cluster of boxes in the middle of the path. After smashing the boxes, veer hard right toward the yellow zone wall, and circle left to line up with the first ramp.
Hitting this ramp straight is important, as it allows you to destroy the box without hitting the nitro box to the right of it. Angle your jump to avoid the waiting bombs while simultaneously lining up for the next ramp.
Hit this ramp and perform a trick jump while holding left. This smashes the two boxes in the air and gets you ready to start your approach for the next ramp.
The difficulty kicks up a notch here, so get ready to avoid certain annihilation! Move straight ahead, smashing the box and hitting the ramp in the middle. Don’t perform a trick jump here, or you’ll hit the two nitro boxes on either side of the box you do want to hit.
Straight ahead of you is a ludicrous amount of bombs surrounding a trio of boxes. As you approach, slow down and move into the boxes carefully. As you get close to destroying the third box, start turning left to avoid the sneaky bombs behind the boxes. You’re now free and clear to move at maximum speed toward the ramp in the distance.
As you close in on the ramp, angle your jet-ski so you’re facing the middle of the ramp. Hit the gas and sail on through the middle, avoiding all three nitro boxes and smashing the box floating in the air between them. You land in front of another ramp. Stay centered on it, and smash the next box in the air while avoiding the two nitro boxes. This takes you to yet another ramp that you must hit in the center to smash the next two boxes in the air.
The path narrows yet again, and the bombs become more numerous in this section. Avoid the bombs, smash the boxes, and turn to the right to hit the checkpoint box, which gives you some reprieve. Keep turning right, and you see five sets of bombs hugging boxes on an extremely narrow path. Deftly smash through these boxes, and the path opens up slightly.
Forge ahead and jump in the middle of the ramp to land between a bunch of bombs. Smash the box and angle right, avoiding the bombs on either side, then jump the next ramp in the center while performing a trick jump to ensure you hit both boxes floating in the air.
If you land straight, you should be in front of another ramp immediately. Hit this ramp and smash the box while trick-jumping to angle left and line up for the next ramp. This also helps you avoid the bomb underneath. Hit the next ramp, and as long as you’re centered, you can perform another trick jump, but this time to the right to crush both boxes and line up for the fifth ramp.
This ramp must be jumped in the center at considerable speed for you to hit all four boxes in the air. At the peak of your jump, tap to the right to do a trick jump so you’re lined up for the final ramp. Hit this ramp on the left side while performing a trick jump to the right. This hits all three boxes, including a metal box that detonates all of the nitro boxes on the board. If you don’t perform a trick jump to hit these, you’ll hit the wall of bombs behind the boxes.
Move ahead easily, avoiding the two bombs in your path toward the next ramp. Jump this ramp, smashing the box in the air and clearing the bombs underneath. You must circle back around to slowly move between the bombs hugging the pair of boxes just underneath the jump you made. If you try to land on them from the jump, you will fail.
After retrieving the goods from these boxes, follow the arrow to the next set of three ramps. Avoid the first ramp and stay on its right to smash the box in front of the second ramp. Jump this ramp in the center, and stay straight so you land in the middle of two lines of bombs and smash the box within. As you hit the last ramp, trick-jump to the left, avoiding the bombs below, and smash the last couple boxes as you make your way to the portal and claim the gem.
Time Trial
Time Requirements
Sapphire: 1:19:00
Gold: 0:53:50
Platinum: 0:36:30
Ski Crazed is a bit easier to get a great time on than some of the previous levels, and this is due to the large amount of time boxes available. As long as you destroy most of these boxes and avoid the bombs, you should easily get the gold relic. Make sure to hit ramps, as most of them have time boxes in the air near them.