Skate your way to the X Games
If you want to make in big in EA's "Skate" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, you're going to need to compete in the X Games. Before you reach the X Games, you must complete the photo challenges in one of the game's two storylines. Choose between Skateboard Mag and Thrasher, and once you've finished the final challenge, you will unlock access to the X Games and a new environment to skate around.
Instructions
Skateboard Mag
1. Complete the photo challenges for Skateboard Mag until you reach challenge 10. This is the penultimate challenge before you can get into the X Games on the Skateboard Mag path.
2. Head to the "Camera" icon on your mini-map to activate "Year's Best." The goal of this photo challenge is to trick in front of two columns. The trick will also be done over a bump in the center of a pool.
3. Build up speed and head for the bump. As you reach the bump, launch into a kick flip, and as you pass the center of the columns, perform a grab. Release the grab before your board hits the ground to ensure you land correctly. You need to achieve 500 points to pass this photo challenge and unlock "The Cover."
4. Skate to the next photo icon to activate "The Cover." Once active, push three times with your board and use the left analog stick to shift your position so you are heading straight at the stairs.
5. Ollie as soon as you reach the top of the stairs to launch yourself in the air. Perform any trick as you head down. Hit the street at the bottom without touching the stairs and you've unlocked the X Games.
Thrasher
6. Complete the Thrasher photo challenges up until you reach challenge 11, known as the "Picnic Table Blast."
7. Skate to the photo icon on your mini-map to activate "Picnic Table Blast," which requires you to clear an alley between a picnic table and a building. Head down the hill at the start of the challenge and push twice.
8. Ollie right before you reach the picnic table to hit the top of the table. Ollie again to launch yourself off the table. Enter a grind on the wall surrounding the house to increase your trick score to the required 600 points.
9. Head to the final challenge marker on your mini-map and activate "Hop Scotch." You need to grind on two islands located near the road.
10. Line up your skater with the first island. As you come to it, enter a grind but don't attempt any additional tricks. Ollie at the end of the grind across the gap and onto the second island. Grind again and you'll finish the Thrasher photo challenges and unlock the X Games.
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