The Weekly Grind - July 7, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? We’re 2 weeks away from X Games San Van, and we’ll be dropping details next week, so get ready! Our Fingerflips video contest is underway, so make sure to grab a 15-30 second clip featuring fingerflips and drop it on skate.REEL for a chance to win one of the last Year 5/seagull decks. Check here for the rules, requirements, etc. Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today!) New Weekly Tasks (also today!) The Stadium General Access* Starts (that’s today from July 7 - 21) Global Celebration (July 7-21; Extravert Store rotation starting today!) Fingerflips Video Contest is underway! *What is General Access for The Stadium? From July 7 - 21, 2026, get access to The Stadium via: skate.Premium Pass (unlimited access) 250 Rip Chips for a 24 hour Stadium Pass Coming Up The Weekly Grind Interviews Design a Deck UGC Contest (July 16-31 in Discord) Update 0.31.5 (July 21) X Games San Van (July 21 - Aug 25) What is the Global Celebration? From July 7 - 21, grab a collection of country-themed decks, backgrounds, and player cards with the new Global Celebration items in the Extravert Shop in-game. More content from the skate. community! We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. Rippin' it on the new Hedgemont park. Credit: SentientOoze Chillin' in Rolling Waves between sessions with a homie, Credit @azzie Just a couple of ... "dummies". Credit: @Bourbonshire Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Fixed: Replaced the Waterworks OTL with the Large Barge OTL on Grom to fix the objective tracking issues. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower. The image and price of some Bundles are failing to display in the Shop. AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash. Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate. Occasionally, players get a black screen when using fast travel, Session marker, or starting/completing challenges. Footplant to Body Flip transition causes immediate bail with Require Grab While Flipping enabled. Rip Score popup appears after entering or leaving Stadium or Isle of Grom. Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height. Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese. Daily and Mastery Task Sections Sometimes Display Blank Screen. Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining the server. Trick landing animations can appear inconsistent after performing a Boned Ollie. Flick-It Visualizer disappears after completing a challenge. Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching ledge from its end. Game freezes on the social spectate menu or while spectating. Friends list sometimes displays multiple entries of the same friend or none at all. Wallride detection often causes skater to flip unnaturally. Smith to Tailslide task often fails to register when done correctly.
skate. - Community-Raised Issues [Last Update: Jul 1]
What's this post all about? This post will be used to inform you on issues that the skate team are actively investigating or working on that have been raised by members of the skate community. By keeping an eye on this thread, you'll be able to see some of what the team is working on before a patch/update is made available to download. You may see a ❗Workaround or ❗Note from Dev below certain issues that give additional context to those listed. Wherever relevant, pages that add more context to a particular issue will be linked. How do I report a bug or issue? Here's a how-to guide on how to effectively report a bug on the EA Forums: skate. | How to report a bug Even if you're familiar with bug reporting, please consider checking the linked post. For account-related issues, please reach out to us via EA Help 🚧 INVESTIGATING 🚧 A significant number of people have reported this issue. The development team is currently investigating how it can be resolved. Please, provide as much information as possible. Gameplay | Wallride detection often causes skater to flip unnaturally. | Wallride detection is broken and overly sensitive 🆕Objectives | Various tricks are not being counted toward the Waterworks Own The Lot challenge despite being successfully performed within the highlighted area. | OTL Waterworks objectives won't count Players stuck | Multiple reports on players getting stuck/softlocked | Softlock Megathread Players stuck | Returning to session marker while "getting unstuck" can get the player stuck on a black loading screen | Infinite loading/black screen after returning to marker or completing challenges. Progression | Neighbourhood Progress reset & stuck at 0 / 0 | Neighbourhood Progress reset & stuck at 0 / 0 | EA Forums - 13261056 Replay Editor | Can't export videos in MP4 | Can’t export MP4 videos from replay editor. (PC) | EA Forums - 12986132 Tasks | Smith to Tailslide task often fails to register when done correctly. | Pro Mastery Challenge: Smith Grind to Tailslide not working Video Export | Some players are unable to export videos | Can't export MP4 videos from replay editor (PC) ❗Workaround: Exporting in WebM format functions correctly. ⏳ AWAITING UPDATE ⏳ A fix/adjustment has been made and will be issued in a future patch/update. Items marked as 🆕 in here may have previously been in the Investigating section. Visual | Wheels clip through map | Wheels clip through map near Imperva tek HQ fast travel Visual | Height & Animation mismatch | Boneless animation mismatch at player height 1 | EA Forums - 13255146 ✅ RESOLVED ✅ This issue has been resolved in the game version listed beside the issue. Please ensure you have updated your game to the latest version. Patch v.0.31.2 Party Issue | Player is put in a random party when attempting to join a friend's party | I can't join my