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[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

[/p][p]What’s going on?

Welcome to Future Radical! That’s right, San Vanners, it’s skate.’s Season 2, live and ready to shred.

We released the Season 2 blog last week, with all the details coming in Future Radical, but if you need a refresher, check it out here. [/p][p][/p][p]We’re keeping this week’s grind short because today is our Season 2 release. We’ll have a list of new Known Issues (based on your feedback and shared bugs/issues) next week. 
[/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3][p][/p]

• [p]Update 0.29.1 Patch Notes (that was yesterday)[/p]
• [p]The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]Season 2 Launches[/p]
• [p]Charitable Giving 2025 Blog[/p]

[p][/p][p]Coming Up: [/p]

• [p]Winter Roll-stice[/p]
• [p]Winter Snowglobe Sweeps[/p]
• [p]??[/p]
• [p]Update 0.29.5[/p]

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Since 2020, we’ve worked with 25 different skateboarding charitable organizations to help support and continue growing skateboarding globally. Check out the blog for more details and how you can contribute - and get some in-game gear.




More content from the skate. community![/p][p]
As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel.




M-Corp building sesh with Stzy and friends, Credit: Stzy


When everyone hits the pier, it’s a party, Credit: beefparcel


Hippy flip from SoulReaper, Credit: SoulReaper5844



The Sequence, Credit: Aldonist


Livingston’s mind is blown, Credit: Flote



Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. [/p][p][/p][p]Since we just dropped the Patch Notes and Known Issues for Update 0.29.1, we’ve linked them here for you to review, and make sure if you experience any bugs, issues, or have some feedback on Season 2, drop it in our forums (bugs & issues) or hit up the official Discord.[/p]

[p]Welcome to the 0.29.1 patch notes![/p][p]The maintenance period for this patch begins on December 2, 8:55 a.m. PST, and includes bug fixes, new features, gameplay improvements, and more. Originally, this patch was going to release as 0.29.0, but we had the ability to add a few more bug fixes to address crashing issues and stuttering for the Replay Editor, so it will now be released as the new and improved patch 0.29.1.[/p][p]Building skate. with the community means listening, learning, and being transparent about how we balance fixing issues and testing our systems with improving the game and adding new content. Thank you for joining us on this journey. If you haven’t yet, take a look at our Season 2 article to discover the new skateable locations, brands, soundtrack additions, and skate.Pass coming to skate. this season.

BUG FIXES[/p]

• [p]Fixed various stability and performance issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Extravert Shop menu malfunctioned after purchasing Tix.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Crew Challenges and You mission would sometimes not be marked as completed.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where co-op challenges failed to start for some party members.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where party members were unable to leave a co-op Challenge after it began.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the level-up icon failed to display when expected. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Replay Editor captured stuttering when exporting. [/p]
• [p]Fixed issue where exported replays on console were in slow motion.[/p]
• [p]Fixed two visual bugs that occurred after purchasing Product Boxes with Rip Chips.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Rip Score level-up animation would accidentally repeat when buying Product boxes or unlocking skate.Pass. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where a goal in the Single Bridge Gap challenge would reset upon completion. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where some of the Challenge requirements were missing from the Challenge’s description. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where exiting out of a Replay Editor draft after trimming a video would reset the trim. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Rip Score was missing from the info panel in skate.Pass. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where your skater would be invisible after joining a friend’s party on another server. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where cumulative challenge goals would sometimes not increase as intended.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the HUD disappeared after starting a challenge, requiring a client restart.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where, after purchasing Tix, there was no redemption page and skate.Pass only displayed your skater.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where purchasing items that increased Rip Score would display an incorrect score on the redeeming screen.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the skater could become soft-locked after switching to the Party tab from a not in-game or offline friend.[/p]
• [p]Fixed inconsistent anchor threading and torpedo duration behavior in the Thread the Anchor challenge.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the game would crash during mission progression and after completing the tutorial.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the San Van Bucks amount was not displayed on the item preview page after accessing a Market Miles product box.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where challenge completion would not register after taking a long time to finish the challenge.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where in-game settings would revert to default between gaming sessions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where users lost San Van Bucks while redeeming skate.Pass content and received unwanted items.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where users who did not claim rewards for completing all Tasks before the rollover were not granted Rip Chips[/p]

[h3]NEW SETTINGS[/h3]

• [p]Compass on HUD:  You can now hide the Compass (How to find it: Settings > General > Interface). [/p]
• [p]Hold Fakie Push: Allows you to hold fakie even after pushing (How to find it: Settings > Gameplay > Controls).  [/p]
• [p]Grind Lean Exit:  You can now turn this setting off  to make getting deep and stylish grind leans easier without accidentally leaving the grind (How to find it: Settings > Gameplay > Trick Toggles).  [/p]
• [p]Maximum Pump Strength:  Lets you control the maximum speed gained from pumping (How to find it: Settings > Gameplay > Assists).[/p]

