Every time I move my right stick upwards, I do an ollie. No flick.

I found a fix for me! Hopefully it can help others!

I almost gave up playing it. My problem sounds similar and I bought a second controller because I thought it was just a busted controller stick. I was diagnosing it with the "flick visualizer" on in the game. With the visualizer up, I would see the dot sit at the bottom left corner until I pushed any button or moved any stick. This meant that anytime I was off board the camera would spin in circles. Also in menu the character would always spin or the selection would constantly scroll. And also I couldn't nollie because any forward motion would cause a small ollie and the characters legs would spin to land crooked. I figured out that I could turn the right-stick-click button to a toggle switch so I could trick the game into thinking I am always holding a button. Right-stick-click was chosen because there were no in-game settings tied to it that I could find.

Anyway, here was my fix on PC:

1. Go to steam library
2. right-click on Skate.
3. select "properties"
4. select "controller"
5. At the top of the window there should be a link to "controller configurator", select it
6. select "edit layout"
7. select "joysticks"
8. Next to "right stick click" there should be a gear icon, select it
9. select "settings"
10. At the bottom of the list I have "toggle" selected and "interruptable" selected.
11. Done, close out of the pop-ups.
12. When you get in game, it will still spin. Click your right stick once and for me it permanently stops!