friend's party. Patch v0.31.1 Content | Duplicate Product Boxes appearing for all three neighborhoods in the store with an “Insufficient Funds” error if opened. | Boxes Blocked Tricks | Sometimes a player will bail when landing a late flip correctly | late flips *AND late dark flips cannot be landed since the new update | EA Forums - 13341562 Video Export | Some players are unable to export videos | PS5 Replay Editor - Video export always fails Visual | UI Overlap & Texture Issues on AMD GPUs | UI Overlap & Texture Issues on AMD GPUs | EA Forums - 13123864 ❗Workaround: Go to AMD's driver site and find your graphics card from the "Search or Browse Drivers" section > Click on "Previous Versions" and download the one labeled "Adrenalin 25.12.1" > Download and Run the AMD Cleanup Utility > Reboot, and then run the Adrenalin 25.12.1 installer > Reboot again and launch the game Patch v0.30.8 Crashing | Game crashes when VO language is set to French and German and starting the ZexyZek Challenge| The new ZexyZek challenges make my game crash. Patch v0.30.5 Audio | Liked playlist no longer works | Liked playlist no longer works. | EA Forums - 13246056 Challenges | Big Billboard goal in the Large Barge OTL can not be completed | Own the lot: large barge | EA Forums - 13288826 Content | The Green Machine title is missing after completing the Paddy's Day event tasks. | Skate Paddy’s Day Challenges/Rewards | EA Forums - 13264903 Crashing | Game is crashing when launching into Isle of Grom | Game Crash - Loading Isle of Grom [PC] | EA Forums - 13334460 Tricks | Late flip tricks on flat ground are missing the Late points modifier. | Late flip bug | EA Forums - 13252804 Patch v0.30.2 Achievements | PS5 trophies/achievements don't work after update 0.30.1 | PS5 trophies/achievements don't work after update 0.30.1 | EA Forums - 13246198 Content | Missing Barrel Jumper title | I paid for an incomplete pack (1 item missing) | EA Forums - 13247684 Tricks | Broken tricks out of grinds | Broken tricks out of grinds | EA Forums - 13246135 Tricks | Coffin air gets stuck until you land on the ground | Coffin air gets stuck until you land on the ground | EA Forums - 13250779 Patch v0.30.1 Settings | Screen resolution set to low when launching the game | Graphics Settings Fail to Save (NOT Duplicate) | EA Forums - 13027437 Social | Random players can join when the party is set to Nobody Can Join | Party set to invite only, randoms are still joining | EA Forums - 13025193 Social | Random players joining co-op challenges | Forcing people into my games? | EA Forums - 13061128 Tasks | Players are having various issues related to tasks | problems with tasks UI/Text | Footplant tricks are incorrectly named on goofy stance | Boneless foot plant labeled wrong on Regular side skating | EA Forums - 12587183 Visual | Friends list does not load completely on accounts with large amounts of friends | Fix the friend’s list, please | EA Forums - 13077613 Visual | HUD can disappear after starting a challenge | Gaming hud disappearing after starting mission | EA Forums - 12742772 Visual | Stickers are invisible when placed on the board | Stickers now invisible | EA Forums - 1298379 Patch v0.29.7 Players stuck | Players are getting stuck in replay after mission is completed | Stuck in replay after mission completed | EA Forums - 12981412 Patch v0.29.6 Players stuck | Players are stuck when completing tutorial missions | Map tutorial / Voice over loop [Workaround] | EA Forums - 12988822 Patch v0.29.5 Challenges | Elements disappear when starting a challenge, and the user is unable to enter any menus | Starting Challenge Nothing Happens In-Game | Grind assist reset to 100 when launching the game | Grind Assist setting broken after S2 update | EA Forums - 12982138 Players stuck | Stuck on the initial loading screen | Stuck on black screen with game mouse pointer | EA Forums - 12982688 Visual | Character skin tone changed | Character skin tones messed up since update | EA Forums - 12981571 Visual | Settings socks to none/off and restarting the game will revert to the previous settings | Someone keeps putting socks on my character! | EA Forums - 12986018 Visual | Pants clipping on the front leg | Punk Pants - consistent clipping on the front leg | EA Forums - 12985930 🔧 PATCH NOTES 🔧 The following information includes details of the patches that have been released for skate. For itemised patch information, please check the attached link. Jun 15, 2026: Patch v.0.31.2 Jun 01, 2026: Patch 0.31.1 May 15, 2026: Patch v.0.30.8 May 04, 2026: Patch v.0.30.7 Apr 14, 2026: Patch v0.30.5 Mar 24, 2026: Patch v0.30.2 Mar 10, 2026: Patch v0.30.1 Feb 3, 2026: Patch v0.29.7 Jan 20, 2026: Patch v0.29.6 Dec 15, 2025: Patch v0.29.5 Dec 2, 2025: Patch v0.29.1 Oct 7, 2025: Patch v0.28.0 Sept 16, 2025: Patch v0.27.7 Please consider the following: This is not an exhaustive list of everything the development team are working on. Just because an issue is not listed above does not necessarily mean it's been ignored. If an issue is added to ⏳ AWAITING UPDATE⏳, this does not mean it will be addressed in the next patch/update, but it will be included in an upcoming patch/update. Items marked 🆕 have been recently updated/moved when this post was last edited. See you in San Vansterdam!The Weekly Grind - June 30, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? New week AND month, so Weekly and Monthly Tasks have reset. REMINDER: You can still clear the eight riddles from Slappy to get the 8 Quick Drop items from Go Skate Weekend before update 0.31.5 (July 21st). Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) New Weekly and Monthly Tasks (also today) Fingerflips Video Contest Coming Up The Stadium General Access Starts (July 7 - 21) The Weekly Grind Interviews X Games San Van and Stadium Open Access (July 21 - Aug 25) Update 0.31.5 (July 21) More content from the skate. community! We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. Oofa-Doofa Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower. The image and price of some Bundles are failing to display in the Shop. AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash. Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate. Occasionally, players get a black screen when using fast travel, Session marker, or starting/completing challenges. Footplant to Body Flip transition causes immediate bail with Require Grab While Flipping enabled. Rip Score popup appears after entering or leaving Stadium or Isle of Grom. Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height. Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese. Daily and Mastery Task Sections Sometimes Display Blank Screen. Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining the server. Trick landing animations can appear inconsistent after performing a Boned Ollie. Flick-It Visualizer disappears after completing a challenge. Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching ledge from its end. Game freezes on the social spectate menu or while spectating. Friends list sometimes displays multiple entries of the same friend or none at all. Wallride detection often causes skater to flip unnaturally. Smith to Tailslide task often fails to register when done correctly.The Weekly Grind - June 23, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? It’s a little quieter this week as it’s week 4 of Season 4 and the Go Skate Weekend Event has ended. By the way, we totally CRUSHED the community Challenge! Remember, we had to get 2.5 million completed objectives while in a party? We demolished it with over 14 MILLION completed Challenge Objectives in a party. (We’ll have final numbers on Thursday.) Everyone who helped hit that insane number will get the Silver Leopard hoodie and 500 Tix on Thursday. Even though the Go Skate Weekend Event has ended, you can still clear the eight riddles from Slappy to get the 8 Quick Drop items before update 0.31.5 (July 21st). What did you think about the Hot Spots? Which one was your favorite? We’re working on some more interviews to share in The Weekly Grind, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, let us know what you want to hear about: music, sounds, challenges, features, etc. Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Coming Up Fingerflips Video Contest The Weekly Grind Interviews More content from the skate. community! We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. & Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step The option to select between a 16:9 centered HUD and a full-width-and-height UI is present but non-functional in Windowed mode. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower. The image and price of some Bundles are failing to display in the Shop. AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash. Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate. Occasionally, players get a black screen when using fast travel, Session marker, or starting/completing challenges. Footplant to Body Flip transition causes immediate bail with Require Grab While Flipping enabled. Rip Score popup appears after entering or leaving Stadium or Isle of Grom. Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height. Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese. Daily and Mastery Task Sections Sometimes Display Blank Screen. Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining the server. Flick-It Visualizer disappears after completing a challenge. Trick animations can appear inconsistent after performing a Boned OllieGo Skate Weekend Event
Go Skateboarding Day is one of the biggest celebrations in skateboarding, with skaters around the world getting together to hit the streets and spend the day with their local scenes. This year, we're taking that spirit and turning it into something even bigger. Welcome to Go Skate Weekend, a four-day celebration from June 19 - 22 of skateboarding, community, and getting out into the city together. Go Skate Hot Spots, event-focused tasks, increased party sizes, a scavenger hunt for new Quick Drop items, and event-inspired gear and accessories are yours to get - but you gotta be quick! The locals have organized activities that’ll get you exploring, discovering, and skating. Grab your friends and tackle a scavenger hunt that will test your knowledge of San Van and real-world skate spots. Every location you discover unlocks a brand-new Quick Drop Object, but the clues won't be easy. Team up, compare notes, and find ‘em all. Go Skate Hot Spots have appeared throughout San Van, transforming iconic locations into community skate sessions built for big groups. Head to the Promenade in Market Mile, the Overpass in Hedgemont, the Block Party in Gullcrest, and the Canal South Bank in Market Mile to find updated spots and some new obstacles. Every day of the weekend will spotlight a different Hot Spot to keep things fresh. For the duration of Go Skate Weekend, party size has been increased to eight players, and Challenge party limits have also been raised to eight. You'll also be able to toggle the ability to see other players while participating in Challenges, helping the city feel more alive than ever. Whether you're hunting collectibles, sessioning one of the Hot Spots, or cruising through the streets, you'll be sharing the experience with more skaters across San Van. We're testing things out with this event to make it easier to find and play as a group and amp up the energy in the world - let us know what you like and don't like, and we may bring the best elements back after the weekend is over. Daily