[h3]GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• [p]Expanded Drop-In Functionality[/p]
  • [p]Drop-Ins now work in more situations, even on tall vertical walls.[/p]
  • [p]Transitions from Drop-In to air now look and feel better.[/p]
• [p]Visual Improvements to the World and your skater’s eye shape and skin complexion have been made.[/p]
• [p]50 new pedestrian types now roam San Van.[/p]
• [p]3D Audio Support for the PlayStation 5 has been added.[/p]
• [p]Access to the Social Menu has been moved from a tile in the main hub to the main hub’s top navigation bar.[/p]
• [p]Hold timing and its animation are now consistent on all D-Pad actions.[/p]
• [p]The player's Audio Volume settings will be reset to default values at the beginning of this season.[/p]
  • [p]Developer’s Note: This reset allows for easier boosting of music volume through the Toolbar.[/p]

[h3]NEW ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES[/h3]

• [p]Additional accessibility features have been added to support Party Voice Chat.[/p]
  • [p]Menu Narration now instructs players on how to activate Party Voice Chat.[/p]
  • [p]Communication Wheels statements are read aloud to party members while Text-To-Speech (TTS) is activated. [/p]
  • [p]Voice chat is translated into text on screen while Speech-To-Text (STTT) is activated.[/p]

[h3]NEW FEATURES[/h3][p]Co-op Mode: Own the Lot[/p][p]Own the Lot pushes up to four players to complete as many reqs as possible while racing against the clock. Team up with friends to take on shared challenges of scaling difficulty and own the streets of San Van together, earning Tix in the process.[/p][p]Own the Lot also includes special season-long Tasks that grant rewards. For more information about Own the Lot, visit our Season 2 article.[/p][p]Developer Note: Own the Lot is tuned for party play. We don’t recommend trying to complete these challenges on your own, and in fact, it will be quite difficult to do as a solo player.[/p][p]Flip Tricks[/p]

• [p]Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Front Foot Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Nollie Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Nollie Back Foot Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]All Impossible Flips can also be performed as Held, Late, and from Grinds and Manuals[/p]

[p]Handplant Tricks[/p]

• [p]14 New Handplant Variants have been added, making for 16 total.[/p]
• [p]Handplants, including One-Foot, No-Foot, and Tweaked Handplants can also be performed in Fakie stance.[/p]
• [p]Handplants can now be held for different durations based on how long you hold the input.[/p]
• [p]Multiple Handplant variants can now be chained back-to-back within the same plant.[/p]

[p]Developer’s Note: When it comes to Flip Tricks, proper Impossibles have been a common request. So, we've not only added new gestures and animations for base Impossible Flips, but also, new variations like Nollies and Front-Foots to give you more options. On the vert skating side, we've also revamped Handplants to feel better, give more control, and fill out all the missing trick variants we didn't get to at Early Access launch. We’re looking forward to seeing these new additions show up in clips, expand your options for lines, and provide more variation for challenges. We are always looking for ways to enhance the experience and give as much control over your skater and experience as possible. Darkslides and more will be coming in future seasons, but until then, we hope you enjoy these updates and look forward to your feedback so we can keep improving the skating experience.[/p][p]Challenges[/p][p]A bevy of Challenges spread across the Casper Hotel Rooftop, Road Tunnel, Building Roof Patio, and Canal Buildings, and the rest of San Van are powersliding into Season 2. We’ve made big improvements to how we deliver and refresh Seasonal Challenges based on community feedback—Seasonal Challenges will still drop each week, but we’ll also reset them twice over the season, giving you more opportunities to earn Tix. [/p][p]Each individual challenge won’t give quite as many Tix, but over the season you’ll be able to earn more than twice the Tix from Seasonal Challenges, not including the Tix you can also earn from the new Own the Lots. Plus, the amount of challenges dropping per week in Season 2 has been increased.  For a full breakdown of these changes, including how many more Tix you’ll earn each season, visit our Season 2 article.[/p][p]Missions[/p][p]Point of Impossibility will bring you underground on a hunt for the place where the Impossible was first landed in San Van. The Mission is unlocked after completion of Shingo's Secret Scoring Tips mission in Tour 2. Completing Point of Impossibility rewards you with 500 Tix and three new Props.[/p][p]Coping Inspector will take you to the rooftops for some Handplant practice at a handful of the newly added rooftop spots, and unlocks after completion of The Gift of Grab mission in Tour 3. Completing Coping Inspector rewards you with 500 Tix, the Coping Inspector title, and a Rooftop Fast Travel Point.[/p][p]Tasks[/p]

