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There's a fairly recognizable random NPC in San Van that walks around, checks his phone, sometimes there's two of him in the same spot.

We want you to find him, throw a trick, emote, something - and grab a clip.
We wanna see it.

We'll select the 15 top clips as winners and they'll each receive a Year 5/seagull skate. deck.

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**Technical Requirements**

• Minimum of 720p resolution (1080p and higher is preferred)
• Between 15-30 seconds
• Title of the video must include the phrase “Have You Seen Him? Video Contest”

**Content Requirements**

• No personal watermarks
• Must utilize a video hosting link like YouTube or Medal.TV.
  • Youtube Shorts will not be accepted
  • Google Drive Links will not be accepted.
• May consist of one long clip or multiple clips.
• Must show the target NPC with orange beanie, grey sweater, white tech pants, with bunny slippers in the video

Submit clips to https://skate.game/reels

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 18+ ends May 31, 2026.

Visit https://x.ea.com/89241 for rules, restrictions, and eligibility.

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Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners and Gromites! 

Let’s roll!

What’s going on?

We’re in our second week of the first Creator Collaboration Challenge series. Our event blog dropped so check it out if you missed it. 

• These are Difficult Challenges
• The Challenges are on Isle of Grom, but there’s 4 lists of tasks to complete that are on Grom and in San Van. (Unlimited Grom access is available for skate.Premium Pass members or for non-Premium Pass members, you can get a 24 hour San Van Water Taxi pass for 500 Rip Chips.)
• Complete all the ZexyZek Task lists to get a deck, a hat, a shirt, and some pants. Crush it and you get a special ZexyZek title.

We released update 0.30.8 last week to address an issue where joining a Zexy Challenge would crash the game. This was related to French and German VO, which the hotfix did address.

The team also pushed a backend change to address the following issue:

• Returning to the session marker while 'getting unstuck' can get the player stuck on the black loading screen.
  • We’ll have a full fix coming with 0.31.0 on June 2.

 

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)
• Creator Challenge Week 2
• “Have You Seen This Him?” Video Contest (May 20)

Coming Up

• Season 4 Blog and Details
• Season 4 starts June 2

ICYMI: Free socks and t-shirts! 

Your free plain black socks are already in your inventory.

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You have 2 weeks to grab your four FREE community-created t-shirts before June 2, 2026! These were created from members of our very own skate community - Syph, Pariah, and Boolin - winners of the T-shirt design challenge.

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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.

Someone is feeling Zexy after shutting it down, Credit: sampleofstupid

Hey! I'm (air)walking here! Credit: Ditos110

Gotta pinch that grind, Credit: Scotty

Deep breath. Center yourself. Drop in. Credit: 𝙏𝙂

Fun fact: Skateboarding rose in popularity because surfers wanted a year-round sport. Credit to Xander for keeping it old school.

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.

Developer’s Note: We’re seeing a small volume of crashes on PC related to 13th and 14th Gen Intel Processors. 
This is a thermal hardware issue with Intel processors, which Intel patched back in 2024, but if you were affected and didn’t download the patch in time, your CPU may be permanently damaged. This issue can cause crashes with high load applications, like video games. You can read more about the issue here and download a diagnostic tool here to see if your PC has this issue. 

Known Issues Still Being Investigated:

• Month 3 task appears as Use Fast Travel Points instead of Grind or Manual Distance for non-English languages.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• The Season 3 Week 10 Weekly task is incorrectly translated in Japanese.

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Emergency Update 0.30.8 goes live on May 15 to address a crash issue impacting the ZexyZek event.

The purpose of this update is to address a crash issue impacting the ZexyZek Creator Collab event.

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the player had their device set to French or German languages and their Voice Over settings to a non-English language, and attempted a ZexyZex Challenge.

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Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners and Gromites! 

Let’s roll!

What’s going on?

Now, it’s May 12 and we have our very first Creator Collaboration Challenge series - and it’s with ZexyZek. Our event blog dropped so check it out if you missed it. 

• Difficult Challenges (we’re not joking - Zexy likes a challenge and customized these to put you to the test)
• The Challenges are on Isle of Grom, but there’s 4 lists of tasks to complete that are on Grom and in San Van. (Unlimited Grom access is available for skate.Premium Pass members or for non-Premium Pass members, you can get a 24 hour San Van Water Taxi pass for 500 Rip Chips.)
• Complete all the ZexyZek Task lists to get a deck, a hat, a shirt, and some pants. Crush it and you get a special ZexyZek title.

