Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll!
What’s going on? We’re 2 weeks away from X Games San Van, and we’ll be dropping details next week, so get ready!
Our Fingerflips video contest is underway, so make sure to grab a 15-30 second clip featuring fingerflips and drop it on skate.REEL for a chance to win one of the last Year 5/seagull decks. Check here for the rules, requirements, etc.
Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat.
Let’s dive right into the calendar.
The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today!)
New Weekly Tasks (also today!)
The Stadium General Access* Starts (that’s today from July 7 - 21)
Global Celebration (July 7-21; Extravert Store rotation starting today!)
Fingerflips Video Contest is underway!
*What is General Access for The Stadium?
From July 7 - 21, 2026, get access to The Stadium via:
skate.Premium Pass (unlimited access)
250 Rip Chips for a 24 hour Stadium Pass
The Weekly Grind Interviews
Design a Deck UGC Contest (July 16-31 in Discord)
Update 0.31.5 (July 21)
X Games San Van (July 21 - Aug 25)
What is the Global Celebration?
From July 7 - 21, grab a collection of country-themed decks, backgrounds, and player cards with the new Global Celebration items in the Extravert Shop in-game.
We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel.
Rippin' it on the new Hedgemont park. Credit: SentientOoze
Chillin' in Rolling Waves between sessions with a homie, Credit @azzie
Just a couple of ... "dummies". Credit: @Bourbonshire
Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps.
Fixed:
Replaced the Waterworks OTL with the Large Barge OTL on Grom to fix the objective tracking issues.
Known Issues Still Being Investigated:
Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format.
Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works.
Rarely, a black screen appears when starting a challenge or throwdown on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Workaround: Rebooting skate. may resolve this issue.
Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity.
Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should.
The first step of the Help Wanted mission, Coping Inspector, gets crossed out and doesn't progress when arriving at the target area.
Rebooting skate. results in the Mission progressing to the next step
The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode.
After finishing a Co-op Challenge, party member's names will swap with random ones during the celebration screen.
Often, players can't climb the scaffolding of M-Corp Tower.
The image and price of some Bundles are failing to display in the Shop.
AMD driver 26.6.1 is causing skate. to crash.
Workaround: Roll back your drivers to 26.5.2 and restart skate.
Occasionally, players get a black screen when using fast travel, Session marker, or starting/completing challenges.
Footplant to Body Flip transition causes immediate bail with Require Grab While Flipping enabled.
Rip Score popup appears after entering or leaving Stadium or Isle of Grom.
Using R3 to Quick Travel will also always toggle the Camera Height.
Level 3 Mastery Task group is mistranslated in Japanese.
Daily and Mastery Task Sections Sometimes Display Blank Screen.
Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining the server.
Trick landing animations can appear inconsistent after performing a Boned Ollie.
Flick-It Visualizer disappears after completing a challenge.
Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching ledge from its end.
Game freezes on the social spectate menu or while spectating.
Friends list sometimes displays multiple entries of the same friend or none at all.
Wallride detection often causes skater to flip unnaturally.
Smith to Tailslide task often fails to register when done correctly.