• [p]Rotation Changes:[/p]
  • [p]Weekly Tasks will last three weeks, giving you time to catch up on any missed Tasks.[/p]
  • [p]Seasonal Tasks are now Monthly Tasks.[/p]
  • [p]Developer’s Note: This change was made to Seasonal Tasks to inject more variety and rewards into your experience.[/p]
• [p]Auto-claim Task rewards[/p]
  • [p]Now, if you forget to manually claim your Task rewards, they will automatically appear within 24 hours of when the Task ended as a login message.[/p]

[p]New Character Customization Options[/p]

• [p]5 hair, 2 facial hair, and 3 eye shape customization options have been added to the character creator.[/p]

[p]Advanced Edit Mode For Replay Editor[/p]

• [p]An Advanced Edit Mode has been added to the Replay Editor with these additional options:[/p]
  • [p]Trim replay[/p]
  • [p]Add, edit, and navigate keyframes, interpolating between camera types and camera targets.[/p]
  • [p]Adjust camera type, target, field of view, tilt, roll, and framing for each keyframe.[/p]
  • [p]Export settings have been moved to the Advanced Edit Mode.[/p]

[p]Party Voice Chat[/p]

• [p]You can now activate Party Voice Chat from the Party Settings, and converse with their party members using a microphone.[/p]
• [p]Whomever is currently speaking will have their name displayed on screen with the appropriate mic status icons.[/p]
• [p]You can choose to mute individual party members and not hear their voice audio. This only affects you, not the rest of the party.[/p]

[p]Party Beacons[/p]

• [p]Party Up? is now available as a statement in the Communications Wheel. Using this statement drops a beacon in the world that other players can interact with to join your party.[/p]
• [p]Your beacon is automatically cleared when the party is full or if you join another party.[/p]

[p]skate.Pass[/p][p]Developer’s Note: Community conversations have made it clear that you want more ways to play, earn Tix, and express yourself through cosmetics. In Season 1 the skate.pass was designed to help you earn the items you wanted most. But we learned that many of you enjoy the feeling of completing the skate.Pass from start to finish.[/p][p]For Season 2, we’re aiming to support both approaches. We’ve tuned the amount of Tix required to unlock rewards pages on the skate.Pass. You will also find we added a bit more SVB for you to collect this time around. We’re also actively considering additional places where Tix can be exchanged outside the skate.Pass, such as at Extravert. All in all, the Season 2 skate.Pass will have tighter scaling to promote quicker progression through the earlier pages of the skate.Pass.[/p][p]Legacy skate.Pass[/p]

• [p]Legacy skate.Pass lets you keep progressing and claiming rewards from the premium pass you bought last season while the new season is live. Only your most recent previous premium skate.pass is eligible. Any progress you make from earning Tix will be applied to both your Season 1 Legacy skate.Pass and your Season 2 skate.Pass.[/p]

[p]News[/p]

• [p]Read up on what’s new in skate. News will display when you enter the game, or can be accessed at any time from the main menu. [/p]

[p]Vee[/p]

• [p]Reduced frequency and adjusted triggers for Gameplay Vee dialogue.[/p]

[p]Developer’s Note: We heard your feedback that Vee was commenting a bit too often during free skate. We’ve adjusted both the frequency and timing of Vee’s lines to create a quieter experience. And if you prefer to do your tricks in total silence, the option to fully mute Vee while free skating is still available.[/p][h3]SEASON 2 KNOWN ISSUES[/h3]

• [p]There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. This is separate from the exported video issue fixed in the 0.29.1 Patch Notes. [/p]
• [p]Stalled exported replay videos if going into the menus while recording.[/p]
• [p]Sometimes, putting the game on fullscreen and leaving it minimized for three or four minutes will prevent the player from re-opening it until the game is restarted.[/p]
• [p]Often the Team Up, Throw Down mission does not end until the player untracks and retracks the mission.[/p]
• [p]The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue.[/p]
• [p]When the player accepts an invitation, the invitation pop-up appears again and an error modal shows up.[/p]
• [p]During Stop, Quick Drop, and Roll Mission the fliptrick over cars criteria doesn't seem to track until after you complete all of the other criterias.[/p]
• [p]Often during the tutorial,  if you wipeout during the Ollie Course, Vee's line about being off board will loop infinitely. [/p]
  • [p]Workaround: Closing and re-launching the game.[/p]
• [p]The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close.[/p]
• [p]Rarely after teleporting to another player, the player will stop seeing traffic, pedestrians and other players.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, the Back button has no functionality, and the player cannot exit the Replay Editor.[/p]
• [p]The board stickers from the skate.pass don't appear on the board while the player is previewing them.[/p]
• [p]The speech-to-text feature does not transpose the words correctly.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party.[/p]
• [p]Title crashes when/if the players spam the changing tabs buttons in the SKATER menu.[/p]
• [p]Exported videos are longer than their displayed in-game length.[/p]
• [p]Character model stutters sometimes while performing tricks on a busy server.[/p]
• [p]After spending time in the Settings menu or after changing the graphics lighting setting, shadows and lighting in San Van becomes inconsistent.[/p]
• [p]Removing any socks or headwear and restarting skate. may cause previously equipped socks or headwear to be re-equipped.[/p]
• [p]Multiple settings sometimes revert to incorrect states when skate. is restarted.[/p]