(If you are experiencing a crash when starting the Challenges and you have the in-game VO language set to French or German, switch to English while doing the Zexy event.)

We shared some info about the upcoming lighting update to hit skate. in Season 4. (We’ll have some more previews of what’s coming in S4 through the rest of May, with the Season 4 blog dropping on May 28.)

First, if you missed it - here’s what we shared regarding the lighting update for S4 on San Van and Grom.

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We chatted with our Sr. Lighting Director to get more information on the changes coming for S4.

Let’s dive in.

How would you describe the Season 3 lighting?
Sr. Lighting Director: We wanted to find a more ownable look for Seasons 2 and 3, so that's why we moved toward later-afternoon lighting, a bit more toward the golden hour. You know, the sun isn't quite that low in the sky, but we wanted it to feel kind of warm and inviting, like that nice, warm, sunny, hazy afternoon.

How would you describe the shift from Season 2/3 to Season 4, and the intention behind it?
Sr. Lighting Director: From Season 2 and 3 to 4, this was a good time to introduce a time-of-day change to San Van, because we had already done a significant time-of-day change in Grom before that, from sunset to nighttime. So, we're like, okay, we need to bring in a bit more variation and move it to slightly more high noon, maybe pre-noon. So the sun moved across the sky, shifting the angle of all the downtown shadows, kind of freshening the city's vibe and giving old spots a new perspective. Some areas that used to be in direct sun are now in shadow, and vice versa.

What visual signatures define the Season 4 lighting update?
Sr. Lighting Director: For this change, we wanted more vibrant, clearer skies, a noon-time with a different sun angle, and a heavier vignette as the other main component. So if you look at a side-by-side of Season 2 and 3 compared to Season  4, the vignette is much stronger.

Why bring in a stronger vignette?
Sr. Lighting Director: We wanted to bring that in for that reason, as it centers your attention on the center of the screen, where your skater is. It gives a nice fall-off to the periphery of the frame.

Anything you can tease about Season 5 and beyond?
Sr. Lighting Director: I would just say there are exciting things on the horizon, and we're constantly expanding our repertoire of lighting moving forward.

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)
• Creator Challenge Starts (that’s today)
• 4x Discord Sweeps to celebrate Skate 3’s birthday
  • Part 1 - May 10
  • Part 2 - May 11 (Happy 16th birthday, Skate 3!)
  • Part 3 - May 12
  • Part 4 - May 13

Coming Up

• “Have You Seen This Person?” Screenshot Contest (May 20)

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ICYMI: Free socks and t-shirts! 

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Grab your four FREE community-created t-shirts before June 2, 2026! These were created from members of our very own skate community - Syph, Pariah, and Boolin - winners of the T-shirt design challenge.

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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. 

Sick little line, Credit: opaque

Switch natas spin, Credit: Gloomy Poet

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Park photographer -ashlee- caught some skaters mid-sesh.

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.

Developer’s Note: We’re seeing a small volume of crashes on PC related to 13th and 14th Gen Intel Processors. 
This is a thermal hardware issue with Intel processors, which Intel patched back in 2024, but if you were affected and didn’t download the patch in time, your CPU may be permanently damaged. This issue can cause crashes with high load applications, like video games. You can read more about the issue here and download a diagnostic tool here to see if your PC has this issue. 

Known Issues Still Being Investigated:

• Month 3 task appears as Use Fast Travel Points instead of Grind or Manual Distance for non-English languages.
• The game crashes when loading into Isle of Grom.
• 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 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.
• 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, won´t count as "flip trick to grind to flip trick" for challenge criteria on the challenge "Street Dreams".
• Scorp tattoo has incorrect thumbnail.

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The Isle of Grom has some devious new challenges!

We teamed up with longtime skate. collaborator ZexyZek to launch our first-ever Creator Challenge—pushing the franchise into new territory and setting the bar for what creator-driven content can look like. A staple of the Skate 3 scene for years and a member of the skate. Player Council, ZexyZek brings a rare mix of deep game knowledge and real-world skateboarding credibility to the table. With over 2.7M subscribers and 740M+ views, ZexyZek has built his name on next-level stunts, NBDs, and pushing the community to go bigger.