Tasks are also getting a Go Skate Weekend makeover. Complete each day's challenges at the featured Hot Spot to earn exclusive themed board gear. New rewards will rotate daily, including decks, grip tape, wheels, and event-inspired accessories. Miss a day, and you miss the gear, so make sure to hit up the featured location before it’s gone. Community Challenge During the four-day event, we’ve got a community challenge we know you can shut down: Join a party and complete 2.5M Challenge goals as a community. Everyone who participates in this community challenge to add to that goal will earn a new hoodie and 500 Tix. The reward was supposed to be the Vans button-up, but it accidentally got added into the Free section of the Extravert shop today. Grab your FREE Vans shirt before the end of the Go Skate Weekend Event. And if you're looking for even more reasons to gather a crew, every Own the Lot location across the city will be active throughout the event and will be able to be played by up to eight players. There has never been a better time to knock out some challenges, discover new spots, and blitz some parks. Go Skate Weekend runs through June 22, so round up your crew, hit the streets, and celebrate the best thing in the world: skateboarding. See you in San Van, The skate. TeamThe Weekly Grind - June 16, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? Week 3 of Season 4: San Van Open welcomes Go Skate Weekend to the city! Check the blog here for details on this jam-packed 4-day event. (For those that prefer a TLDR: 4 days of Challenges, a scavenger hunt, a community challenge, bigger parties, and some Go Skate Weekend gear to grab!) What do you want to see an interview about next? Reply in the comments, and we’ll get to work. (Music, sounds, events, etc.) Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Update 0.31.2 Patch (that’s today) Go Skate Event Weekend Details (that’s today) “Have You Seen Him?” Video Contest Winners Announcement Go Skate Weekend Event (June 19 - 22) 4x Go Skate Weekend Sweepstakes in Discord (June 18, 19, 20, 21) Coming Up Fingerflips Video Contest More content from the skate. community! 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. For this week, we want to celebrate the winners of the “Have You Seen Him?” video contest, so - in no particular order - here they are! 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. Fixed in Update 0.31.2: After turning the World Traffic setting off and on, some of the cars will become invisible but can still interact with other objects and Skaters. Players cannot change who they are spectating after using RT/R2 or LT/L2. Memory leak crashes related to UI. skate. sometimes crashes when accessing the Tattoos category of the Store. Sometimes, UI elements break after a short period of play. Players are put in a random Party when attempting to join a friend's Party. Moving cars in San Van are causing skate. to crash. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. Fingerflips are missing the Switch and Fakie tags in Chapter 1. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower. Player model glitches while in Switch/Fakie stance. The images and prices of some Bundles are not displaying in the Shop. AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash. Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate. Black screen when using fast travel, Session marker, or starting/completing challenges Footplant to Body Flip transition causes immediate bail with Require Grab While Flipping enabled Rip Score popup appears after entering or leaving the Stadium or the Isle of Grom. Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height. The Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese. Daily and Mastery Task Sections Sometimes Display Blank Screen. Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining server.skate. 0.31.2 Patch Notes
Bug Fixes - General Fixed various Stability Issues. Fixed an issue where skate. would freeze when opening Skatepedia from the Toolbox after exiting the Store. Fixed an issue where Players were put in a random Party when attempting to join a friend's Party. Fixed an issue where opening the Pause menu next to Grabster interactions could cause a crash. Fixed an issue where interacting with Tattoos in the Customization menu or skate Pass could cause a crash. Fixed an issue where the UI would look desaturated, or have small artifacts on screen. Fixed an issue where players would be unable to toggle between other players while Spectating. Fixed an issue where the Spectate and Report buttons were not responsive when accessing a friend's RIP Card from the Map. Fixed an issue where some San Van’s moving cars became invisible but maintained their collision after changing World Traffic setting Off and On. Fixed an issue where some of the yellow rails in Community Parks were not casting their intended shadows. Fixed an issue where PCs under the minimum required specs with less than four cores would crash on boot. Developer’s Note: Now, if a player tries to boot up skate. with a PC that has less than four cores, they’ll see a UI message to inform them they lack the appropriate hardware and can’t play. Fixed an issue where moving cars in San Van were causing skate. to crash. Developer’s Note: Moving Cars will not return to San Van until at least 24 hours after Update 0.31.2 goes live. We’ll use this time to monitor the stability of the fix before adding moving cars back in.The Weekly Grind - June 9, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? Welcome to week 2 of the San Van Open! If you missed details on what’s coming this season, hit up the Season 4 blog here. The team is currently working on the next game update (Update 0.31.2), and we’ll share patch notes this week to