Season 3
The Hub What’s in Season 3 The Return to Isle of Grom New Features and Improvements skate.Pass for Season 3 Updated Events Welcome to skate.’s Season 3, starting March 10, 2026, and running until June 2, 2026! Quick highlight of what’s coming in Season 3: New skateable areas: Tri Towers Garage New Challenges: Speedlines Seasonal events: Skate Paddy’s, Grom Event, Creator Challenge New Areas: Isle of Grom New and updated tricks and Skatepedia updates: Dark Tricks New Brand partners: huf and Jenkem Additional cosmetics and customization: Tattoos, more hairstyles New tracks to the soundtrack: 20 new tracks A new skate.Pass (with improvements and tuning), as well as Brands and tattoos in the skate.Pass, and introducing skate.Premium Pass+ Quality of life improvements - Improved Bonelesses, more Replay Editor features (Effects) Bug Fixes (details coming on March 10, 2026 via the 0.30.0 patch notes) With Season 3: Fluid Flashback, we’re “going back” to skateboarding’s first major era, when the sport began to evolve rapidly. Back when polyurethane wheels replaced clay and metal ones, skating became more accessible and appealing. So what’s in Season 3? Parts of the city have gotten a 70s-inspired makeover, featuring new locations to explore (including a skateable shortcut through the Tri Tower Parking Garage and the newly opened Isle of Grom Water Taxi in Hedgemont). We’ve also added enhanced features in the Replay Editor, new tricks, and a large variety of customization—170 skater clothing options, 140 skateboard options (including decks, wheels, trucks, stickers), 13 new gestures, and over 52 tattoos. Fluid Flashback puts the 70s back in focus with vibrant colors and bold designs. The update replaces neon accents with period-inspired hues, expanding these looks across Rolling Waves, The Block Party, House of Rolling Reverence, Eelside Tunnels, The Skateway, and other new skateable areas. We’re also opening up a shortcut through Tri Towers Parking Garage, as a new place to hit a fresh sesh in San Van. The Return of Isle of Grom Like we mentioned in the last Dev Update, we’re headed back to the Isle of Grom. But trust—it’s not the old tutorial spot you remember. The Full Circle crew’s been putting in work, flipping the place with all-new lines and even bigger skate vibes. Hit the Water Taxi in Hedgemont and head over for new Challenges and an updated Isle of Grom. Quick reminder: Season 3 skate.Premium Pass members will be able to hit Isle of Grom early, starting March 10, 2026 until April 14, 2026, and then we’ll hold a grand opening for everyone with a multi-week event on April 14, 2026. After the event ends on May 5, access to Grom will be available through the skate.Premium Pass or via a Water Taxi Day Pass (valid for 24 hours from purchase) using 500 Rip Chips (earnable through completing Challenges and Tasks) per Day Pass. Exact dates are subject to change. We’re really stoked to bring you even more on the island! Get ready for fresh new spots to skate and explore, bigger hills to bomb, and massive gaps to send. We’ve taken inspiration from Skate 2 and 3 to deliver epic spillway action that’s going to blow your mind. Plus, we’ve packed in a ton of Tasks and Challenges to keep you on your toes while you’re out there shredding. And here’s the best part—we’ve got an awesome surprise dropping in April with a special in-game event that everyone can get hyped about and jam together. Get ready to dive in! New Features and Improvements New Mode: Speedlines Similar to Line Challenges, but focuses on moving as fast as possible. There are two types of Speedlines: Technical and Time Trial. Let the best line-for-time videos begin. Speedlines will be available in San Van and on Isle of Grom. Technical Speedlines* You already got a sample of these in Season 1 and 2 as we experimented with them. And now we’ve got them as an actual mode. These speedlines mimic our current line challenges, but they add a time criterion that must also be met. These speedlines aim to combine technical skill with speed, and the challenge for the player is often to complete all other criteria while maintaining their momentum. Time Trial Speedlines* These speedlines will feature multiple time criteria that increase in difficulty. These speedlines try to encourage the player to find the quickest route possible while picking up all the tokens. *Note: Technical and Time Trial are the types of Speedlines, but will not be labelled as such in-game. They will be differentiated by the tasks in the challenges. If you see tricks, it’s Technical. If you see the SVCC times to beat, that’s a Time trial. GO FAST! New Feature: Loadouts Changing your skater’s customization is a lot easier in Season 3, as we’re introducing skater loadouts. You’ll start out with 3 character loadouts to configure, where you can save your skater customization, style, deck setup, gestures, etc. More will be available to purchase via 250 SVB in-game, with a max of 10 slots. New Customization: Tattoos Time to get inked! We’re bringing tattoos to your skater in Season 3, and opening up the Tattoo Parlor in the Extravert Shop. You’ll be able to grab some tattoos through the skate.Pass (Standard and Premium tracks), the in-game rotating shop, and the Tattoo Shop section of the Essentials section of the Extravert store. For the first iteration of tattoos, you can place them on your arms and legs, and you can resize, reposition, and rotate. As this feature continues to expand, we’ll have more details. But first, a quick Q&A from one of the team members who worked on tattoos for skate.: We’re super excited tattoos are coming to skate. in Season 3. What can you tell us about the designs? Well we worked really hard to ensure the design approach matched what you would expect in the real world. We broke down the stenciling process to better understand how to layer color or grayscale, and kept the themes close to what you’d see on flash sheets. We even partnered with a couple amazing Austin-based tattoo artists. Were there any challenges to having realistic tattoos added in game and have them able to be applied to a variety of body shapes, sizes, and skin types? I think the most R&D went into tattoo design was ensuring we did our due diligence for inclusivity. We wanted to make sure we were capturing negative space as skin, which required a fair amount of work from both the teams designing the tattoos and the team implementing them in the engine, to ensure the designs show up on a variety of skin tones in the game. We aimed to offer more than one style of tattoo, from Stick and Poke to American Traditional to Realism to provide a variety of options to accommodate different skin tones and personal preferences. What’s your favorite in-game tattoo design that’s showing up in Season 3? I have three! The Reaper Side and the Four-Eyed Lady are my favorites. They really demonstrate the boldness of American Traditional tattoos, which is my personal preference when I get tattooed. Also, with Fuzzy Scorpion, we really tried to capture the look of a DIY tattoo, good or bad. How many designs are going to be available in Season 3? We have 52 unique tattoo designs throughout Season 3. Do I have to pay for all of the tattoos? What SVB range will they fall into? Will there be tattoo packs available? There are many ways to get tattoos in-game. Default tattoos are available in the character menu, as are earnable or purchasable tattoos through the skate.pass, unlocked as mission rewards, and earnable in our first season event. Currently, there’s no tattoo packs to acquire, but we will keep expanding how we bring tattoos to San Van. Will more placements be available soon? Over time, we would like to expand the number of available tattoo placement slots and offer more options for moving tattoos around. Can you share anything about what’s coming down the pipe with Tattoos? We want to continue bringing on new tattoo artists as we progress. There is a level of authenticity that is invaluable through these partnerships, and it’s been a fun experience to see what each artist comes up with based on a phrase or idea. We’re very excited for everyone to see the UI update in-game. New & Improved Tricks Dark Tricks You asked for them - and have been asking for them - so they’re back: Dark Tricks are coming day one in Season 3. They took a little while, but they are finally here and better than ever. Here’s what you can do starting