From the man himself, ZexyZek:
In a couple of sentences, who is ZexyZek and what does he do?
While I’ve personally been grinding the Skate series since 2011, the official start of my Epic Skate 3 Challenges series came to YouTube in 2017. Through the series, I’ve tried hundreds of challenges sent in by viewers and built a community around finding the most difficult, creative, and game-breaking tricks in skate!

So, you’re the first creator to do a Creator Challenge Collab with Full Circle for skate., that’s dope. What was your thought process on the types of Challenges you wanted to create for the game?
In my head, it was pretty simple: I wanted to create the hardest challenges the team would allow! I spent days roaming around the island looking for the coolest spots and tried tons of gaps before narrowing it down. I wanted my challenges to test all sorts of skills and require a mastery of multiple mechanics… the types of challenges I would want to try in my own videos. Isle of Grom was the perfect place for these Challenges - and I think I found some good ones!

Of the Challenges you helped create, what’s your favorite?
There’s one challenge that requires you to drop into the spillway, launch onto a roof, hit a long manual, then pop back into the spillway. It’s difficult, fun, and very satisfying to finally roll away!  It’s one of my favorite spots and was actually the first challenge I thought of when skating around the island.

Any tips for the kids at home on Shutting Them Down?
Now I’m by no means the best Skate (franchise) player, but I believe I’ve landed some of the craziest challenges in the game because I’m one of the most determined players. I will try over and over again no matter how long it takes. My new challenges are hard, but possible, and the payoff is definitely worth it! (and if all else fails, adjust those assist sliders!)

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Let’s get into it.

For this debut drop, he cooked up a set of brutally difficult tasks designed to seriously test your Flick-It control, timing, and consistency. Not only that - he voiced these challenges! These aren’t casual runs—they’re technical, high-risk sequences packed with tight Line Challenges, crazy Stunts, and an OTL that will test how well you know your grinds. There's going to be big gaps and zero room for slop. It’s exactly what he’s known for: challenges that demand precision, patience, and a willingness to battle until you stomp it clean. Challenges are focused on Isle of Grom, but there’s Tasks on both Grom and San Van. 

Lock in, throw down, and clear them all! You’ve got 2 weeks to Shut it Down and get the Zexy gear. 

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Get to the Isle of Grom and step up. The skate.Premium Pass gets you unlimited access, or jump in fast with a 24-hour Water Taxi Day Pass for 500 Rip Chips.

https://preview.redd.it/wq3txc5zlq0h1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=5776b5d8e53fe875e7464d6f3917db57adf8fa1f

Push through every challenge to earn the full Zexy set: Trucker Hat, Board, Shirt, and Cargo Pants. Beat them all and claim an exclusive Zexy title as proof you conquered it.

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See you on the Isle of Grom (and stay Zexy), 

The skate. Team

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The Isle of Grom has some devious new challenges!

We teamed up with longtime skate. collaborator ZexyZek to launch our first-ever Creator Challenge—pushing the franchise into new territory and setting the bar for what creator-driven content can look like. A staple of the Skate 3 scene for years and a member of the skate. Player Council, ZexyZek brings a rare mix of deep game knowledge and real-world skateboarding credibility to the table. With over 2.7M subscribers and 740M+ views, ZexyZek has built his name on next-level stunts, NBDs, and pushing the community to go bigger.

From the man himself, ZexyZek:
In a couple of sentences, who is ZexyZek and what does he do?
While I’ve personally been grinding the Skate series since 2011, the official start of my Epic Skate 3 Challenges series came to YouTube in 2017. Through the series, I’ve tried hundreds of challenges sent in by viewers and built a community around finding the most difficult, creative, and game-breaking tricks in skate!

So, you’re the first creator to do a Creator Challenge Collab with Full Circle for skate., that’s dope. What was your thought process on the types of Challenges you wanted to create for the game?
In my head, it was pretty simple: I wanted to create the hardest challenges the team would allow! I spent days roaming around the island looking for the coolest spots and tried tons of gaps before narrowing it down. I wanted my challenges to test all sorts of skills and require a mastery of multiple mechanics… the types of challenges I would want to try in my own videos. Isle of Grom was the perfect place for these Challenges - and I think I found some good ones!