prepare for the patch on June 15. We’ve got two interviews this week, so let’s get to it! ____________________ Fingerflips Q&A After sharing some videos last week, we sat down with Lance (Sr. Software Engineer) and Johnny (Gameplay Engineer and sponsored skateboarder) to dive a little deeper into how the Full Circle team brought fingerflips to skate. for Season 4. Why weren't fingerflips available at the launch of Early Access? Lance: When we were deciding what to focus on for Early Access, our priority was building a strong core skating experience. We wanted to support the features players loved from previous titles, while also innovating and improving the game in meaningful ways. Fingerflips were always on our roadmap. But it wasn’t like “copy and paste” from previous titles. We had to rebuild them from the ground up. Before that could happen, our goal was to establish a solid gameplay foundation and then expand into additional trick systems. Johnny: A big part of it comes down to opportunity cost. Every feature takes time and iteration, animation work, engineering effort, design, testing, etc. We prioritized features that would have the greatest impact across a wide range of situations. Lance: Yeah, we had to work our way down the list to get to Fingerflips, but now we're stoked to have them in the game, having given them the attention they deserve and delivered them as a returning feature. We hope players will have a ton of fun with them. How did the team approach bringing fingerflips into the game? Johnny: We wanted fingerflips to feel familiar to longtime players while also improving on what existed before. That meant preserving the legacy of Skate 3, where it made sense, while also expanding the system and making it more complete. We identified some gaps in previous implementations and worked to make the trick set more consistent and reliable. How many finger flip variations are available? Lance: There are 30 finger flip variations available. One of our goals was to fill in gaps. If a variation existed in one direction, we wanted players to have access to the equivalent variation in the opposite direction whenever possible. So for each Fingerflip there's a Fingerheel, and you can go Tail to Crail after a Crail to Tail, to name a few. Do fingerflips use the same inputs as Skate 3? Lance: Yep! The inputs are the same as skate. 3. If you've done fingerflips before, the system will feel familiar immediately. While you're holding a grab (either trigger), try doing the Flickit input for a Kickflip, Heelflip, or a FS or BS Shuv. That's how it's done. Johnny: We also expanded the system beyond what existed before. For example, fingerflips can now be performed out of Double Grabs and Coffins, which required us to get creative with the input design and ensure the controls remained comfortable and reliable. Were there any unique challenges while implementing fingerflips? Lance: One of the more interesting challenges involved making fingerflips work naturally from a coffin. We wanted the input to feel intuitive without forcing players into awkward controller gymnastics. That required experimentation and refinement to make sure the mechanic felt smooth and responsive. One funny aspect was actually coming up with a name for "Fingerheel." Since it's a more obscure trick, we couldn't dig up an agreed-upon name by the skate. community. So, we landed on Fingerheel. Are there plans to add even more fingerflip variations in the future? Johnny: We are pretty happy with where they are at right now, but never say never! Right now, our attention is on other mechanics and systems players are requesting. Lance: Player feedback always matters. If the community strongly supports additional fingerflip variations, we can evaluate them in the future. There are certainly more possibilities - especially involving one-footed and no-footed grabs - but every addition comes with animation and development costs. For now, we're excited about what we've delivered and are looking ahead to the next opportunities for the game. Any final thoughts for the community? Johnny: We're really stoked to finally get fingerflips into the game, and looking forward to seeing what players create with them and gravitate towards the most. I have my theories…but my personal favorite is a Stale flip. Lance: We'll be on the lookout for feedback and clips, so try them out, experiment with the new variations, and let us know what you'd like to see next. ____________________ The Stadium Q&A In Season 4, we’ve opened The Stadium (aka The Chum Bucket) for The San Van Open (with an update coming to the design for our mid-season update and the X Games San Van). From our World Design Director, Elliot: We sat down with Brad, Full Circle’s World Art Director, to discuss the design, the challenges the team faced, and the inspiration behind the stadium. What was the main goal when designing the stadium for Season 4? Brad: Our goal was to craft a new atmosphere that puts the spotlight directly on the player. The lighting, the crowd energy - it all works together, making you feel like you are the center of attention in a competition-like environment. How did audio influence the stadium experience? Brad: The team studied real-world skateboarding events to recreate the feeling of being at a live competition. Audio was a major part of that effort. Crowd reactions, environmental sounds, and spectator noise were designed to make players feel like their actions matter. The stadium also features a visible crowd that reacts audibly to gameplay, helping create a stronger connection between the player and the world around them. What inspired the design of the park inside the stadium? Brad: The team borrowed the idea of integrating city-inspired elements into a competition