[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

What’s going on?

The final week for the 7-Ply Maple Harvest Event. Check the blog if you missed any details - and don’t forget, the event Tasks run for the full event. So if you need to catch up, you have until next Tuesday!

Did you check out the sneak peek of Impossibles on Monday? If you missed it, check it out.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]
We’re keeping this week’s grind short because today is our Season 2 reveal. Check out the Season 2 blog (spoiler alert it’s a beast!) and trailer.[/p][p]
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[/p][p]Softlocks/Stuck Progression- ONGOING
Last week the team pushed out some back-end fixes to prevent further softlock occurrences, and are working to address those that are softlocked currently. [/p][p]
[/p][p]The work continues, and as we continue to make progress, we’ll keep you update on our official skate_status account on X. [/p][p]
[/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3]

• [p]The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]Season 2 Reveal (also today!) [/p]
• [p]7-Ply Maple Harvest Sweeps (multiple - we’re giving out 100 IRL Year 5 decks during 7-Ply Maple Harvest Event)[/p]
• [p]Sneak Peek at a new skateable area coming in S2 (Eelside Tunnels)[/p]

[p]Coming Up: [/p]

• [p]Update 0.29.1 Patch Notes[/p]
• [p]Season 2 / Update 0.29.1 [/p]
  • [p]After locking 0.29, the team was able to get a few more fixes in,  resulting in a new patch number - 0.29.1 (this includes all fixes and new content from 0.29.)[/p]

[p]
More content from the skate. community![/p][p]
As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. [/p][p]
The Skateway is great - and with friends, it’s twice as fun; Credit: Spent
[/p][p]Some people build sand castles in the sky, Burryaga and NDY and SK8N crews party on a floating coffin ring; Credit: Burryaga[/p][p][/p][p]Keepin’ it swaggy in Market Mile; Credit: ToSwaggy21
[/p][p]Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. (This is not an exhaustive list of all tracked issues.) [/p][p] [/p][h3]Recent Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Daily and Weekly Tasks not counting after reset.[/p]
  • [p]Additional fixes incoming. If you still experience issues after the Daily or Weekly Task reset, restart your game or wait 15 minutes[/p]
  • [p]Fix: Implemented on November 14[/p]

[h3]To Be Fixed in 0.29.1, Dec 2, 2025:[/h3]

• [p]Infinite Loading Issues[/p]
• [p]Co-Op challenges fail to start for some party members[/p]
• [p]Invisible party members when joining friends from another server[/p]
• [p]The replay editor often captures stuttering during export on console[/p]
• [p]User loses SVB while redeeming Skate Pass content and receives unwanted item[/p]
• [p]Softlock occurring after the Check Out the Extravert Skate Shop mission[/p]
• [p]The claim button is available after completing all the Seasonal Tasks, when no reward is intended[/p]
• [p]Unable to play Skate. due to a "connection to EA Servers" error[/p]
• [p]Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Known Issues Still Being Investigated:[/h3][p]We’ll be sharing updated Known Issues next week with the 0.29.1 Patch Notes & Known Issues[/p]

• [p]Stuck on Isle of Grom[/p]
  • [p]We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our mega thread.[/p]

[p]Welcome to skate.’s Season 2, starting Dec 2, 2025, and running until March 3, 2026!

Before we dive into Season 2’s details, a quick reminder of what you can expect each Season in San Vansterdam: [/p]

• [p]New skateable areas[/p]
• [p]New Challenges and Tasks[/p]
• [p]Seasonal events[/p]
• [p]New tricks and Skatepedia updates[/p]
• [p]New Brand partners[/p]
• [p]Additional cosmetics and customization[/p]
• [p]New tracks to the soundtrack[/p]
• [p]A new skate.Pass (with improvements and tuning)[/p]
• [p]Bug fixes and quality of life improvements[/p]

[p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]With Season 2: Future Radical, we're heading back to the 80s - a time of neon lights, arcade machines, and punk vs. pop. And what better way to experience the vibe of this decade than with your friends? With a new co-op mode and party voice chat, it's never been easier to play together. Plus, there are new skateable areas, our first improvements to the Replay Editor, new and improved tricks, our second World/Visual pass, our first character visual pass, and more.[/p][p]Hit the new rooftop areas we’re dropping in Season 2.

