Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll!
What’s going on? X Games San Van hits the city in seven days! We’ll be dropping the X Games San Van details this Thursday, July 16, and open access to the stadium starts on July 21, 2026 (no Rip Chips or skate. Premium Pass needed to access the stadium for the remainder of Season 4).
To get ready for X Games San Van, we’ve got an X Games Quick Drop store rotation starting today.
Last Call! Our Fingerflips video contest is almost over, so make sure to grab a 15-30 second clip featuring fingerflips and drop it on skate.REEL for a chance to win one of the last Year 5/seagull decks. Check here for the rules, requirements, etc.
And starting Friday, July 17, 2026, in the official skate. Discord, we’re hosting our second community UGC contest - Design a Deck. Submit your deck graphic designs for a chance to see them in-game. (Details coming Friday!)
Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat.
Let’s dive right into the calendar.
The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today!)
New Weekly Tasks (also today!)
X Games QD Store Rotation Starts Today
Global Celebration Store Rotation Continues (July 7-21)
X Games San Van Details -blog, etc. (July 16)
Fingerflips Video Contest is almost over!
Design a Deck UGC Contest (July 16-31 in Discord)
*What is General Access for The Stadium?
From July 7 - 21, 2026, get access to The Stadium via:
skate.Premium Pass (unlimited access)
250 Rip Chips for a 24-hour Stadium Pass
The Weekly Grind Interviews
Design a Deck UGC Contest (July 16-31 in Discord)
Update 0.31.5 (July 21)
X Games San Van and Stadium Open Access (July 21 - Aug 25)
We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. Two "SV-Loc'd" out boys goin' crazzzy; Credit: geekwithoutfear
Double Bench Plant, Credit: RawSpam
The Big Benihana, Credit: JinkouTheKid
Backflip hippy flip, Credit: Canasto2K
Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps.
Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format.
Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works.
Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue.
Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity.
Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should.
The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area.
Workaround: Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step
The option to select between a 16:9 centered HUD and a full-width-and-height UI is present but non-functional in Windowed mode.
After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party members' names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen.
Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower.
The images and prices of some Bundles are not displaying in the Shop.
AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash.
Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate.
Occasionally, players encounter a black screen when using fast travel, the Session marker, or when starting/completing challenges.
The Footplant to Body Flip transition causes an immediate bail when Require Grab While Flipping is enabled.
Rip Score pop-up appears after entering or leaving Stadium or Isle of Grom.
Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height.
The Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese.
Daily and Mastery Task sections sometimes display a blank screen.
The Quick Drop radial menu temporarily resets after joining the server.
Trick landing animations can appear inconsistent after performing a Boned Ollie.
Flick-It Visualizer disappears after completing a challenge.
Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching the ledge from its end.
The game freezes on the social spectate menu or while spectating.
The friends list sometimes displays multiple entries of the same friend or none at all.
Wallride detection often causes the skater to flip unnaturally.
The Smith-to-Tailslide task often fails to register when performed correctly.
Reverting after a grind can cause an unnatural speed boost.
The camera doesn't update to the skater's direction when mounting.
Returning to a Lip Mount session marker can result in a severe launch glitch.
Air Footplants are not ending scoring as intended.
Late Flips and Fingerflips don't flip correctly after an on-ground footplant.
Appearance changes can be lost if skate. is closed immediately after doing so.
Certain inputs become unresponsive, resulting in a softlock when using the Replay Editor.
Adjusting the camera or trim while using the Replay Editor can result in a softlock.
Sometimes the Replay Editor doesn't export a video properly.
Other skaters visually stutter briefly after teleporting nearby.
Sometimes other players' Quick Drop objects are still visible, even when visibility is set to Mine Only.
Players are unable to complete the Tip to Toe challenge due to Tailslides registering as Bluntslides.
Pinned tasks are unintentionally duplicating.
The Auto Curb Pop In Setup setting affects gameplay even when it is toggled off.
Players remain in a Party they are kicked from.
Inconsistent physics behavior that causes frequent bails on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Certain tricks that should meet the criteria aren't doing so for the XX challenge.
Some players are receiving an error message stating they don't have access when they try to join a Party in San Van, Isle of Grom, or the Stadium.
Challenges on the Isle of Grom are greyed out and incorrectly displayed on the Daily Challenge icon.
Quick Drops are displayed in the Skater section, replacing the skater appearance preview.
Player profile names don't display as intended.
Pedestrian voice lines can still be heard even after the setting is turned off.
Other skaters visually stutter while doing tricks near the player.