Of the Challenges you helped create, what’s your favorite?
There’s one challenge that requires you to drop into the spillway, launch onto a roof, hit a long manual, then pop back into the spillway. It’s difficult, fun, and very satisfying to finally roll away!  It’s one of my favorite spots and was actually the first challenge I thought of when skating around the island.

Any tips for the kids at home on Shutting Them Down?
Now I’m by no means the best Skate (franchise) player, but I believe I’ve landed some of the craziest challenges in the game because I’m one of the most determined players. I will try over and over again no matter how long it takes. My new challenges are hard, but possible, and the payoff is definitely worth it! (and if all else fails, adjust those assist sliders!)

https://preview.redd.it/tm34xa5zlq0h1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=a19e807307da57dee0c77775a0dbc65e03a5f36c

Let’s get into it.

For this debut drop, he cooked up a set of brutally difficult tasks designed to seriously test your Flick-It control, timing, and consistency. Not only that - he voiced these challenges! These aren’t casual runs—they’re technical, high-risk sequences packed with tight Line Challenges, crazy Stunts, and an OTL that will test how well you know your grinds. There's going to be big gaps and zero room for slop. It’s exactly what he’s known for: challenges that demand precision, patience, and a willingness to battle until you stomp it clean. Challenges are focused on Isle of Grom, but there’s Tasks on both Grom and San Van. 

Lock in, throw down, and clear them all! You’ve got 2 weeks to Shut it Down and get the Zexy gear. 

https://preview.redd.it/9uiwjd5zlq0h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8566ebf0a88e346300f140eb4e8b1098e511e545

https://preview.redd.it/zxm4vc5zlq0h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=38cb73005e68a2be1f285adee4db26f61c641ee2

Get to the Isle of Grom and step up. The skate.Premium Pass gets you unlimited access, or jump in fast with a 24-hour Water Taxi Day Pass for 500 Rip Chips.

https://preview.redd.it/wq3txc5zlq0h1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=5776b5d8e53fe875e7464d6f3917db57adf8fa1f

Push through every challenge to earn the full Zexy set: Trucker Hat, Board, Shirt, and Cargo Pants. Beat them all and claim an exclusive Zexy title as proof you conquered it.

https://preview.redd.it/02o6rb5zlq0h1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5f00f459f79572810653d9fa4fe53d1a9c5b746

See you on the Isle of Grom (and stay Zexy), 

The skate. Team

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Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners and Gromites!  Let’s roll!

What’s going on?

Last week we dropped the Dev Update, with some hints about a new area coming in S4, updated lighting, finger flips, and the increase of earnable SVB through skate. Premium Pass (you can earn up to 1,500 SVB by completing the skate. Premium Pass and bonus pages).

Our Nike SB Pop-Up Event has ended - and the barge has reverted. We’re going through the submissions for the Nike SB Pop-Up UGC contest, and we’ll be reaching out to finalists in the coming weeks to verify eligibility and lock them in to announce our winners. 

Update 0.30.7 rolled out today, with some fixes to music, late flips, and stability issues.

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)
• Open Access ends for Grom at Night (that’s today)
  • Reminder: skate. Premium Pass has unlimited access to Isle of Grom at night, and non-Premium Pass folks can grab a 24 hour Water Taxi Day Pass for 500 Rip Chips)
• Update 0.30.7 (that’s today)

Coming Up

• Creator Challenge Starts (May 12)
• 4x Discord Sweeps to celebrate Skate 3’s birthday
  • Part 1 - May 10
  • Part 2 - May 11
  • Part 3 - May 12
  • Part 4 - May 13
• “Have You Seen This Person?” Screenshot Contest (May 20)

ICYMI: Free socks and t-shirts!

Don’t forget! You’ve got a free pair of black plain socks in your inventory.

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Grab your four FREE community-created t-shirts before June 2, 2026! These were created from members of our very own skate community - Syph, Pariah, and Boolin - winners of the T-shirt design challenge.

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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. 

Sick line, Credit: k e e n

Boombox grind, Credit: noragoose

Hippity hoppity, Credit: shout

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.

Developer’s Note: We’re seeing a small volume of crashes on PC related to 13th and 14th Gen Intel Processors. 