We’ve dug deep into the San Van bedrock to open up the Eelside Tunnels.[/p][h2]
What is in Season 2?[/h2][p][/p][p]'Tis the Season to throw down with friends, and San Van is better with your pals; that’s where the new co-op mode and Party voice chat really shine. Additionally, the city will undergo a makeover, featuring new, updated skateable areas that will remain after Season 2: the Casper Hotel Rooftop, Eelside Tunnel, Museum of Natural History Roof Patio, and Canal Building, as well as our first improvements to the Replay Editor, new and improved tricks, our second World/Visual pass and our first character visual pass, and more.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Features and Improvements[/h2][p][/p][p]Every season, we update the city, but with Season 2, we’re bringing our second World visual pass, our first Character pass, and Pedestrian improvements. We’re also introducing three new hairstyles and two new facial hair options, and expanding the 'what-to-do' in San Van by adding new Challenges and Missions. Quick note: No, your hearing isn’t going, but we did reset Audio Volume settings to default at the beginning of this season to allow easier boosting of music volume through the Toolbar.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Mode for skate.[/h2][p]
Welcome to Own the Lot. Inspired by a classic from the series, skate.’s OTL pushes players to complete as many Reqs as possible within a set time limit. To knock out all the Reqs, make sure you collaborate and communicate with your party. This mode is all about teaming up with friends, taking on shared challenges, and owning the streets together.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]You’ll be able to have groups of 1-4, but it’s definitely intended for at least two players, working to complete as many Reqs as possible within the time limit you set (2-5 minutes). The more Reqs you complete before the time expires, the higher your reward tier. [/p][p]The reward tiers are as follows:[/p]

• [p]Nailed It: Complete five or more Reqs - Reward: 20 Tix[/p]
• [p]Owned It: Complete 10 or more Reqs - Reward: 30 Tix[/p]
• [p]Crushed It: Complete 15 or more Reqs - Reward: 40 Tix [/p]
• [p]Killed It: Complete 25 or more Reqs - Reward: 55 Tix[/p]
• [p]Shut it Down: Complete 40 or more Reqs - Reward: 70 Tix[/p]

[p]Rewards stack, so if you hit 'Killed It' on your first try, you’ll receive the rewards for 'Killed It' and all tiers below it that you haven’t claimed yet.[/p][p]Just a heads-up, the party scaling/difficulty can be intense. Once you reach Shut it Down, you definitely want a complete 4-person party so you can earn the best rewards.  [/p][p][/p][h2]Party Voice Chat and Party Beacons[/h2][p]
It ain’t a party without Party Voice Chat, and we’re bringing it to San Van. Check out the FAQ dropping on December 3 on Party VC for instructions on setting it up, using the features, and more. Plus, we’re introducing accessibility features for Party VC, including Menu Narration, Text-to-Speech, and Speech-to-Text-to-Text. We have even more party voice chat enhancements in the works to keep the good vibes rolling all season long.[/p][p]We’re also adding Party Beacons via the Comms Wheel to let you drop a beacon in the world to make it easier to signal for and join parties. Once you’ve joined a party, your beacon will clear, and the Party Beacon will clear when the party is full. [/p][p][/p][h2]New & Improved Tricks[/h2][p][/p][p]Season 2 is bringing Impossibles (for the first time in a Skate game), as well as Improved and Expanded Handplants to San Van. Adding these to your repertoire will make you stand out in San Van, so make sure to check the Skatepedia update for details on how to throw them down in a sesh. [/p][p]New Flip Tricks[/p]

• [p]Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Front Foot Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Nollie Impossible Flips[/p]
• [p]Nollie Back Foot Impossible Flips[/p]

[p]All Impossible Flips can also be performed as Held, Late, and from Grinds and Manuals

[/p][p]New Handplant Tricks[/p]

• [p]Expanding from 2 to 16 total Handplant Variants[/p]
• [p]Handplants, including One-Foot, No-Foot, and Tweaked Handplants, can also be performed Fakie[/p]
• [p]Handplants can now be held for different durations based on how long you hold the input[/p]
• [p]Multiple Handplant variants can now be chained back-to-back within the same plant[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Replay Editor[/h2][p]Our first improvements for the Replay Editor will add an Advanced Editor Mode. This will bring enhanced trimming, keyframes, interpolating between camera types & camera targets, and framing options like roll, tilt, and offset. And we’re not done yet, with even more replay upgrades on the way to level up your clips even further.[/p][p][/p][p]Dive in. We can’t wait to see the content you create with the new replay editor features, so share it with us on social and community channels, or drop your videos on skate.REEL for a chance to be featured on our carousel.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Settings[/h2]