course from past real-life skate competitions. At the same time, they embraced the clean, minimalist visual style you often find in competition parks. The final design combines large city-inspired structures with a restrained color palette of gray, black, and yellow for the street park, with wood, and blue for the skater cross. This helps improve readability, creates authenticity, and keeps you focused on the skating experience. What were some of the biggest challenges in building the stadium? Brad: One major challenge was scale. The stadium is fictionally based on a hockey arena, but real hockey arenas are too small to accommodate the larger skateboarding features the team wanted to include. To solve this, the team expanded the interior space beyond what the exterior suggested (yes - it’s bigger on the inside) and built the stadium using a modular design (made of smaller pieces that can be rearranged or swapped out to change the footprint). This allowed the team to create a larger, more flexible venue while supporting the gameplay experiences we’ve envisioned. ____________________ What do you want to see an interview about next? Let us know, and we’ll get to work. (Music, sounds, events, etc.) ____________________ Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bug/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Fingerflips Interview Stadium Interview Update 0.31.2 Patch Notes “Have You Seen Him?” Video Contest Winners Announcement Coming Up Update 0.31.2 Go Skate Event Weekend Details 4x Go Skate Weekend Sweepstakes (Discord) Fingerflips Video Contest More content from the skate. community! 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. First person skate. is crazy - are you crazy like Iso ? A nice, realistic line. Credit: Life A legend in the making at the San Van Open! Credit: Uny 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. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: When Joining a friend's Open Party, sometimes players were put in random parties. Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. If the player has any kind of Mission outside of Scavenger ones tracked, once they log in and track the Scavenger Hunt missions, the mission cannot be progressed. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Fingerflips are missing the Switch and Fakie tags in Chapter 1. After turning the World Traffic setting off and on, some of the cars will become invisible but can still interact with other objects and Skaters. Workaround: Only change this setting once in a session. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Players cannot change who they spectate after using RT/R2 or LT/L2 commands. Workaround: Players will only see the first and last person on the list. To spectate other people, they need to select them one by one in the menu list. Memory leak crashes related to UI. skate. sometimes crashes when accessing the Tattoos category of the Store. Sometimes, UI elements break after a short period of play. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower. Player model glitches while in Switch/Fakie stance.The Weekly Grind - June 2, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll! What’s going on? Welcome to the San Van Open! Season 4 kicks off today, so if you missed the details, check out the Season 4 blog here. Fingerflips, The Stadium, new songs in the soundtrack, updated skate.Pass, Dem Bones is back (with 2 packs), and more. That’s not even counting the mid-season update that will bring X Games, X Games Spot Battles and more. The summer is just getting started in San Van! We had some folks jump into the build last week, so keep an eye out for some new videos coming from skate. Player Council members and other creators. Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bug/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Season 4 Starts (also today!) Coming Up Fingerflips Interview Stadium Interview Go Skate Event Weekend Details Fingerflips Contest More content from the skate. community! 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. Canasto2K Sesh Whisky raphspeed And our 3 winners from the Nike SB UGC contest! 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. Fixed in Update 0.31.0/1 Duplicate Product Boxes appearing for all three neighborhoods in the store with an “Insufficient Funds” error if opened. Workaround: Traveling from San Van to Isle of Grom or vice versa resolves this. Some Trophies/Achievements are not registering progress if the requirement is done on Isle of Grom. Workaround: Trophies will progress when actions are taken on San Vansterdam instead. Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change. Character texture flickers when the Pipe Dream challenge starts. Players cannot grind on the rails of the Stadium parking entrance. Sometimes when editing in the Replay Editor, players are unable to exit. Workaround: Press the L stick in to hide the UI, then again to show it. This should unstick the Replay Editor. Speedline challenges can end prematurely while in a sequence due to final bearing placement The notification denoting when a friend comes online can randomly trigger multiple times. After purchasing multiple SVB packs in succession, an error appears during checkout. Skater seems to pass through the board when having specific heights. The game sometimes crashes when a fourth player joins your Party. After accepting a skate. party invite via Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, the invite reappears after the player is already in the party they were invited to. Spin degrees in the trick feed are sometimes inaccurate. Graphical glitches are present in the UI on PCs using AMD GPUs. Workaround - AMD: Go to AMD's driver site and find your graphics card from the "Search or Browse Drivers" section. Click on "Previous Versions" and download the one labeled "Adrenalin 26. 