Surf's Way Up

Surf's Way Up is a Duel Minigame in Mario Party 8. It also appears in Test for the Best. Its name is a pun on the phrase "Surf's Up".

Introduction
The two players find themselves standing on jetboards, hovering over a short road-like expanse. When they reach the end of the expanse, the players are surfing openly through outer space. In the background, Earth can be seen.

Gameplay
Their goal is to colored circular point goals with different point values, and whoever has the most points at the end wins. However, the player must watch out for the Bowser goals with his emblem shown on them, or else their score will instantly drop to zero.

Ending
The winning player will perform their victory pose, and launch far ahead of the losing player on their jetboard and out of sight as the losing player sulks on their jetboard behind them. If the game is tied, both players will do their losing animations.

Test for the Best
This minigame appears in Test for the Best. The player plays alone in this minigame and his or her objective is to go through as much circular point goals as possible, avoiding the Bowser goals, to earn as much points as possible.

The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

In-game text

 * Rules – "Steer your space sled through the point goals to rack up the highest score."
 * Hint – "Avoid the Bowser goals. If you pass through one, your score will drop to zero!"

Trivia

 * This minigame is similar to Target Tag from Mario Party 7, except that there are only two players instead of four.