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[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

What’s going on?

This is a Winter break Weekly Grind, so we’re going to focus on the in-game event, Winter Roll-stice and community content.

Don’t forget to check out the Winter Roll-stice mini-blog for details, jump into the game, and collect your Snowflakes to get some Winter Roll-stice gear. [/p][p][/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3][p]
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• [p]A special holiday/community Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]Winter Roll-stice Week 2 starts! (that’s also today!)[/p]
• [p]Winter Snowglobe Sweeps (started on Friday, Dec 19, 2025 in the official skate. Discord, running until Jan 4, 2026)[/p]
• [p]???? - Did you find all the collectible Quick Drop items? Get blasted by an activated fire hydrant? Teleport through the sewers via manhole covers marked with a turtle? Hit an air conditioner unit and go flying high? Pop up a grate and make a DIY-style kicker? [/p]
• [p]Don’t forget to check the in-game store on Dec 25 and Dec 30! [/p]

• [p]Winter break[/p]
  • [p]The team will be spending time with family and friends during the winter holiday season and recharging to get ready for 2026. We wish you all happy holidays, a safe and happy New Year, and the steeziest of lines when in San Van. We’ll be back the week of Jan 5, 2026. Once we've gathered the data, we'll work on an updated Known Issues as we look towards the next client update.  [/p]

[p]Reminder: Check out the blog for more details and how you can contribute to these skateboarding [/p][p]charitable organizations to help support and continue growing skateboarding globally - and get some in-game gear. [/p][p][/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]
Check out the House of Rolling Reverence’s upstairs loft! Credit: Fad


The best way to wash your trucks and wheels, Credit: Pyrate[/p][p][/p][p]I’ll take what’s behind door number…. 1? Credit: Hongry


Santa’s got some steeze! Credit: Faux




New Trick: Hippy Hydrant, Credit: The Mosh Dude


[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Impossible on the interactive grate, Credit: DeJay[/p][p][/p][p]Getting ready for New Year’s with the yeti in Gullcrest, Credit: elijaholics

[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Around and around we go, Credit: sallymander

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Stay safe, stay hydrated, and we’ll see you in 2026!








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[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

[/p][p]What’s going on?

[/p][p]Yesterday we dropped Update 0.29.5 (patch notes here), and today we’re kicking off Winter Roll-stice, our four-week winter event in San Vansterdam.

Even in the unusually sunny city of San Van, it’s always cool to chill out in winter, so check out the Winter Roll-stice mini-blog for details, jump into the game, and collect your Snowflakes to get some Winter Roll-stice gear. [/p][p]

On Tuesday, Dec 9, San Vanners saw two bundles in the in-game store: our new adidas bundle and the return of The Grim Reaper. You may have noticed that both bundles show a discounted price. The discounted value is based on the SVB cost of the individual items versus the bundled price/total value of the set. [/p][p]
For the discounted adidas bundle, available for purchase last week in the in-game store, the bundled items will be rotating individually through the store. For The Grim Reaper, this means: yes, we've heard feedback about unbundling bundles to give you more choice, and that is coming in the future. As we approach the release of the next store update, we'll share more details with you.[/p][p][/p][p]We recognize that this was confusing, and we'll continue to work on improving our proactive communications to prevent similar situations from occurring.

[/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3][p][/p]

• [p]Winter Roll-stice Details (Monday)[/p]
• [p]The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]Winter Roll-stice starts! (that’s also today!)[/p]
• [p]Winter Snowglobe Sweeps (kicking off Friday, Dec 19, 2025 in the official skate. Discord)[/p]

[p][/p][p]Coming Up: [/p]

• [p]Winter break[/p]
  • [p]The team will be spending time with family and friends during the winter holiday season and recharging to get ready for 2026. Therefore, The Weekly Grind will be paused until the week of January 5, 2026. We wish you all happy holidays, a safe and happy New Year, and the steeziest of lines when in San Van.[/p]

[p]
[/p][p]Reminder: Check out the blog for more details and how you can contribute to these skateboarding [/p][p]charitable organizations to help support and continue growing skateboarding globally - and get some in-game gear.[/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]
Tight-rope grinder, Credit: Miquid


[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Spread that buttah, Credit: Dylan


Those rooftops aren’t gonna shred themselves, Credit: Kailani[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Stairset too hard? Nah. Credit: Fitzy

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][h3]Recent Fixes:[/h3][p]
Full list of 0.29.5 patch notes.