5.2." Download and Run the AMD Cleanup Utility. Reboot, and then run the Adrenalin 26.5.2 installer. Reboot again and launch the game. Neighborhood Progress appears reset and previously opened product boxes appear locked. Workaround: Press Windows + R on your keyboard > Type: %localappdata% > Press Enter > Find the skate folder %localappdata%\skate\ > Delete or rename the folder. (Rename the folder if you have saved replays or screenshots). Activity count on Isle of Grom zone entrance menu shows incorrect total amount of completed challenges. Flags on Isle of Grom unintentionally can cause your skater to bail. Coffin Air 540 in the Waterworks OTL Challenge often fails to register the goal as completed. Players often don't receive notifications for completing and progressing tasks. Workaround: Visit the Task Menu and restart the game. Quick Ollie has incorrect height and forward boost when performed during grind. Players can hear pedestrians after turning the setting off. Returning to the session marker while 'getting unstuck' can get the player stuck on a black loading screen. Workaround: Restart the game. HUD disappears after starting a Challenge. Workaround: Restart the game. Performing a Dark Catch, followed by a grind, and ending with a Dark Flip, doesn’t meet the "flip trick to grind to flip trick" requirement for the "Street Dreams" Challenge, even though it should. Scorp tattoo has incorrect thumbnail. Trophy progress stuck despite meeting requirements for "Without Footy It's Fiction". Players sometimes get stuck in a loading screen when Fast Traveling. Party members are not able to start challenges after they cancel a travel queue. Reverts sometimes cause the skater to look in the wrong direction. Automatic Reverts sometimes over rotate beyond 180 degrees. Grinds sometimes fail to lock in. Roll Ins activate unintentionally. Roll Ins take priority over grinding on a lip. Drop ins sometimes cause the back truck to get stuck, causing a slam. Skater’s animation stutter or bail when landing a Hippy Jump while in air. Known Issues Still Being Investigated Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format. Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works. Players can get softlocked when using the Replay Editor. Skater loses momentum during a Hippy Jump if you tuck into a ball. After turning the World Traffic setting off and on, some of the cars will become invisible but can still interact with other objects and Skaters. After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Players cannot change who they spectate after using RT/R2 or LT/L2 commands. Workaround: Players will only see the first and last person on the list. To spectate other people, they need to select them one by one in the menu list Player model glitches while in Switch/Fakie stance. Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. The News button fails to redirect to the appropriate offer. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step. The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. If the player has any kind of Mission outside of Scavenger ones tracked, once they log in and track the Scavenger Hunt missions, the mission cannot be progressed. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Fingerflips are missing the Switch and Fakie tags in Chapter 1. After turning the World Traffic setting off and on, some of the cars will become invisible but can still interact with other objects and Skaters. Workaround: Only change this setting once in a session After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Players cannot change who they spectate after using RT/R2 or LT/L2 commands. Workaround:Players will only see the first and last person on the list. To spectate other people, they need to select them one by one in the menu list Memory leak crashes related to UI. skate. sometimes crashes when accessing the Tattoos category of the Store. Sometimes, UI elements break after a short period of play. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower.0.31.1 Patch Notes
Welcome to the 0.31.1 patch notes! The maintenance period for this patch begins on June 2, 9:30 a.m. PDT, and includes bug fixes, new features, gameplay improvements, and more for all platforms. Originally, this patch was going to be released as 0.31.0, but we had the ability to add a few more bug fixes to address pressing issues, so it will now be released as the new and improved patch 0.31.1. If you haven’t yet, take a look at our Season 4 article to learn more about new skateable areas (The Stadium’s interior is now open), Tricks, Modes, Seasonal Events, brands, soundtracks, and more coming to skate. in Season 4. General Gameplay Density Setting: You can now control the amount of other skaters, pedestrians, and vehicles that are simulated and rendered. Higher quantities increase demand on both your CPU and GPU. Find this setting in the Frame Rate section of the Graphics settings tab. Gameplay Fingerflips 30 Fingerflip trick variations can now be performed! Visit Skatepedia to learn how to do each one. Camera Follow Behaviour, Loose Setting When this setting is set to Loose, the camera follows the skater’s head during turning, flowing with the turn. When set to Tight—which is similar to the camera’s behavior prior to this update—the camera follows the skateboard during turning, making the camera follow much tighter with the turn. This setting is only active while on the ground and not while pushing. Loose is the default setting for Experienced controls. Navigate to the Gameplay tab in the settings and look for Camera Under On-Board Camera to toggle it. Audio Shiny Happy People Over 5,000 lines of voiced dialogue have