This is a thermal hardware issue with Intel processors, which Intel patched back in 2024, but if you were affected and didn’t download the patch in time, your CPU may be permanently damaged. This issue can cause crashes with high load applications, like video games. You can read more about the issue here and download a diagnostic tool here to see if your PC has this issue. 

Fixed on May 5:

• Fixed an issue where music could distort when entering and exiting Challenges.
• Fixed an issue where Late Flips were not landing as intended in certain scenarios.
• Fixed various stability issues.

Known Issues Still Being Investigated:

• 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.
• The game crashes when loading into the Isle of Grom.
• Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change.
• 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.
• Character texture flickers when the Pipe Dream challenge starts.
• Players cannot grind on the rails of the Stadium parking entrance.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• HUD disappears after starting a Challenge.
• Scorp tattoo has incorrect thumbnail.

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0.30.7 Patch Notes | All Platforms | Update Starts Rolling Out May 5, 2026 at 10 a.m. PDT

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where music could distort when entering and exiting Challenges.
• Fixed an issue where Late Flips were not landing as intended in certain scenarios.
• Fixed various stability issues.

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Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners and Gromites! 

Let’s roll!

What’s going on?

It’s the final week of the Open Access Nike SB Pop-Up event on Isle of Grom at night! For more details on the event, check the blog. (Make sure to complete all the Nike SB tasks to claim your free black Nike SB socks, Nike SB sticker, and Nike SB Dunk Highs.) 

The Nike SB section of the Extravert store has been updated with Nike SB Black Sports Bra, Nike SB Navy Jersey Tank, Nike SB Blue Tee, Nike SB Black Spider Tee, Nike SB Beanie, and Nike SB Zoom Blazer Mid.

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We’re stoked to see all the content you’ve been sharing - and don’t forget we have that Nike SB Pop-Up UGC contest where you can win a pair of Nike SBs! (Submissions end May 5, 2026 so get to it!)

Our next update is 0.30.7, starting to roll out across platforms on May 12, 2026 at 10AM PT (and that’s also the start of the Creator Challenge).

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)
• Nike SB Pop-Up Event UGC Contest continues
• Nike SB Pop-Up Event Store Rotation (April 28)

Coming Up

• Open Access ends for Grom at Night (May 5)
• Update 0.30.7 (May 12)
• Creator Challenge Starts (May 12)
• 4x Discord Sweeps to celebrate Skate 3’s birthday
• “Have You Seen Him?” Screenshot Contest

ICYMI: Free socks and t-shirts!

Grab your four FREE community-created t-shirts before June 2, 2026! These were created from members of our very own skate community - Syph, Pariah, and Boolin - winners of the T-shirt design challenge.

https://preview.redd.it/5xfvirhyfzxg1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=0d317a8209ee17d94906099e216c1f36423d4df1

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. 

It's a rooftop party, Credit: sampleofstupid

Bus gap, Credit: ToSwagy21

Stackhat76 and lamp know to return the cart to the cart corral after a steezy handplant. Be like them.

https://preview.redd.it/xc52q89hgzxg1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=6be8d6dc1591e6dbbeea72f7e45895ef963f264c

https://preview.redd.it/82qw0szigzxg1.png?width=1991&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1ec7f8ffc2f2dd52440ef6e88d2405b2a4715ca

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.

Developer’s Note: We’re seeing a small volume of crashes on PC related to 13th and 14th Gen Intel Processors. 
This is a thermal hardware issue with Intel processors, which Intel patched back in 2024, but if you were affected and didn’t download the patch in time, your CPU may be permanently damaged. This issue can cause crashes with high load applications, like video games. You can read more about the issue here and download a diagnostic tool here to see if your PC has this issue. 

Known Issues Still Being Investigated:

• The game crashes when loading into the Isle of Grom.
• Sometimes a player will bail when landing a late flip correctly.
• Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change.
• 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.
• Character texture flickers when the Pipe Dream challenge starts.
• Players cannot grind on the rails of the Stadium parking entrance.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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 have collision making it hard to skate.
• 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.
• Quick Ollie has incorrect height and forward boost when performed during grind.
• Player can hear pedestrian after turning the setting off.
• Returning to session marker while 'getting unstuck' can get the player stuck on a black loading screen.
• HUD disappears after starting a challenge.