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• [p]Fixed on December 15.[/p]
  • [p]Exported replay videos are sometimes stalled if navigating the menus while recording.[/p]
  • [p]The board stickers from the skate.pass don't appear on the board while the player is previewing them.[/p]
  • [p]Your skater 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 become 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]Fakie slappies cannot be performed.[/p]
  • [p]Skate-o-Ween iconography is accidentally displayed for Own the Lot.[/p]
  • [p]Stuck in replay after completing a Mission.[/p]
  • [p]Players experienced a black screen with no loading icon during gameplay.[/p]
  • [p]Skater skin tone is desaturated for many colours/options.[/p]
  • [p]Skate. crashes when equipping and moving around with the Grim Reaper costume.[/p]

[p]


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

• [p]Players are unable to progress through tutorial challenges while subtitles are turned off.[/p]
  • [p]Workaround: Use the Accessibility Settings via the title menu to turn subtitles on.[/p]
• [p]The player loses SVB while purchasing TIX and receives an unwanted item.[/p]
• [p]Completing standard Challenges incorrectly counts as though you completed a Winter Roll-Stice challenge.[/p]
• [p]Rarely after teleporting to another player, the player will stop seeing traffic, pedestrians and other players.[/p]
• [p]Players claiming missing Founders and Deluxe items.[/p]
• [p]Players gradually become invisible after a certain period of gameplay.[/p]
• [p]The score multiplier takes a lot longer to drain on a loaded game server than an empty one.[/p]
• [p]During the 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: Restarting skate. has been reported to fix this issue.[/p]
• [p]Exported videos are longer than their displayed in-game length.[/p]
• [p]There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. [/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 player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close.[/p]
• [p]The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue.[/p]
• [p]When logging out in a community park and logging again, the tasks won´t count.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party.[/p]
• [p]The speech-to-text feature does not transpose the words correctly.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, the Back button has no functionality, and the player cannot exit the Replay Editor.[/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]Skate away the shortest day of the year, but do it in San Vansterdam![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
Welcome to Winter Roll-stice Event, San Van’s first Season 2 event, running from Dec 16th  - Jan 13th. To ensure you can spend those Snowflakes before they melt, the in-game Winter Roll-stice store will be available until Jan 14, 2026.

[/p][p]San Van might be known for its reliably warm and sunny climate, but Winter feels so much more festive with some icy spots and snow machines - and the SVCC’s got you covered. They’ve commissioned all new Community Parks, Challenges, and more to celebrate the snowy season - even if it’s not actually snowing. They’ve even revived an old folk tale with the construction of “The Grippler’s Castle” in Gullcrest Village’s Community Park. [/p][p]
[/p][p]Winter Roll-stice runs for 4 weeks, and we’re updating all 3 ImpervaTek community parks with a frosty makeover.
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When you first log in, you’ll get some sweet wheels - no pun intended - to cruise around on. As you complete your Roll-stice Tasks and Winter Roll-stice Challenges, you’ll be earning Snowflakes - the winter-in-San Van-themed currency used to acquire Winter Roll-stice gear in the Extravert store.

We’ve also got Daily login Snowflakes rewards, so make sure to log in daily to grab those Snowflakes.



The Winter Roll-stice Challenges will reset midway through the event, after two weeks, giving you more chances to earn Snowflakes! New Tasks are sliding in, themed around the Winter Roll-stice and crafted to showcase special opportunities in each new Community Park! By completing all the Roll-stice Tasks, you'll unlock a special reward in the in-game shop at the end of the event.

Remember to claim your well-deserved prize!



Some of the cool cosmetics for Winter Roll-stice are comin’ in hot, take a peek.










We’re also adding a new type of Build Kit item themed for Winter Roll-stice, the bouncy Christmas tree, that can be obtained with Snowflakes in the second week of Winter Roll-stice, starting Dec 23, 2025.


We noticed everyone skating through the previous Event Challenges and Tasks right to the finish, and we don’t want to cut your time on the ice short! So, we’re extending the store an extra 24 hours after the Challenges and Tasks wrap up, giving you more time to glide in and spend your hard-earned Snowflakes.

Get in, get your Snowflakes, watch out for the yeti, bundle up, and grab some Winter Roll-stice gear. [/p][p][/p][p]See you in San Vansterdam,[/p][p]
[/p][p]The skate. Team[/p][p]

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[p]Welcome to the 0.29.5 patch notes! This patch goes live on December 15, and includes bug fixes for issues discovered after Season 2’s launch, and some gameplay improvements. 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 that arrived on December 2.[/p][h3]General Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Replaced the Peach Puree Cargoes cosmetic with the Brown Tie-Dye Jeans in the Down Low Product Box.[/p]

[h3]Gameplay Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Routine maintenance of San Van’s infrastructure has had some unexpected results. Liability details can be found on page seven of your ‘Welcome to the Rip Initiative’ introductory booklet.[/p]
• [p]Community Parks will now consist of natural wood tones to be more visually appealing.[/p]

[p]Developer’s Note: The aesthetic of Community Parks will change to natural wood tones on December 15. From December 16–January 14, the aesthetic will change again for Winter Rollstice, our holiday event. After the event concludes, Community Parks will revert back to their new default wood tones.[/p]

[h3]UI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]We’ve made an update to the UI of the Quick Drop menu, adding a new category called Interactive. This category is where items like the bouncy Quick Drop umbrella (previously located under the Props category) will be moving forward.[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed various stability and performance issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed skin rendering issues that could cause complexion and skin tone issues on certain graphics quality settings.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Fakie Slappies could not be performed. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Grind Assist setting would set itself to 100 after skate. was restarted. [/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues with incorrect or missing thumbnails. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where using the Low Preset setting would cause visual flickering on the screen. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Rip Card would have missing buttons depending on your settings. [/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues with visual effects for gestures.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where exported videos were laggy or in slow motion.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where your skater’s socks could be reset to the default cosmetic option.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues where timers in Challenges were not working as expected.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where other players could go invisible until you restarted the game.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple instances where your chosen game settings would revert back to their default after restarting the game.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where you could get a black screen after finishing a Challenge or returning to a session marker, then when teleported by a friend, you would end up under the map.[/p]

[p]Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

[/p][p]What’s going on?

