At the entrance to the course there is a lovely surf wave, which you can stay on all day long - hand surfs, paddle twirls the lot! The wave changes according to the flowrate and can go from green and glassy to fully broken. It is a lot more tricky when broken as you have to sit right on top of the pile but you can spin on it when it is like this (even in 'old' playboats such as a Kendo or Fly).

Below the wave is the first pool, which is a bit dull really!

After the first pool the 'river' goes under a bridge and drops round into the Happy Eater playspot. Despite all the stick the barrage gets for being shallow the Happy Eater is a superb playspot - it sidesurfs nicely, spins forever (if they set it up right) and can be blasted - all of which can be accompanied by rail grabs if desired! Short boats (Storms, Attacks etc.) will loop out of the hole. I (and loads of other people in our club) had my first ever roll here and it is a cool place to learn about playing in stoppers. It is so friendly it is possible to stand up in the front of a Topo Duo whilst in the hole and not fall in (there speaks the voice of experience - student rodeo 1998!).

Below Happy Eater the river narrows before dropping into the next pool - here lies the lovely "Cruncher". As it's name suggests this is one of those stoppers that you get one of your friends to play in first. When running it try paddling really slowly through the centre and see what happens. Ignore the fact that stoppers tend to have weak points at the edges! (Remember folks - never trust a guidebook!!). However, Cruncher can be friendly at times depending on where they put the blocks on the base of the course (it gets changed fairly regularly) so don't paddle straight past it.

The small, heart shaped pool below Cruncher is the aptly named Valentines. The whole course was rebuilt from here downwards a while ago in an attempt to make it better for playboating. It could have worked better but rumour has it that they haven't finished yet in their quest for a cartwheel spot. Again Valentines changes according to the course set up but it often has a nice wave hiding in there and it has even been known to give enders on occasions. When the course backs up however the stopper becomes quite uniform and can prove quite a sticky side surf!! (oops!)

Going down below the bridge you come to the Bottom Drop. This can vary from absolutely nothing to the most horrible, sticky, messy trashing spot known to man - all depending on tide levels. However if you hit it somewhere near 1.4 metres it becomes a dreamy playspot. It spins nicely and gives enders and retentive moves (occasionally of the upside down variety though!). As the tide comes up the hole gets smaller, turning into a tailie spot and eventually a lake!