in Season 3 with Dark Tricks. And you can add some extra steeze by performing Late Dark Tricks - just make sure you land it, or you’ll go sprawling. Dark Catches and Nollie Dark Catches Kickflip Dark Catch / Nollie Kickflip Dark Catch Heelflip Dark Catch / Nollie Heelflip Dark Catch FS Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch / Nollie FS Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch BS Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch / Nollie BS Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch Varial Kickflip Dark Catch / Nollie Varial Kickflip Dark Catch Varial Heelflip Dark Catch / Nollie Varial Heelflip Dark Catch 360 Flip Dark Catch / Nollie 360 Flip Dark Catch Laserflip Dark Catch / Nollie Laserflip Dark Catch Hardflip Dark Catch / Nollie Hardflip Dark Catch Inward Heelflip Dark Catch / Nollie Inward Heelflip Dark Catch FS 360 Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch / Nollie FS 360 Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch BS 360 Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch / Nollie BS 360 Pop-Shuvit Dark Catch 360 Hardflip Dark Catch / Nollie 360 Hardflip Dark Catch 360 Inward Heelflip Dark Catch / Nollie 360 Inward Heelflip Dark Catch Impossible Dark Catch / Nollie Impossible Dark Catch Front Foot Impossible Dark Catch / Nollie Front Foot Impossible Dark Catch Dark Flips Dark Kickflip Dark Heelflip Dark FS Pop-Shuvit Dark BS Pop-Shuvit Dark Nollie Kickflip Dark Nollie Heelflip Darkslides FS Darkslide BS Darkslide FS Dark Lip Slide BS Dark Lip Slide Updated Boneless Tricks Bonelesses have been pretty inconsistent up til now, but we have really improved the responsiveness, reliability, and behavior of boneless tricks when performed from the ground or in transition. Developer’s Note: We needed to make some large changes to how Bonelesses were originally implemented in order to improve their consistency and quality. A side effect of these underlying changes was the removal of some Boneless-specific “pop glitches.” We’re gonna update Skatepedia, so if you need to brush up on your moves or catch some fresh trick tips, it’s all there. Don’t sweat it—just cruise through, catch the vibe, and you’ll be pulling off those tricks like a total pro. Replay Editor Additions and Improvements We’re bringing more features and tools to the Replay Editor in Season 3. With this update to the Replay Editor, we’re hooking you up with new Effects to make your footy look even cleaner. Time to get creative and show off those clips in true style! Effects Tab will allow you to adjust: Exposure - adjust the brightness Color Temperature - cool tones or warm tones to add variety to your clips Color Saturation - increase or decrease the color vibrancy Barrel Distortion - which can help achieve a fisheye lens effect; make sure you’re keeping your lens wide (larger FOV) to really lock it in Vignette - subtle darkening of the edges to draw the viewer’s focus to the center Opacity Size Sharpness More granular volume control Your skater's audio, other skaters' audio, and world ambience Playback speed can now be keyframed, so you can slo-mo one keyframe section, then speed up the next keyframe section 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. New Settings and UI Improvements Opt-In Party Collision You’ve asked for collision, and we’re bringing it to parties. When in a party, you’ll be able to toggle collision on/off and let the chaos ensue with your friends. As development continues, we’ll look for other places to bring this fun. The setting is disabled by default in the menus, and collision only occurs if everyone in the party has it enabled. It’s experimental, and there will be bugs - or even some weirdness in the goofy fun of collisions in parties. Throwdowns Notifications for nearby throwdowns with the ability to opt-in or out. Control over what Throwdown notifications you see so you don’t clutter your UI. Sense of Speed Audio Improvements Improved passbys and tunnel transitions End of Challenge Celebration During the celebration screen for Co-Op Challenges, your skater can now gesture and celebrate! Default gesture played = the gesture equipped in your first slot. Player override - You can override the gesture played at any time. Player Activity Visualization Indicators beside the player name when those players are in an activity, in the menu, or away. You’ll know what folks are doing when you roll up to them. Challenges and Tasks Monthly seasonal events aren’t the only thing to do during Season 3. We’ll have 50+ new Seasonal and Event Challenges, plus returning Challenges and Tasks from previous seasons – spread out through Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Event tasks. We’ve also got 3 new OTLs (2 in Isle of Grom and one in Brickswich). Seasonal Challenges Tuning Details Seasonal Challenge Details Season 2 Season 3 Amateur (3 Goals/Challenge) 14/Goal, 42 Total 14/Goal, 42 total Semi-Pro (4 Goals/Challenge) 16/Goal, 64 Total 16/Goal , 64 Total Pro (5 Goals/Challenge) 18-20/Goal (based on difficulty), 90-100 Total 18-20/Goal (based on difficulty), 90-100 Total Total Possible Challenges 30 Challenges, totaling 120 rotations in the season 61 challenges, totaling 149 rotations in the season **skate.Pass Progression in Tix (Standard/Premium)** 19,530/36,826 14,165 / 51,751 skate.Pass Total Tix for Standard/Premium 56,356 65,916 **Max Earnable Tix (Tasks, Challenges, Missions, Daily Grants)** 76,357* (includes OTL) 85,304* (includes OTL and Speedlines) skate.Pass for Season 3 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: Daily, Weekly, Monthly Tasks, and Special Event Tasks (including completion bonuses) Seasonal Challenges Own The Lot Tasks and Challenges Daily grants (Premium skate.Pass only) Exchange for San Van Bucks Don’t forget, having the Premium skate.Pass for Season 3 will give you unlimited access to Isle of Grom for the entire season. With Season 3, we're also introducing Thrasher, Vans, and adidas brands into skate.Pass. Each will have an item in the free track and multiple items in the Paid track. skate.Premium Pass 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. We’ve also added a new bundle to the skate.Pass: skate.Premium Pass+. For 2000 SVB, you can get the skate.Premium Pass and start off with 4000 Tix to begin unlocking skate.Pass items. Skate.Pass content requires gameplay & all game updates to unlock. Premium and Premium+ content also requires skate.Pass Premium or Premium+ (sold separately). There will also be some SVB discounts on select packs running the first week of Season 3 via the in-game store, platform stores, and webstore.† Check it out! Note: the SVB sale the first week of Season 3 will not stack with EA Play subscription discount. †Offers may vary or change. See retailer site for details. Mar 10-17 Sale Info 2800 SVB Pack - 15% off (sale discount)† 5900 SVB Pack - 20% off (sale discount)† 12000 SVB Pack - 25% off (sale discount)† Reminder: 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. (EA Play discount does not stack with other discounts or sales.) **Bonus based on the cost of the same bundle when purchased in the in-game store. ††Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See EA Play Terms for details. So what are the rewards in Season 3? Alright, let’s chat about the Season 3 skate.Pass. Here’s the deal: you’ve got 108 tiers to shred through—31 on the Standard side and 77 if you go Premium. Stack up 26 free cosmetic goodies and 5 SVB tiers on the Standard track, or boost it to 73 cosmetic swag and 4 more SVB tiers with Premium. That’s 99 killer cosmetic items and 9 full tiers of SVB if you go all in: up to 500 SVB once you hit the finish line. We’re talking new board gear - decks, stickers, trucks, griptape, wheels - the works. Plus all kinds of threads for your skater: clothes, shoes, wild costumes, hats, tattoos, even fresh gestures. Don’t forget profile upgrades, like banners and avatars. Get ready to earn it and show it off at every session! What are some of the cosmetics? We’ve got some new cosmetics in the skate.Pass - for both the Standard (Free) and Premium tracks. And don’t forget, we’ve got brands in both tracks for Season 3. The skate.Premium Pass track also has a Premium reward, and this season we’re bringing the Crash Out Costume. And like any crash test dummy, when you crash out, parts go flying. Every season, we’re bringing new brand partners, and we’re stoked to