• [p]Hold Fakie Push: If you already liked the hold fakie setting, you’re going to love holding it even after pushing. (How to find it: Settings > Gameplay > Controls)[/p]
• [p]Grind Lean Exit:  You can now optionally turn these off to make it easier to get some deep and stylish grind leans without accidentally leaving the grind (How to find it: Settings > Gameplay > Trick Toggles)[/p]
• [p]Maximum Pump Strength: Allows you to control the maximum speed gained from pumping via the Assists menu. Go to Settings > Gameplay > Assists[/p]
• [p]Compass on HUD:  You can now hide the Compass by going to Settings > General > Interface[/p]

[p]Gameplay Improvements[/p]

• [p]Expanded Drop-In Functionality[/p]
  • [p]Drop-Ins now work in more situations. Even very tall vertical walls.[/p]
  • [p]Transitions from Drop-In to air now look and feel better.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Challenges and Tasks[/h2][p]Monthly seasonal events aren’t the only thing to do during Season 2. We’ll have 40 new and returning Challenges, as well as Tasks – Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Event tasks. Seasonal progression and the skate.Pass are being updated for a longer season, giving players more ways to earn rewards through rotating Challenges, new Monthly Tasks (with Monthly completion rewards), and Own the Lot Challenges and Tasks. Rewards are being tuned to reflect the increased number of ways to earn them.[/p]

• [p]Daily (4/day) - a list of Tasks that update daily.[/p]
• [p]Weekly (6/week) - a new list of Tasks each week, that last 3 weeks.[/p]
• [p]Monthly (10/month) - larger list of Tasks that last 4-5 weeks.[/p]
• [p]Event (6-10/Week during the Event) - list of new Event-themed Tasks weekly, that reward a specific Event currency. These last until the end of the Event.[/p]
• [p]Own the Lot (4/Season) - Tasks specific to the new Own the Lot challenge type, that last the entire season.[/p]

[p]We heard your feedback on the lack of new challenges each week for Season 1, and we’re changing how they’re delivered. We’ll still have Seasonal Challenges dropping every week, but we’ll also reset them twice over the Season, giving you more chances (roughly 4x as many as Season 1!) to earn Tix. Each individual challenge won’t provide quite as many Tix, but over the season, you’ll be able to earn more than twice the Tix from Seasonal Challenges, not including the Tix you can also gain from the new Own the Lots.[/p][p][/p][h3]Seasonal Challenges Tuning Details

[/h3][p][/p][p]TL;DR More Challenges per week, which refresh twice over the season, meaning more to do and more than double the overall amount of Tix to earn from Challenges. [/p][p][/p][h2]skate.Pass for Season 2[/h2][p]
Quick reminder on the skate.Pass: The skate.Pass has two tracks - the Standard (free) and Premium track - where you earn currency called “Tix” each season to exchange for  items from the skate.Pass, which you can get via: [/p]

• [p]Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Tasks (including completion bonuses)[/p]
• [p]Seasonal Challenges[/p]
• [p]Own The Lot Tasks and Challenges[/p]
• [p]Daily grants (Premium skate.Pass only)[/p]
• [p]Exchange for San Van Bucks[/p]

[p]Don’t forget, having the Premium skate.Pass in Season 1 allows you to continue earning progress for the Season 1 pass during Season 2.  [/p][p]As noted in our Dev Update in November, we’ve been tuning the skate.Pass and seasons based on community feedback, and as a reminder, here are some of the things we’ve worked on for Season 2:[/p]

• [p]We've tweaked skate.Pass so it will be less of a grind to complete and there’s more to do, with around 100 tiers per season.[/p]
  • [p]There’s also a discounted pair of pants (only 1 Tix!) in the skate.Pass.[/p]
• [p]We’ve increased the amount of SVBs granted through the combined Standard (Free) and Premium tracks of the skate.Pass to 500 SVB total.[/p]
• [p]Having a surplus of event currency after Skate-o-Ween was an issue, and we tuned our event economy for 7-Ply Maple Harvest. Those changes will be introduced to the Season 2 events, with further improvements to follow through Early Access.[/p]