been added for Pedestrians. They're more vocal now, talk on their phones and react to actions you take, like landing a cool trick in The Stadium or becoming annoyed when their vehicles become blocked. Feature Updates General Replay Editor You can now cancel out early when exporting a replay. Rearranged Graphical Settings The graphical settings UI has been restructured to bring more clarity to how the settings are connected. Render GPU and CPU Scoring To give you a better PC performance experience, we're continuing to update how we score users Render GPUs and CPUs based on live data. The scoring system slots each card into a more accurate global graphics quality tier. This change could potentially move some players up or down in visual quality, in favor of a better performance experience. Grind Trick Auto Correct Setting This setting can now be turned off by navigating to the Gameplay tab in the settings and look for Assists Under Difficulty Settings. This setting is on by default for Streamlined and Classic controls. Gameplay Riding and Steering Turning has been improved to give a better feel to skating and bring more flow to steering. Developer’s Note: We recommend testing out the improved turning with the new Loose Camera Follow Setting, as they were made to compliment each other. Session Marker to Lip Mount Now, if you save a Session Marker while in a Lip Mount, when you return to your marker, it will also return you to a Lip Mount position you can easily drop in from. Updated Scoring for Ollie Variations We cleaned up the scoring callouts for various Ollie variations, including Boned Ollies, One Foots, and FS/BS 180s. Unstuck Detection and Behaviour Unstuck detection has been tweaked. Developer’s Note: We know this detection was a bit too sensitive before. Overall this should help players to recover naturally after a slam that ends in a tight spot, rather than preferring to reposition the skater to a safe location. Straight Fakie Landing, Fakie Coffin, and One Foot Ollie Animations The animations of these tricks were cleaned up for a refreshed look and feel. Throwdowns Increased default boundary size. While increasing or decreasing the size of a boundary the camera zoom level will also adjust accordingly. Added the option to automatically start the Throwdown if more than two players are in the queue. Upon creating a Throwdown, settings will default to whatever you last used for your previous Throwdown. Tasks Daily Task progress is now displayed on the Main Menu Hub. Up to three Tasks can be Pinned, making them visible on the HUD and in a new tab. Challenges Streamlined the map with smaller icons when Challenges are completed. Developer’s Note: In this case, a challenge is still considered completed even if the Co-Op criteria has not been completed. Map Neighborhood Panels display Challenge, Mission, and Fast Travel progress. Bug Fixes General Fixed various stability issues. Fixed various quality issues affecting some cosmetics and character customization options. Fixed an issue where some Trophies or Achievements are not registering progress if the requirement was done on Isle of Grom. Fixed an issue where Product Boxes were duplicated and an Insufficient funds error displayed when trying to make the purchase. Fixed an issue where progress for the Without Footy It's Fiction trophy would get stuck despite meeting the requirements. Fixed an issue where players would rarely get stuck in a loading screen when Fast Traveling. Fixed an issue where players in a Party were unable to start a Challenge after cancelling a Fast Travel queue. Gameplay Fixed an issue where Reverts would sometimes cause the skater to look in the wrong direction. Fixed an issue where automatic Reverts would sometimes over rotate beyond 180 degrees. Fixed cases where grinds would sometimes fail to lock in. Fixed an issue where Roll Ins would activate unintentionally. Fixed an issue where a Roll In would take priority over grinding on a lip. Fixed an issue where drop ins would sometimes cause the back truck to get stuck, causing a slam. Fixed an issue with input responsiveness when performing a Late Flip. Fixed an issue where your skater’s animation would stutter or bail when landing a Hippy Jump while in air. Fixed an issue where your skater would lose momentum during a Hippy Jump if you tuck into a ball. Fixed various issues with camera stability and behavior. New Known Issues for Season 4 Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity. The News button fails to redirect to the appropriate offer. Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should. The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area. Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step. The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode. If the player has any kind of Mission outside of Scavenger ones tracked, once they log in and track the Scavenger Hunt missions, the mission cannot be progressed. Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue. Fingerflips are missing the Switch and Fakie tags in Chapter 1. After turning the World Traffic setting off and on, some of the cars will become invisible but can still interact with other objects and Skaters. Workaround: Only change this setting once in a session After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen. Players cannot change who they spectate after using RT/R2 or LT/L2 commands. Workaround: Players will only see the first and last person on the list. To spectate other people, they need to select them one by one in the menu list Memory leak crashes related to UI. skate. sometimes crashes when accessing the Tattoos category of the Store. Sometimes, UI elements break after a short period of play. Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower.