bring huf at the start of Season 3. During the season, we’ll be bringing Jenkem (and more coming later in the season), as well as some refreshes from Thrasher, Vans, Santa Cruz, Creature, Slime Balls, OJ, Chocolate, Girl, Dime, adidas, and Sci-Fi Fantasy. Music As always, we know music is part of the soul of skateboarding, and we’ll be updating the soundtrack by bringing 20 new songs to help drive that 70s vibe into the rotation to get your groove on via Grabster in-game. Judas Priest - Running Wild The Germs - Lexicon Devil Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist, Anderson .Paak - Ensalada Con Funk Shun - FFUN Eric Burdon & War - Magic Mountain We’ll be dropping the complete list of new music coming to San Van next week, so stay tuned. And, of course, we’ve got Seasonal events and a special in-game Creator Challenges! Events Skate Paddy’s Day Skate Paddy’s is a time-honored tradition with the skate. team, dating back to 2007. We’re expanding the invite to our team party to everyone in San Van. Updated community parks, Tasks/Challenges, and some Skate Paddy’s gear to grab are on the menu. Details to come as we get closer to the event. Isle of Grom Event: Open Access To celebrate the grand opening of Isle of Grom, a few weeks after Season 3 launches, we’ve got a special event open to everyone. We’ll have more details before the event goes live, so stay tuned. Creator Challenges To add to the in-game tasks and challenges, the Full Circle team sat down with a well-known creator to create some challenges (and creator-themed rewards for completing them). These challenges will be available in-game on the Isle of Grom later in the season, and we’ll have more details before the event to talk about them and what you can get for completing them. True to this creator’s style, these will be difficult and will test your skate. mastery. Welcome to Fluid Flashback in San Van, and welcome to Season 3. Keep rollin’, The skate. Team
skate. - Community-Raised Issues [Last Update: March 11th]
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. Players stuck | Multiple reports on players getting stuck/softlocked | Softlock Megathread 🆕 Update: The old thread has more than 9005 comments, and sometimes it is difficult for the team to organise and spot new issues within all the reports. That's why we have decided to open a new megathread to work on the most recent softlock issues. Last week, more than 2,305 players were unlocked. Replay Editor | Can't export videos in MP4 | Can’t export MP4 videos from replay editor. (PC) | EA Forums - 12986132 Social | Random players joining co-op challenges | Forcing people into my games? | EA Forums - 13061128 Visual | UI Overlap & Texture Issues on ADM 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 ⏳ 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. ✅ 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 v0.30.1 Tasks | Players are having various issues related to tasks | problems with tasks 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 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 UI/Text | Footplant tricks are incorrectly named on goofy stance | Boneless foot plant labeled wrong on Regular side skating | EA Forums - 12587183 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 v0.29.1 In-Game | Friend's skater appeared invisible after joining a friend's party. | Invisible Friends in Online Co-op Level Up | Market mile fails to level up after achieving the required neighborhood rep | Market Mile not leveling up Players Stuck | Stuck in a canal if they fall in after collecting the final bearing in the Salmon Run line challenge. | Stuck in canal, can’t respawn, can’t play game now SVB Charge | Getting charged SVB for Rip Chip or Tix Items | MEGA THREAD - Getting Charged SVB for Rip Chip or Tix Items ❗ Update: If you experienced the issue, please post your details on the linked thread. Visual | Rip score award screen shows twice | Repeated rip score award screen Visual | Claim button appearing when there is no completion award | Can’t claim season 1 challenges after completion. Visual | Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge. | Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge. | EA Forums - 12634173 🔧 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. 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
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind. Let’s get to it! What’s going on? Welcome to Season 3: Fluid Flashback. If you haven’t checked out the blog, dive in to to what’s new and improved in San Van for Season 3. Check the patch notes if you haven't seen them yet. Let’s dive right into the calendar. Weekly Calendar Isle of Grom Fly-Through The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Season 3: Fluid Flashback is live! Season 3 Deck Sweeps Pt 1 Season 3 Deck Sweeps Pt 2 Season 3 Deck Sweeps Pt 3 Coming Up Season 3 Deck Sweeps Pt 4 Dark Tricks Video Contest Skate Paddy’s Day mini-blog Skate Paddy’s Day Event 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. A dark catch under Tri-Towers in the new parkade. Credit: Burryaga Hitting the beach with Zewohope’s tube team. Credit: Zewohope Uh, that’s a skateboard, not a surfboard. Credit: sampleofstupid Fixed in 0.30.0 Visit our patch notes for a full look at what was fixed in Update 0.30.0, in addition to new features, gameplay improvements, and more. There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. Progression and rewards for some completed Tasks fail to apply to the player's account. Workaround: Restarting skate fixes this issue, but your Task progress may be lost. The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close. The Score with Sequences and Modified Grabs daily and weekly task does not appear for some players and cannot be progressed. Transferring from one Challenge to a Co-op Challenge via invite sometimes results in server disconnection. The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue. Lip color and Board Stickers are invisible when running a NVIDIA card on driver 591.44 or newer. Skaters are unintentionally pulled into random co-op challenges. The player gets into a menu state while any narrative VO line triggers with subtitles off. Tweaking skate's. graphical settings can cause the fullscreen resolution to switch to 640x480. Workaround: Rename the %localappdata%\skate\data folder or delete the folders that have numbers in that folder tree. Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party. The Friends fails to load completely on accounts with large amounts of friends. All footplant tricks are incorrectly named when in Regular stance. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: The notification denoting when a friend comes online can randomly trigger multiple times. Rarely when players enter the Store tutorial, the Social Menu accidentally opens instead, and the controller becomes briefly unresponsive. The game sometimes crashes when a fourth player joins your Party. Scrolling through Session Type options in the Throwdowns menu causes descriptions to mismatch with the selections. Event challenge criteria sometimes fail to update after completion. When travelling as a party to the Isle of Grom, if the party leader has a menu open while the timer is ticking, the timer will get stuck at 0. Workaround: Canceling the queue will resolve this issue. Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change. 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 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.skate. 0.30.1 Patch Notes