[p]skate.Pass Premium can only be obtained from the in-game store during the seasons in which they are released. You’ll always be able to complete the Standard (Free) track without having to purchase the skate.Pass, but you’ll need to upgrade to the Premium track for 1000 SVB to get access to the Premium items, and you’ll be able to continue progressing and unlock rewards for up to one additional Season. Once the following Season ends, you can’t complete progression against the legacy skate.Pass. [/p][p]Now that we’re in Season 2, Founder’s packs have been retired, and the Welcome packs are available via the skate.Shop or in-game, as well as a new Starter Pack. [/p][p]ICYMI:  SVB purchases on the skate.Shop gives you 10% extra SVB.* For EA Play subscribers, you can also get 10% off any purchase on the skate.Shop, including add-on content packs and SVB purchases.[/p][p]*Bonus based on the cost of the same bundle when purchased in the in-game store.[/p][h2]
So what are the rewards in Season 2?[/h2][p]
Season 2 gets us more into the swing of a regular-length season. You’ll have 100 tiers to work through (40 Standard and 60 Premium) to earn 35 free cosmetic items and 5 tiers of SVB on the Standard track, and 57 cosmetic items and 3 tiers of SVB on the Premium track, bringing your total rewards for both the Standard and Premium track (combined) to 92 cosmetic items and 8 tiers of SVB (up to 500 SVB total when you complete progression), including board items (like decks, stickers, trucks, griptape, and wheels), character items (like clothing, shoes, costumes, hats), gestures, as well as profile items like banners and avatars, with tiers ranging from Uncommon and Rare to  Legendary or Epic.  [/p][p]
What are some of the cosmetics?

New customization includes kneepads, shirts, shorts, and socks. [/p][p][/p][p]New hairstyles, accessories, decks, shirts, and pants.[/p][p][/p][p]The skate.Pass Premium track also has a Premium reward, and this season we’re bringing Reginald, the Ratty Patty mascot.[/p][p][/p][p]Every season, we’re bringing new brand partners, and we’re stoked to bring OJ, Ricta, Sci-Fi Fantasy, and adidas to San Van in Season 2.[/p][p][/p][p]This is just a peek at some of the cosmetics you can get through Season 2’s skate.Pass Standard Track and Premium track, but that’s not all we’re bringing to San Van for Season 2. Music is life, and we’ll be updating the soundtrack by bringing 25 new songs into the rotation to jam out via Grabster in-game.[/p]

1. [p]Public Enemy - Public Enemy No. 1[/p]
2. [p]Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down[/p]
3. [p]Motörhead - Overkill[/p]
4. [p]Killing Joke - Eighties[/p]
5. [p]The Bombay Royale - Monkey Fight Snake[/p]

[p]We’ll be dropping the complete list of new music coming to San Van next week, so stay tuned.[/p][p]And, of course, we’ve got 2 Seasonal events! [/p][p][/p][h2]Events[/h2][p][/p][h3]Winter Roll-stice[/h3][p][/p][p]San Van is going through an extended period of unseasonably warm weather this winter, and there’s nothing better than grabbing your board and hitting the streets to keep away the winter blues. The SVCC decided to turn the shortest day of the year into a community skate event, and the days leading up to it would be a celebration of skateboarding year-round. [/p][p][/p][h3]Spring Pop-Off[/h3][p][/p][p]Spring Pop-Off is the celebration of Spring and an opportunity to make as much noise as possible to drive out the geese, however you can: slamming into metal obstacles, firecracker’ing down every stair set you can find, and of course, the fireworks going off when the SVCC finds another forgotten stash to light up. [/p][p][/p][p]The Season 2 events will both have community park updates to celebrate, with themed cosmetics you can earn from participating in the events and earning event currency, and some you can grab from the Extravert Shop in-game. Winter Roll-stice runs from December 16th to January 13th, 2026, and Spring Pop-Off will be making noise from February 10th to March 3rd.[/p][p]As you complete the in-game seasonal events, you’ll earn event currency to exchange for special Event cosmetics in-game. As a reminder, based on community feedback from Season 1, we’ve been refining and tuning the events. Please check out the event blogs before the events go live in-game, jump in, and share your thoughts with us.[/p][p]
Welcome to the Future Radical in San Van, and welcome to Season 2.[/p][p]
Let’s roll,[/p][p]
The skate. Team[/p][p][/p]

[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

[/p][p]What’s going on?
Our second event for Season 1 starts today - the 7-Ply Maple Harvest Event. Check the blog for info on this 2 week event to close out Season 1.

We did tune the event based on community feedback, with more tuning coming in Season 2. Let us know what you think.[/p][p]
REMINDER: Free Gift and Dev Blog[/p][p]Make sure you login before December 2 to claim the 2000 Tix and 500 SVB we’ve granted to everyone.
For details on the blog, check here. Make sure to spend those Tix before the end of Season 1 in the skate.Pass.

