Step off your board and hop on the first planter. Run across the planter and jump up the step. Jump off on the other side. Remain still and get on your board again to complete the first task of the challenge. Get off your board and jump on the next planter. Jump across the gap between the planters. Run across the last section of the planter and jump off. Stand still and get back on your board to complete the challenge.
"Blaow!" challenge
Pump and hold R2 on the opposite quarter pipe from the actual gap, where the two arrows are located. You should have enough air coming down. Use that speed and air with an angle to jump the gap. Use the R2 trick on the tranny of the gap.
To do the Hip to Hip Transfer easily, skate to the corner that you first have to launch from for the transfer. Set the Session Marker and push once towards the middle of the opening of the marked corner. Do not go too fast to avoid bailing. Get off your board when you get to that corner opening. Make you do not touch where the transfer begins. Walk across the pool to where you are supposed to land the transfer. Jump once while off your board, then jump one again, but this time get on your skateboard in mid air. Land on the bottom wall of where you are supposed to land the transfer. If done correctly, the transfer requirement should now be highlighted on the list. Grind the siding to complete the challenge.
"Can You Spell Girl?" challenge
Restart the challenge until Eric Koston falls. When you get the set trick do 540's by pressing the Left Analog-stick and Right Analog-stick in the same direction. You can also try triple kickflips or heelflips.
Get your own bike rack from the area above the challenge. Grab it, then drag it down to the challenge area. Place your bike rack against and in front of the table. Do not touch the table. If you do, go to the table and select "Reset Object". Eric Koston and Mike Carrols will fail because of your bike rack.
"Dunk Slam" challenge
Place one ramp under the backboard almost lined up with it, but slightly in front of it. Throw away the other ramp. When you start the challenge go left and up the concrete until you reach the tunnel. Place set marker as far as possible without leaving the challenge area. Skate as fast as possible towards the ramp. Hold R1 before hitting the ramp and it should grab the backboard. Do not ollie. Hold that button and press Up as soon as you hit the ramp. Keep Up held until after the handplant. Try adjusting the position of the ramp as needed.
"Jam With Danny Way" Pro challenge
Jump off your board and drag a roadblock from the top area over into Danny's path before starting the challenge. Do not block your own path down.
"Vert With The Vampire" challenge
Get air as much as you can by going back and forth on the vert and ollieing. Then hold R2 until you get to the tranny of the window side of the vert. Release the button when the tranny ends and you will be going up the wall.
"Who Lives here?" challenge
There is a kicker that you need to move to land on. It is to the left of where you are supposed to land.
3D Mode (with 3D glasses)
Go to the extras menu and go to enter cheat and type "strangeloops". Put on your glasses and play in awesome 3D.
Big Black as a playable character
Enter letsdowork in the code entry screen under Extras.
Change the colour of your T-Shirt/Jacket/Hoodie
Press pause and edit your skater. Buy a Hoodie/T-Shirt/Jacket and exit. Enter the store again and select the Custom T-Shirt. Select whatever colour you want the item you just bought to be, edit your receipt and REMOVE the Custom T-Shirt. Do not exit, but return to the store. Just where you could change the colour of the T-Shirt, you can change the colour of your equipped apparel. Exit and you should have your coloured clothes at no extra charge.
Dem Bonez
To unlock Dem Bonez (the skeleton) in Freeskate and Party Play modes, finish all the Hall of Meat challenges in Career mode.
Easy "Anyone Else?" achievement or trophy
Find the object used in the battle at the Lighthouse Park. Go west and find the big blue bench. Drag it over and position it lengthwise and so that it is out of your way. Start the Throwdown and choose the other skaters. Select the Lighthouse as the venue. Your opponents will bail because of the bench. Execute double or triple kickflips. The pros cannot copy them.
Easy "On Top Of The World" achievement or trophy
Complete all the K.O.T.M. Death Race challenges to unlock SV Peak. Teleport there and find the shack with the quarter pipe inside. Set up the ramp in an open area. Push up to the ramp and do a handplant invert to unlock the achievement or trophy.
Easy money
Go through the Thrasher magazine challenges until you unlock the pros and get a board sponsor to almost double your earning on most events. To make the most use of this, place a maximum bet on the death races. If you do not win, restart and try again.
Once in Career mode, press Start button, then go to "Hall Of Meat" (it will be the last option). There should be four groups of challenges. Look at the first. It is based on points. Read the challenges and execute them until you have 15/15 completed for the first group. Then, go to a high place like S.V. Dam or Big Spill and do any glitch. If you get over 55,000 points you will get 10,000 dollars. Keep doing this until getting the desired amount of money.
King Of The Mountain Crown
Win all of the races, excluding the bonus races, in Career mode.
Launch in the air
Use the following trick for the Thrasher Hall Of Meat challenges. Lightly press L1 to crouch all the way down, but do not touch your board. Coast while crouching on flat ground then quickly tap the No Comply combo (push with your back foot and flick an ollie with the correct foot forward). If done correctly, you will spring off the board and launch into the air.
Legend Crown
Reach the "Legend" rank online.
Lindley Tower Spawn Point
After beat the first several Hall of Meat challenges, you will unlock a spawn point called "Lindley Tower" on your map. Go hear to do some serious damage to your body. Until then, check out the SV Dam, unlocked after finishing all Thrasher challenges. It's quite a drop!
Locations
Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding location.
Etnies GvR Plaza: Complete all Street challenges.
Monster Skate Park: Get sponsored, then and select "Team Film Challenges" in your phone contacts. Complete them until you unlock a demo session with Rob Dyrdek to raise money for a new park. You can now buy the property from your challenge map for $200,000.