Welcome to the 0.30.1 patch notes! The maintenance period for this patch begins on March 10, 8:55 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 0.30.0, 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 0.30.1. If you haven’t yet, take a look at our Season 3 article to learn more about your Return to Isle of Grom, and new skateable areas, Challenges, Seasonal Events, brands, soundtracks, and more coming to skate. in Season 3. Hub New Features Gameplay Improvements UI Improvements PC Graphics and Performance Updates Bug Fixes New Known Issues for Season 3 New Features Isle of Grom skate.Premium Pass Access Visit the new Ferry Terminal in Blue Light Beach to take the Wet N’ Mild Taxi Co. boat to and from Isle of Grom. For more details about Isle of Grom, visit our Season 3 article. Dark Catches and Darkslides Darkslides and Dark Catches are a fan favorite, returning from previous Skate games with some new improvements. Getting into a Dark Catch is done by holding RB/R1 before or right after performing any flip trick (including Impossible flip tricks from Season 2). Landing into a slide on a rail or ledge while holding a Dark Catch will start a Darkslide, which can now also be leaned and grind adjusted. When exiting, you can Flip Trick out to get some pop with it, or lean exit to ride out smoothly. You'll also find a few new settings to control when and how Dark Catches and Slides are released. Visit Skatepedia for more information about these new tricks. Developer’s Note: After getting the foundational mechanics into a good place, we're excited to add Darkslides and Dark Catches to skate. Similar to our approach with most legacy mechanics, we wanted to ensure Darkslides and Catches feel familiar, are integrated with other new additions to the franchise—such as flip speed control and grind leans—and have been expanded upon to provide more self expression. Tasks Expanded and diversified Tasks, including new varieties that can be completed conveniently while skating. Developer’s Note: We received feedback that some of the previous Tasks were too difficult or tedious to complete. In response, we’re introducing a wider variety of Tasks designed to complement your skating experience, rather than dominate it. Party Collision This feature allows you to collide with others in your party while skating together, adding to the chaos (and fun) of your seshes. Party Collision is disabled by default, but can be enabled in the Settings tab of the Social menu. Developer’s Note: You may experience collision accuracy and timing discrepancies when using this setting. We hope you enjoy this chaotic, but fun, new way to play with your party, and look forward to your feedback. Character Customization Options 4 new Hair and 5 Tattoo options have been added to the Character Customizer. Developer’s Note: 32 ** additional Tattoos can be acquired from Missions, the Skate Paddy’s event, the skate. Pass (Standard and Premium), and the new Essentials Shop. Skater Presets You can now configure up to 3 unique Skater Presets, including appearance and clothing. Additional preset slots can be purchased for 250 San Van Bucks. Maximum 10 slots. Store Up to 5 Product Boxes can now be bought in a single purchase, making your transactions more streamlined. An Essentials Shop was added to the Store, with options for Tattoos, Boards and more. Gameplay Improvements Bonelesses Improved responsiveness, reliability, and behavior of Boneless tricks performed from the ground or transitions. This change also applies to Fastplants and Bean Plants. Developer’s Note: We needed to make some large changes to how Bonelesses were originally implemented in order to improve their consistency and quality. A side effect of these underlying changes was the removal of some Boneless-specific “pop glitches.” Seasonal Missions Some Missions are now only available for the duration of the season they release in. Replay Editor Added an Effects Tab that lets you control Exposure, Color Temperature, Color Saturation, Barrel Distortion, and Vignette (Opacity, Size, Sharpness). Added more granular volume control over your skater's audio, other skaters’ audio, and world ambience. Playback speed can now be keyframed as well. Developer’s Note: Pair the Barrel Distortion effect with a wide Field of View to get that classic Fisheye effect you know and love. UI Improvements Throwdowns A notification system to highlight nearby Throwdowns has been added. You can toggle this feature on via the settings and also control the types of Throwdown notifications you see. Sense of Speed Audio Improvements Improved passbys and tunnel transitions Challenge Celebrations During the celebration screen for Challenges and Throwdowns, your skater’s first equipped Gesture will be played. You can control the Gesture that’s performed by using LB/L1 and the D-pad. Tasks Weekly and Monthly Tasks are now grouped in the UI for increased readability. Player Status A status communicating whether you’re in an activity, menu, or away has been added to the Social and Spectate menu. Store You can now preview items in the Store by hovering over them. We’ve also added a side navigation bar to make browsing the Store more efficient. PC Graphics and Performance Updates Replacing PC benchmark To give you a better PC performance experience, we're updating how we score users Render GPUs and CPUs based on live data. The new scoring system will slot 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. If you’ve been having performance issues, try resetting your graphics settings to default. Render FPS Adds an explicit 30/60/uncapped FPS render setting. "Uncapped" FPS render setting runs at up to 240 FPS Improves handling of FPS in full-screen mode, particularly when other refresh rates are chosen. V-Sync Defaults V-Sync to ON as we believe this will give most players a better experience. Improves handling of V-Sync in full-screen mode. Minimum global graphics quality New global graphics quality introduced that reduces render settings for devices that don't meet our min spec. Skate PC Min Spec Updates We’ve analyzed our PC min specs and have updated it to ensure a smoother playing experience. Hardware below the minimum specs can still play but will be placed into the minimum global graphics quality. Render GPU High AMD: Changed from Radeon RX 6600 XT to Radeon RX 6700 XT Ultra NVIDIA: Changed from GeForce RTX 3070 Ti to GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Render CPU Low AMD: Changed from AMD Ryzen 3 3100 to Ryzen 3 3300X Medium AMD: Changed from Ryzen 5 3500 to Ryzen 5 3600X High Intel: Changed from Core i7-9700 to Core i7-9700K High AMD: Changed from Ryzen 5 3600 to Ryzen 5 3600XT Ultra Intel: Changed from Core i7-11700 to Core i7-11700K Bug Fixes Gameplay Fixed multiple issues that prevented Neighborhoods from unlocking. Fixed an issue where collision was disabled for Quick Drop Objects placed in Isle of Grom or San Van until you interacted with them. Fixed an issue where Rip Card changes were not saved after rebooting skate. Fixed an issue with how the Playstation progress display appeared. Fixed multiple issues with world collision. Fixed multiple issues where world objects and textures appeared or disappeared unexpectedly. Fixed an issue where switching between tabs while creating your player, and returning to the game, could cause your skater to appear with no limbs. Fixed an issue where VFX would continue to play after performing the Gabber Dance. Fixed an issue where the player would be unable to progress to the San Van portion of the tutorial if subtitles were turned off. Fixed an issue where quickly skipping through cinematics with the Next button caused issues with subtitles. Fixed multiple issues where criteria to complete a Challenge were met but not tracked. Fixed an issue where after teleporting to another player, traffic, pedestrians and the other player may disappear. Fixed an issue where if the player selects Delete All, they are unable to place additional Quick Drop Objects. Fixed an issue where the player can delete another player’s Quick Drop Objects by wedging their item underneath and deleting it. Fixed an issue where an object can become invisible after accessing the Radial Menu quickly. Fixed an issue where the player can be teleported out of bounds when joining a party. Fixed an issue where flickering dots could be visible after changing the game settings to Low Presets. Fixed an issue where the accessibility screen would no longer show during game boot. Fixed multiple issues where game settings would change after a reboot. Fixed an issue where the audio in Party Voice Chat is of lower quality on consoles. Fixed an issue where the Shader Precompilation Progress indicator was missing. Fixed an issue where the lighting in Skatepedia was incorrect. Fixed an issue where Landing Modifiers for Sketchy or Clean do not appear. Fixed an issue where the player would wipe out while performing a handplant if the board direction was changed. Fixed an issue where the game would revert to regular stance, even if goofy was selected during the intro of the game. Fixed an issue where a trick’s sound effect might not play when listening to other players. Fixed an issue where the resolution would change to 640x480 after logging in on PC. Fixed an issue where Board Stickers