In honor of the London 2012 Olympic Slalom Canoe competition, Google is celebrating with a new interactive Doodle. The search engine replaced its official logo on its homepage with its third interactive interactive doodle for the Olympics. Google users can navigate the canoe Doodle when they press the play icon on the image.

Users will then have to tap the left and right cursor buttons to steer the canoe along the snaking river course. Players have to get through all the gates to avoid penalties, while also watching out for obstacles, including rocks and frogs. The main skill users need is steering, which is only achieved through the two cursor buttons.

The first Slalom Canoe competition was held in 1932 in Switzerland. It was first held on flat water, and was originally modeled after the ski slalom. After being changed to the current white water rapids, it made its Olympic debut in the 1972 Games in Munich, Germany. However, Slalom Canoe didn’t become a permanent event until the 1992 Barcelona games.

The Slalom Canoe course is approximately 820 feet long. There can be up to 25 gates throughout the course, and failing to properly pass through one is a penalty, including two seconds for touching it, and 50 seconds for missing it altogether.

Written by: Karen Benardello