[/p][p]And don’t forget to grab the two free decks - Santa Cruz and Creature - we dropped in the store! You’ll have until Nov 25, 2025 9AM PT to grab them.

[/p][p]Softlocks/Stuck Progression- ONGOING
Last week the team pushed out some back-end fixes to prevent further softlock occurrences, and are working to address those that are softlocked currently. [/p][p]
[/p][p]The work continues, and as we continue to make progress, we’ll keep you update on our official skate_status account on X. [/p][p]
[/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3]

• [p]The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]First pass for Character Update coming in S2[/p]
• [p]7-Ply Maple Harvest Sweeps in Discord (multiple - we’re giving out 100 IRL Year 5 decks during 7-Ply Maple Harvest Event)
  [/p]

[p]Coming Up: [/p]

• [p]Season 2 Reveal[/p]
• [p]7-Ply Maple Harvest Sweeps[/p]

[p]
More content from the skate. community![/p][p]
As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. [/p][p]

[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]The elusive “Double Grind”, Credit: computerK


Getting ready for Improved Handplants coming in S2, Credit: samsamsamsam[/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Double trouble on the double rails, Credit: Ntv_56 and mad_bmf[/p][p][/p][p]The Brick House crew hanging out post-shred session, credit: Barabbasiii[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]The Floor is Lava, Credit: oGEE

Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. (This is not an exhaustive list of all tracked issues.) [/p][p]
[/p][h3]Recent Fixes[/h3][p][/p]

• [p]Hedgemont community park fused with the Skate-o-Ween park.[/p]
  • [p]Fix: Implemented on November 12.[/p]

[p]
[/p][h3]To Be Fixed in the Coming Weeks:
[/h3]

• [p]Co-Op challenges fail to start for some party members.[/p]
• [p]Invisible party members when joining friends from another server.[/p]
  • [p]Workaround (not 100%): After the transition, any of the 2 party members would have to teleport to the other party member so they could see one another.[/p]
• [p]The replay editor often captures stuttering during export on console.[/p]
  • [p]Fix: This is fixed in 0.29. [/p]
• [p]User loses SVB while redeeming Skate Pass content and receives unwanted item[/p]
  • [p]Next Steps: A fix for this issue is currently in the works. In the meantime, if you are running into this issue, please send us a photo of the faulty purchase on our forums and we’ll assist you.[/p]
• [p]Softlock occurring after the Check Out the Extravert Skate Shop mission[/p]
  • [p]Next Steps: We’re sorry you’re experiencing this softlock issue. While we work on a solution, please report it in this Mega Thread.[/p]
• [p]The claim button is available after completing all the Seasonal Tasks, when no reward is intended[/p]
• [p]Unable to play Skate. due to a "connection to EA Servers" error. [/p]
  • [p]Troubleshooting: Ensure that the VPN is disabled and check that the EA App is not in offline mode. For more troubleshooting help, refer to our Connectivity FAQ.[/p]
• [p]Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge.[/p]
  • [p]Workaround: Restart game.[/p]

[p]
[/p][h3]Known Issues Still Being Investigated:[/h3]

• [p]Softlock occurring after the Check Out the Extravert Skate Shop mission[/p]
  • [p]Next Steps: The team is working to get this addressed, and while we work on a solution, please report it in this Mega Thread.[/p]
• [p]The claim button is available after completing all the Seasonal Tasks, when no reward is intended[/p]
  • [p]The claim button being present after completing all Seasonal Tasks is an error. [/p]
  • [p]Fix: This visual bug will be fixed with 0.29.  [/p]
• [p]User loses SVB while redeeming Skate Pass content and receives unwanted item[/p]
  • [p]Next Steps: A fix for this issue is currently in the works. In the meantime, if you are running into this issue, please send us a photo of the faulty purchase on our forums and we’ll assist you.[/p]
• [p]Co-Op challenges fail to start for some party members[/p]
  • [p]We’re working on a solution and will keep you updated on our progress.[/p]
• [p]Stuck on Isle of Grom[/p]
  • [p]We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our mega thread.[/p]
• [p]Infinite Loading Issues[/p]
  • [p]We’re tracking an issue with players getting stuck in loading into San Vansterdam.[/p]
  • [p]Workaround: Make sure the game is updated (repair install, if possible). We’ve seen reports from players that loading will complete after a few minutes. [/p]
    • [p]EA App: Click … on game tile, select Repair[/p]
    • [p]Steam: Steam Library, right click game, Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity.[/p]
• [p]Invisible party members when joining friend from another server[/p]
  • [p]Workaround (not 100%): After the transition, any of the 2 party members would have to teleport to the other party member so they could see one another.[/p]

[p]Fix: Team is currently investigating a full fix.[/p]