would not display on PCs with NVIDIA GPUs. Fixed an issue where objects could not pass through the basketball hoop in the Eelside Tunnel. Fixed an issue where party and invite settings would not save correctly. Fixed an issue where timers for Stunt Challenges would only display when there was 20 seconds left. Fixed an issue where challenges would not restart after choosing the Retry option. Fixed an issue where replays would fail to export on PlayStation 5. Fixed an issue where characters would appear to have bloodshot eyes. Fixed an issue where vehicles could spawn on top of players. Fixed an issue where players in Mission dialogue would be excluded from co-op challenge enrollment. Replay Editor Fixed an issue where the Replay Editor would capture stuttering when exporting. Fixed an issue where replays only showed the last 10 seconds of the video, versus the portion with the best trick. Fixed an issue where visual effects from Emotes and Gestures are still visible in the Replay Editor, even with player filtering turned on. Fixed an issue where camera movement and speed is not accurate between keyframes in the Replay Editor. Fixed an issue where rewinding or fast forwarding with the mouse in the replay menu was unavailable. Stability and Performance Fixed various stability and performance issues. Fixed an issue where if the player is in a Challenge and gets pulled into a Co-op Challenge, they are disconnected from the server. Fixed multiple issues where clothing clipped through the skater. Fixed an issue where character models will sometimes stutter when moving onboard or offboard in a busy server. UI Fixed an issue where certain UI elements would disappear after starting a challenge. Fixed an issue where the friends list would not display completely. Fixed an issue where the Store would show grey borders when using an ultrawide monitor. Fixed an issue where the Coffin Air trick would not appear on the score ticker if done in mid-air. Fixed an issue where Stunt Challenge targets would display a Mission Waypoint icon. Fixed an issue where the Double Ground Grab trick would not properly display on the score ticker. Fixed multiple issues where the incorrect item rarity was displayed. Fixed an issue where all Footplant tricks were named inaccurately when skating Regular. Fixed an issue where the purchase button incorrectly displayed Buy text instead of Get More text if you didn’t have enough currency to buy an item. Fixed an issue where Tasks would stop registering, but still show progress in the Tasks UI. Fixed an issue where a notification wouldn’t trigger after events roll over. New Known Issues for Season 3 Below is a list of known issues introduced with Season 3 that are still being investigated. Each week on Tuesdays, we communicate the latest news about known issues in The Weekly Grind. Be sure to check in weekly. Rarely when players enter the Store tutorial, the Social Menu accidentally opens instead, and the controller becomes briefly unresponsive. Scrolling through Session Type options in the Throwdowns menu causes descriptions to mismatch with the selections. The game sometimes crashes when a fourth player joins your Party. Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change. 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. When travelling as a party to the Isle of Grom, if the party leader has a menu open while the timer is ticking, the timer will get stuck at 0. Workaround: Canceling the queue will resolve this issue. The progression bar sometimes incorrectly tracks your progress during Tasks.The Weekly Grind - March 3, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind. Let’s get to it! What’s going on? Spring Pop-Off has ended, and we’ve got a week before Season 3 starts. We shared a clip of darkslides on Monday, with more details on Season 3 coming this week (Season 3 blog drops Thursday, March 5, 2026) like updated Replay Editor features, a new skateable area, the return to Isle of Grom, a new mode, and more. We’ve compiled our Show Your Fit screenshot Winners, and we’ll share them below (and they’ll be showing up on skate.reel soon). Weekly Calendar Darkslides Preview on Monday The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) World Improvments Preview (also today) Season 3 Blog Coming Up Update 0.30.0 Patch Notes Season 3 drops March 10, 2026 Check the Dark slides clip again if you missed it. We mentioned that darkslides and dark catches have been improved since previous games, heres an example of what we fixed in skate. vs skate 3. The board rotation didn't always match the trick into dark slide or catch in skate 3, so now you'll actually get the full trick before catching dark. And the World Improvements we shared earlier today. 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. While we love highlighting content from the community (via Discord, Reddit, etc.), we’ll use this space to share the Show Your Fit screenshot contest winners’ pics. Show Your Fit Screenshot WINNERS (currently getting shipping info and will be sending the decks out this week; clips should be up on skate.REEL soon) YT-KAGE HelenaHerewauld 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. To Be Fixed in the Coming Weeks: There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. Progression and rewards for some completed Tasks fail to apply to the player's account. Workaround: Restarting skate fixes this issue, but your Task progress may be lost. The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close. The Score with Sequences and Modified Grabs daily and weekly task does not appear for some players and cannot be progressed. Transferring from one Challenge to a Co-op Challenge via invite sometimes results in server disconnection. The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue. Lip color and Board Stickers are invisible when running a NVIDIA card on driver 591.44 or newer. Skaters are unintentionally pulled into random co-op challenges. The player gets into a menu state while any narrative VO line triggers with subtitles off. Tweaking skate's. graphical settings can cause the fullscreen resolution to switch to 640x480. Workaround: Rename the %localappdata%\skate\data folder or delete the folders that have numbers in that folder tree. Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party. The Friends fails to load completely on accounts with large amounts of friends. All footplant tricks are incorrectly named when in Regular stance. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: The notification denoting when a friend comes online can randomly trigger multiple times. Visual effects details for the Blaze Costume are missing from the Extravert shop and character menus. Developer's Note: To activate the Blaze Costume's visual effects, you must hit the 4x multiplier in a line. 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 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. Event challenge criteria sometimes fail to update after completion. 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. Community Park tasks sometimes won’t count if you log out while within a Community Park and log back in. Workaround: Use any Fast Travel point and then return to the Community Park. The speech-to-text feature does not transcribe the words correctly.Dev Update: Roadmap Ahead - skate. Season 3 and Beyond