[/p][p]Season 2 dropped last Tuesday, and the team is working through reports of bugs & issues (with 0.29.5 coming next week), as well as gearing up for the Winter Roll-stice event.

With Update 0.29.1, a Quick Drop glitch was patched that we’ve seen some feedback on - let’s be honest, some folks are upset it was addressed. To reiterate our stance on glitches, if they’re not game-breaking and don’t impact game performance, we’re not going after them. Trust us, we enjoy watching the videos of you having fun with some glitches. However, stability and game performance are critical, and if there’s a glitch that does impact those things, the team will work to remove it so a specific glitch doesn’t create issues that could negatively impact everyone else's in-game experience.

[/p][p]Two items we want to call out prior to the Update 0.29.5 Patch Notes coming on Friday are:[/p]

• [p]ImpervaTek parks (community parks) will be wood grain going forward. Note: during events like Winter Roll-stice, the parks will be themed for the event, but when the event ends, the parks will have the more natural wood grain. (We heard your feedback!) [/p]
• [p]After Update 0.29.1, we’ve seen a lot of feedback about significant skin tone changes in the character customization. This was not intended as part of the first character update and we’re fixing that with Update 0.29.5. [/p]

[p][/p][h3]Weekly Calendar[/h3]

• [p]The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)[/p]
• [p]Update 0.29.5 Patch Notes[/p]

[p][/p][p]Coming Up: [/p]

• [p]??[/p]
• [p]Winter Roll-stice Details[/p]
• [p]Update 0.29.5[/p]
• [p]Winter Roll-stice Kick-Off (Dec 16 - Jan 13)[/p]
• [p]Winter Snowglobe Sweeps[/p]

[p]
Reminder: Check out the blog for more details and how you can contribute to these skateboarding charitable organizations to help support and continue growing skateboarding globally - and get some in-game gear. [/p][p]

We’ve also got new items on skate.Shop - Founder’s Pack and Founder’s Deluxe is gone, but we do have the Welcome Pack, Welcome Pack Deluxe, and the Season 2 Starter Pack. (don’t forget - the bonus is only on the skate.Shop, not in-game)[/p][p]
It’s $5 USD, and you get the following:

[/p][p][/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][/p][p]If you build it, they will handplant, Credit: The Mosh Dude


[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Sometimes you catch a bus, sometimes it catches you, Credit: Suprblk2



Digital Sunset in Future Radical, Credit: computerOK


[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Impossible Kickflip - NOT impossible! Credit: who.is.lycan


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][h3]Recent Fixes:[/h3]

• [p]The "I'm Fine" gripe tape was updated in the Season 1 skate.Pass, causing it to look unowned for purchasers.[/p]
  • [p]Fix: Implemented on December 2.[/p]
• [p]Fixed on December 1.[/p]
  • [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]To Be Fixed in Update 0.29.5 (Monday):[/h3]

• [p]Stalled exported replay videos if going into the menus while recording.[/p]
• [p]The board stickers from the skate.pass don't appear on the board while the player is previewing them.[/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]Fakie slappies cannot be performed.[/p]
• [p]Skate-o-Ween iconography is accidentally displaying for Own the Lot.[/p]
• [p]Stuck in replay after mission completed.[/p]
• [p]Players experiencing a black screen with no loading icon during gameplay - unable to spawn correctly in San Van.[/p]
• [p]Skater skin tone is desaturated for many colours/options.[/p]

[p]

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

• [p]Rarely after teleporting to another player, the player will stop seeing traffic, pedestrians and other players.[/p]
• [p]Party VO quality sometimes being poor. [/p]
• [p]Players claiming missing Founders and Deluxe items.[/p]
• [p]Players gradually become invisible after a certain period of gameplay.[/p]
• [p]The score multiplier takes a lot longer to drain on a loaded game server than an empty one.[/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: Restarting skate. has been reported to fix this issue.[/p]
• [p]Exported videos are longer than their displayed in-game length.[/p]
• [p]There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. [/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 player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close.[/p]
• [p]The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue.[/p]
• [p]When logging out in a community park and logging again, the tasks won´t count.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party.[/p]
• [p]The speech-to-text feature does not transpose the words correctly.[/p]
• [p]Rarely, the Back button has no functionality, and the player cannot exit the Replay Editor.[/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]