Alright San Van, you’ve got a direct connect to the devs here: Yesterday, we shared our plans for skate.Pass, the Isle of Grom, and how Early Access is setting skate. up for the long haul. Today, we’re going deeper into what you can expect in Season 3, and how we’re changing the way we handle updates going forward. Where we left off: the roadmap Our last roadmap spanned Seasons 1, 2, 3 and beyond, laying the groundwork for San Van’s first few months. With Season 3 just around the corner, let’s talk about what ‘beyond’ actually looks like. We’re shaking things up - here’s what that means: Staying focused on performance and stability Sharing roadmap updates more often – straight from the dev team Being clearer on what’s locked, what’s in development, and what’s on our radar Dropping content throughout the season, not just all at the start What that looks like We know you want straight answers about the features you’ve been asking for and where they stand in development. For anything to move forward, we have to feel confident that it’s right. Sometimes new ideas make it to the roadmap. Sometimes things get pushed back so we can dial them in. And in rare cases, something just doesn’t work and we scrap it. That’s not spin, it’s just how making games works. In Early Access, change is the name of the game. So, we’re changing the way we share info on our roadmap to reflect that. Each season, we’ll show you what’s on deck, including: A ton of exciting new content dropping at the start of the season More content and features rolling out throughout the season to keep things fresh Next, here’s what we mean when something is “in development.” Not every feature takes the same amount of time. Some just need polish. Others need deeper testing and iteration. So on the roadmap, you’ll see two buckets: In development: These are things we’re actively building and planning to release. The big question is when. Sometimes they take longer than we planned. Sometimes they don’t come together the way we hoped and we cut them. Either way, we’ll keep you posted as they move – or if they don’t. On the radar: These are ideas we’re exploring – prototypes, early concepts, or just conversations the team is having. Some of them came straight from you in the community. There is no set timeline yet for these, but if they officially move into development, we’ll call it out. We’re doing this to be clear about where things stand - and about how we work. The further out something is on the roadmap, the more room it has to shift, or sometimes, be shelved altogether. But we’d rather show you what we’re thinking, even while it’s shifting, than wait until everything is locked. That’s how we want to approach Early Access with you. For example, Open World Collection was on the last roadmap. We’ve taken it off for now so we can focus on more social features – specifically Meetups and Turn-Based Competitive Modes – which we know are high on your wishlist. We will keep these roadmaps current, and we’ll share clearer timelines and progress as we go. Thanks for sticking with us while we build this the right way for the long haul. Our Season 3 (& beyond) roadmap What’s coming in Season 3 Isle of Grom: We’re going back to the (expanded and improved) Isle of Grom in Season 3. Find details on how to access the island here. Darkslides and Dark Catches: These have been on your most wanted list for a while now, so we brought them back in a big way. You will now be able to do ANY flip trick into them - a first for Skate. Updated Bonelesses - Improved responsiveness, reliability, and behavior of boneless tricks performed from ground or transition. New Game Mode - Speedlines: Similar to Line Challenges, but focuses on moving as fast as possible. Let the best line-for-time videos begin. Tattoos: Tattoos can be placed, resized, and rotated on your arms and legs. Some are free, others can be purchased with SVB. Cosmetic Loadouts: We’re making it easier to switch up your fit. You’ll start with three loadouts (with the ability to purchase more) to quickly change your style, character, deck setup, and gestures. Branded Items in the skate.Pass: We’re bringing you more of what you want in skate.Pass. For Season 3, that means more branded items, including adidas, Vans and Thrasher. More Brand Partners: Including huf, Jenkem and more. Some of these will drop right off the bat, while others will make their debut a few weeks after the start of the season. More Replay Editor Effects: We’re adding effects like Exposure, Color Temperature, Color Saturation, Barrel Distortion, Vignette (opacity, size, sharpness), as well as more granular volume control (your skater's audio, other skaters’ audio, and world ambience), and playback speed can now be keyframed. Store V.2.0: We’re reworking our catalogue with over 200 character items, board items, and tattoos available for à la carte purchase. The store is also getting a new look, with improved navigation features. Seasonal Events: We’re making some serious changes to mid-season events. We have big things lined up for you during Season 3, including an event with a new brand partner that we know you’ll be excited about, and new Creator Challenges crafted by a special guest you'll undoubtedly recognize. Prepare to test the limits of your ability. Looking Forward In Development Again, these are features we’re actively building, but don’t have a definitive release timeline yet. As development progresses, we’ll share updates with you. New Social Game Mode - Meetups: A lightly-competitive activity where everyone on the server can jump in for chaotic, drop-in social fun. Turn-Based Competitive Game Modes - Spot Battle and S.K.A.T.E. Hell yeah. Matchmaking System: So you can quickly find people to play with instead of spamming the ‘Party Up’ emote. New World Area: A new playable indoor area is in the works. Unlockable Board Wear and Tear: Build up wear and tear on your boards - you’ll be able to turn this on/off at any time. Finger Flips: Adding another gameplay trick from the previous games. On the Radar These are the ‘early ideas’ we were talking about, including some top things on your wishlist (and ours). They’re in the early stages of planning with no defined timeline, but we’ll keep you posted as that changes. Private Servers Underflips Player Created Parks Leaderboards Proximity Chat Legacy Skate 1-3 Spots More Legacy Game Modes More Board Shapes That’s all for now, but on March 5, we’ll break down everything you can expect from Season 3’s 70s-inspired vibe. As always, thank you for hanging in with us as we make our way through Early Access. We’ve come a long way together, and we have more great things in store. Keep rollin’. The Full Circle TeamDev Update - Season 3: skate.Pass, Grom & Building skate. for the Long Run
Oh hello. It’s us again, the dev team. Over the next couple of days, we’re bringing you back-to-back updates to fill you in on what to expect in Season 3 and beyond! And there’s a lot to be excited about. From darkslides to grittier streets, this season we’re dropping some of the top requests from your most wanted list. But, before we get to all that good stuff tomorrow, we’ve got a few updates to cover. The big picture We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we’re building skate. with a long-term vision in mind. This Early Access period is a huge part of that. It gives us the space to listen, learn, tweak and test - over and over - until we get things just right. Since kicking Early Access off in September, you’ve seen some of that work in progress. Your feedback has helped shape some big changes, like updating the look of our world and characters (more to come), and adding features like key frames, tilt and roll, and FOV improvements to our replay editor. Behind the scenes, we’ve still got a long list to tackle. But, we’re working on crossing off items with each season - more on that tomorrow. We’ve also heard a few things from you concerning the in-game economy: you want more real-world brands, more value, and more choice. So, we’re making a few changes in Season 3 aimed at making that happen: Brands! Way back in Season 1, you asked for brands in the skate.Pass - this season, we’re going to deliver, with adidas and more coming to the skate.Pass. Items on demand: Get the items you want, when you want them. We’re making 200+ wardrobe basics and in-demand items available for à la carte purchase. Although we’ll occasionally swap out a few items here and there to keep things fresh, the core catalogue will just keep growing. More skate.Pass options. We're adding a new Premium+ skate.Pass bundle to give you more options (and even more Tix) - you choose what works best for you. These updates are aimed at getting you more of what you want, and less of what you don’t. Believe us when we say, we’re still working on it: changing things as we go to set up skate. for success in the long run. With that in mind, let’s talk about Grom. In Season 3, the Isle of Grom is back - and we’re not just talking about the tutorial area. The island has expanded with a ton of new spots to skate and explore. Think hillbombs, massive gaps, cool transitions and some Skate 2 and 3-inspired spillway action. We think Grom is going to be one of your favorite spots and can’t wait to see what you’ll do with it. ALL players will have the opportunity to explore Grom during Season 3. But, as an added benefit for our skate.Pass Premium holders, they will get first dibs to skate Grom before anyone else. Your way into Grom Here’s how it’ll go down: for the first month at the start of Season 3, skate.Pass Premium holders will have unlimited access to Grom. After that, we’ll be holding our official grand opening - inviting all of our San Van residents to the Isle for a very special multi-week event in April. With a new brand partner making their Grom debut, you won’t want to miss it. Once the event ends, Grom access will be widely available through skate.Pass Premium, or you can grab an Isle of Grom Water Taxi day pass by using your earnable Rip Chips. The day pass will be 500 Rip Chips, is valid for 24-hours from the moment you get it, and can be used an unlimited number of times within that 24-hour window. Looking ahead: Season 3 and beyond If you’ve made it this far - thank you. We know it’s a lot of information. One last heads up before we go: at the start of Season 3, some of our SVB packs will be on sale from March 10 to March 17. Our goal remains the same. We want skate. to be a game that keeps growing and improving with our community for a very long time. Early Access is about building the foundation for that future. Tomorrow, we’ll be back again to share more of the fun stuff coming your way in Season 3 and beyond. In the meantime, thanks for rolling with us. The Full Circle TeamThe Grind: Vol 1
Welcome to The Grind! What is The Grind? This is our platform to talk directly to you, the community. We will share details about skate., answering your questions directly, and talk about where we’re at in development (from playtesting onward). We want The Grind to tell you everything you need to know about skate. before we open up San Vansterdam in Early Access later this year. The Grind is about you, our players, and for it to work, we need your questions. We are opening a new question submission form in the official Discord and we’ll pull questions from there for our next volume of The Grind, coming in May. Start adding your questions for the development team in the new #questions . And please – don’t hold back. Ask the questions that you really want answers to. Let’s get Vol 1 of The Grind rolling! What’s happening with the skate. Insider Playtest? In Sept 2024, we began our Always-On Playtest. This new phase tests the game in a permanent live environment, with servers running around the clock. We began with PC and mobile testing and rolled out a small wave of console test invites. In March, we invited our biggest wave of testers to date, launched the 0.26.0 playtest update, and turned on virtual currency testing for PS and PC testers. We’ve updated the city, added more challenges, updated visuals, fixed bugs from 0.25.0, and much more. As skate. Insiders share their feedback and issues, the Full Circle team is working to address these reports and continually improve the gameplay and the feel of skating in San Vansterdam. We're building this game in collaboration with the community, and that’s why these playtests and the sharing of bugs, issues, and feedback is so important. To date, we’ve invited more than 200K players into the playtest, and that massive amount of feedback (over 30K posts on the playtest forums and over 20K survey responses) has helped steer the direction of skate. and improve the gameplay and performance. So thank you, testers, for all that you’ve done so far and continue to do. And if you’re reading this and still waiting for an invite, don’t worry, we’re planning on sending out another large wave of invites in June. Just for fun, we asked our data team to share some of the things you’ve all been doing in the playtest. Check out some of the highlights of your accomplishments in San Vansterdam: More than 16 million kickflips* More than 4.8 million 50-50 Grinds landed - nothin’ but bolts! The Longest Grind (so far) – more than 200 meters! That’s about 15 school buses! More than 40 million Total Wipeouts – Ouch! More than 6.5 million Challenges completed includes varial and nollie kickflips * Now, let’s answer some of those questions you’ve asked us that need answers! Your Q’s, our A’s. Is skate. still launching in 2025? Yes! We are still planning on launching in Early Access later this year. We have an ambitious vision for skate.: an ever-growing, ever-evolving skateboarding sandbox that expands over time with the feedback of the players living in San Vansterdam. Our Early Access launch will only be Day One of that experience, a starting point from which new features, improvements, and content will be added over time. We don’t consider the Early Access launch the “finished version” of skate., and neither should you. But the skateboarding experience will be great, and you’ll have tons to do with your friends in San Vansterdam. We can’t wait to share more details about what we have planned, both for day one of Early Access and in the months that follow. We’ll be updating you regularly over the next few months so keep an eye out right here and on our official social channels to stay up to date. Will skate. have an offline mode? The simple answer: No. The game and city are designed to be a living, breathing massively multiplayer skateboarding sandbox that is always online and always evolving. You’ll see bigger things evolve, like changes to the city over time, as well as smaller things, like live events and other in-game activities. In order to deliver on our vision of a skateboarding world, the game will always require a live connection. That is probably not much of a surprise if you’ve been in our playtest. How did you come up with the name San Vansterdam? We TOTALLY conducted extensive scientific, data-driven research and didn’t just spitball names until we found something everyone didn't hate. We promise. Is cross-play/cross-progression in the playtest? Absolutely! When you load in, you can see if someone is on a console or PC with cross-play on by default. And with cross-progression, if you have access to more than one platform for playtesting, you can literally log out of one platform, and launch the playtest on the other platform, and you’ll start exactly where you logged out. Hey, I signed up but never got in. What gives? It’s nothing personal, we promise! To make our testing most effective and to ensure stability, we are providing access to testers in waves. But rest assured, before we launch into Early Access, everyone who has registered as skate. Insiders will get an invite to come playtest the game. Why are microtransactions active in the playtest? San Vansterdam will be a living skating world, and we want to effectively support ongoing development while also offering a system that feels fair and fun for all of our players. To get there, we’re running extensive testing across PC and PS (Xbox testing will be rolling out later) to catch any issues or pain points, and to ensure that the content represents a fair value for our players. We know that using real money during a playtest is a little unusual, but we think it’s the best way to properly assess and adjust the system before launch. If you see prices or other things changing over time, please understand that this is normal. And of course, you will receive the amount you spent during playtesting in San Van Bucks (SVB) when we reset for Early Access launch. What happens with any money I spend during the Playtest? Like we said, if you choose to participate in this test and spend real money, whatever you spend will be returned to you in SVB when the game launches for Early Access. If you buy $20 of SVB, you will enter Early Access with $20 worth of SVB waiting for you on the same EA account. While it’s important to us for testing, we understand some of you may feel uncomfortable spending real money in a test-phase game. So if you don’t want to spend your money right now, we totally get it, and your feedback is always important to us. Is everything “cool” going to be locked behind a paywall? We are still adjusting the in-game rewards system, including the items available with San Van Bucks and the earnable Rip Chips currency, which will allow you to grab items from Product Boxes by completing Challenges and ranking up the districts of San Vansterdam. As mentioned in The Board Room Ep 3, skate. will not have paid lootboxes. The bottom line – there will be “cool” things for you to earn and customize your character without having to spend real cash. Will there be locations on the map that will cost money? The city of San Vansterdam will grow and evolve, with new areas opening up over its lifetime. As we said in one of our first Board Room videos, we will not lock new gameplay areas behind a paywall. If a new area is added to the game world, you can access it for free. Will I have to pay to level up the stats of my character? skate. isn’t a pay-to-win game, so there will be no paying to increase your skater’s skills (there also are no skill stats to increase for your skater anyway). Your stats are in your fingers - how good you Flick-it is how good you are in San Vansterdam. Practice makes pro, not a list of numbers in a stat sheet. Thanks for joining us for the first volume of The Grind. We hope you enjoyed hearing a bit from us and having us answer your questions directly. We’ll be doing these monthly over the next few months so be sure to join the official Discord (https://discord.gg/skateEA) and fill out the question submission form to get your hot questions in for next time. And, as always, stay tuned in to our social channels for the latest info and answers to your questions. See you in San Vansterdam, The skate. Team Stay in the loop by following skate. on Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, and Facebook and read all the latest news and updates from our team via the skate. newsroom. Join the conversation in our official Discord server and our community-run Reddit.The Weekly Grind - Feb 17, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind. Let’s get to it! What’s going on? Week 2 of Spring Pop-Off is underway, and Burt Blaze has arrived in the Extravert store. (Reminder: his flame VFX only activates in-game when you’ve hit that 4X multiplier. You can check the VFX in the store by hitting the Toggle Effect button.) Check the blog that dropped on Feb 5 for details on the event running from Feb 10 - March 3! Our ImpervaTEK winners were announced on the ImpervaTEK post, with decks shipping this week (and their videos showing up on skate.Reel soon). For the Show Your Fit screenshot contest, we’ll be going through those and should have an update on the winners next week. Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today) Spring Pop-Off Week 2 Dev Update: Season 3 Roadmap and Seasonal Structure Blog Show Us Your Fit Screenshot Contest Winners Announcement Coming Up Season 3 Details and News (we’ll be dropping bits of info over the coming weeks, with our Season 3 blog hitting on March 5, 2026 with all the info on Season 3) 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. While we love highlighting content from the community (via Discord, Reddit, etc.), we’ll use this space to share the ImpervaTEK Winners’ videos. Ditos110 Natedogg1820 P33C3 RabbitSavior Wakeupyouredying X4nnyPhant0m XxVoldo beefparcel BiggestDank [KONA] 5213bubble 6j7tn3597w58 aaronb553 actuallybradpitt Adlanticz 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. To Be Fixed in the Coming Weeks: There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. Progression and rewards for some completed Tasks fail to apply to the player's account. Workaround: Restarting skate fixes this issue, but your Task progress may be lost. The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close. The Score with Sequences and Modified Grabs daily and weekly task does not appear for some players and cannot be progressed. Transferring from one Challenge to a Co-op Challenge via invite sometimes results in server disconnection. The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue. Lip color and Board Stickers are invisible when running a NVIDIA card on driver 591.44 or newer. Skaters are unintentionally pulled into random co-op challenges. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: Tweaking skate's. graphical settings can cause the fullscreen resolution to switch to 640x480. Workaround: Rename the %localappdata%\skate\data folder or delete the folders that have numbers in that folder tree. Graphical glitches are present in the UI on PCs using AMD GPUs. 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. Event challenge criteria sometimes fail to update after completion. 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. Community Park tasks sometimes won’t count if you log out while within a Community Park and log back in. Workaround: Use any Fast Travel point and then return to the Community Park. Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party. The speech-to-text feature does not transcribe the words correctly.Dev Update: Auto-Exchange System
Oh hello - skate. dev team here, popping back in to talk about some ch-ch-changes coming your way as we head into Season 3. To recap where we left off in November: Early Access means we’re always learning from how you play, what’s working, and what’s not. Things don’t always line up between what we intended and how things turn out in-game (you all keep us on our toes). When that happens, we tinker, we tweak, we try to improve. This is one of those moments. Let’s get right into it: starting with the transition from Season 2 to Season 3, there will be changes to how Tix work. Why we’re making this change While we’d originally intended for all Tix to be used in the season they were earned, at the end of Season 1, we had a problem. There were a number of players with more Tix than they could spend. You told us you wanted more options, more content, and more branded items. So, while we worked on that, we made the decision to roll over all Tix purchased with SVB, and a portion of earned Tix into Season 2. In some cases, this still meant players lost up to 75% of their Tix - which is not what we want. So, we’re going to try something new to reduce wasted Tix. What’s changing (aka. the important stuff, read me) Starting with the end of Season 2 and going forward, Tix will not roll over from season to season - this includes earned Tix, and those purchased with SVB. Like most games with seasonal currencies, that means you’ll need to spend your Tix in the season you’ve earned them, starting now with Season 2. But, we get it, you have a life - and your Tix shouldn’t disappear into the void if you’re busy living it on the day a new season starts. If you still have Tix at the end of a season, the game will auto-exchange items for you by utilizing those leftover Tix, aiming to get you as much value as possible. There’s still about a month left until that happens, so you still have plenty of time to spend your Tix however you choose. TL;DR: Tix will not roll over into the next season We’ll remind you in-game to use your Tix before the season ends If you forget (or life happens), auto-exchange will exchange the Tix for you on skate.Pass rewards so they don’t go to waste How it works You’re in complete control of how you spend your Tix during the season: auto-exchange will only kick in once the season ends. Here’s how it works: Auto-exchange starts on the last skate.Pass page you’ve unlocked It exchanges Tix for higher rarity items first If it runs out of items on that page, it moves backward to earlier pages Auto-exchange completes when you do not have a high enough Tix balance to obtain any more items Any Tix remaining after auto-exchange completes will be wiped Example: If you’ve earned enough Tix to unlock up to Page 7 in the skate.Pass, auto-exchange will begin on Page 7, exchange Tix for available items, then work its way down to earlier pages. Auto-exchange will not obtain items from pages you haven’t unlocked. What about the Legacy skate.Pass for skate.Pass Premium members? After the auto-exchange completes and you're in the next season, if you had skate.Pass Premium for the previous season, you'll still be able to earn Tix to unlock more tiers in the previous season's skate.Pass. Season 3 is coming soon Season 3 is just around the corner, bringing more cool stuff and less lost Tix with it. We heard loud and clear that you wanted more branded items in the skate.Pass, and we’re happy to say that you’ll start seeing that in Season 3. And, when it comes to being able to customize your skater, more options are on the way. You wanted ink - this season, you’ve got it. That’s right folks, tattoos. Head over to our socials today for a sneak peek of what we have lined up for you. As always, we’ll keep checking in on how things feel and tuning our systems until they’re just right. Keep an eye out on our channels for more Season 3 updates to come throughout this month. That’s all for now, folks. Thanks for rolling with us. The Full Circle Team