S.V. Dam: Complete all the Thrasher magazine challenges to drain the dam. This is the site for the Thrasher Cover shot.
S.V. Mega-Ramp Stadium: Win all the Tranny contests.
S.V. Summit: Complete all the Death Races to unlock the peak of Cougar Mountain.
Training Park: Complete all Team Film challenges.
No comply bounce
So all you have to do is press L2 (if your regular foot R2 if not) as far down as possible without grabbing the board, next do a no comply (square + olie if regular, x + olie if goofy) if done right you should be bounced in the air. Note that this does take a little bit of time to work, so don't get discouraged.
Pools
Pools are located at the following locations. The letters and numbers refer to the map markings.
G.E.D. High Pool: To the right of E and 4
Think Pink Pool: Middle of C-D and Middle of 3-4
Community Pool: Left of E and 3
Do-Drop Inn Pool: Middle of E-F and just below 3
Poop Deck Pool: D 8
Old Pool: D and just above 4
Party Pool: E and middle of 3-4
Reg's mini-ramp
Complete all of the Thrasher and Skateboard Magazine challenges, Death Races, Demos and Tranny and Street Contests. Slappy will give you the keys to Reg's mini-ramp. It is located behind the drop in to the park, where the game starts. Go into the warehouse area and move some dumpsters to reach it. Note: It is actually a small bowl/pool area, and not a ramp.
Skitchin
You can travel about twice as fast by skitchin behind cars. Doing this can give you an extra boost during a race, extra speed for a big gap, the means to escape a chase, or just to travel around New San Vanelona faster. To skitch, hold [World Grab] on the back bumper of a car. This can be done while they are stopped at a light or a stop sign. You can also grab on if you have some speed and get near the back of a moving car while holding [World Grab]. After you begin skitchin, the car will increase speed. Note: Some vehicles such as sports cars will drive faster. When you let go from the side while hanging on with one hand, you will pull yourself forward for an extra boost.
Spots
Spots are located at the following locations. The letters and numbers refer to the map markings. Kill a spot in Campaign mode by beating the second point requirement to unlock it in Freeplay and Party Play modes.
1. Rock The Gap: Middle of B-C and just below 4.
2. No Need For Speed: Middle Of B-C and Below 4.
3. Mini-Mega Redux: Left of E and 4.
4. Lilypads: Little Left of D and Below 7.
5. Thrice the Hubba: Left of E and 5.
6. The Wall: Middle of D-E and 3.
7. Off Street: Slightly Left of E and Middle of 6-7.
8. Books: Slightly Right of E and Middle of 4-5.
9. Glass Awning: Slightly Right of B and 5.
10. By The Bridge: Middle of D-E and 6.
11. Alphabet: Left of E and Middlle of 4-5.
12. Razor's Edge: Left of C and Middle of 6-7.
13. Swiss Cheese Moon: Middle of C-D and 8.
14. Welcome Hut: Right of B and 4.
15. Poop Deck Pool: D 8.
16. Bus Stop: Right of C and Slightly below 4.
17. Winged Bench: Slightly Left of C and Above 5.
18. Manny Hop Set: Left of C and Slightly above 8.
19. The Statue: Slighty Right of A and Middle of 6-7.
20. Urban Curves: Slightly Right of E and just below 3.
21. Getting Technical: E and Above 7.
22. Stink Pit: Middle of A-B and 5.
Trophies
Complete each condition to get the allotted Trophies. There are 36 Bronze Trophies, 8 Silver Trophies, 2 Gold Trophies, and 1 Platinum Trophy.
Trophy
How to unlock
Active Skater (Silver)
Successfully complete all online freeskate activities with your created skater
Amateur Skater (Bronze)
Achieve Amateur Rank Online
Anyone Else? (Silver)
Beat all the pros at Throwdown challenges
Big Air Champ (Bronze)
Win the San Van-a-Slamma
Cooperation is key (Bronze)
Complete 50 online freeskate activities with your created skater
Dethrowned (Bronze)
Download and own a community-created spot
DIY (Bronze)
Spend 30 minutes moving objects in career mode
Fully Sponsored (Bronze)
Obtain all sponsorships
Gender Bender (Bronze)
Change your skater's gender
Good Samaritan (Bronze)
Knock down a security guard chasing another skater in career mode
Graphically Extreme (Bronze)
Add a custom graphic to your skater
Grasshopper (Bronze)
Perform one grass gap of at least 10 meters or 30 feet in career mode
GVR Champ (Bronze)
Win the GVR Contest
How you like them apples? (Silver)
Acquire all phone numbers for the pros
I Like To Move It (Bronze)
Move your first object in career mode
Juggling Chainsaws (Bronze)
Wipeout at high speed in career mode
Make it Big! (Bronze)
Use Big Black's service 10 times in Career Mode
Meet Slappy (Bronze)
Meet Slappy
Need for Speed (Bronze)
Maintain maximum speed for 5 seconds in career mode
New San Van Hero (Bronze)
Call Mikey 10 times
On Top Of The World (Bronze)
Perform an invert on one of the highest points in the city in career mode
Online Legend (Gold)
Achieve Legend Rank Online
Online Pro (Silver)
Achieve Pro Rank Online
Perfectionist (Gold)
Complete all paths in career mode
Platinum Trophy (Platinum)
Platinum Trophy
Playing Nice Together (Bronze)
Complete your first online freeskate activity with your created skater
Pull the Plug (Bronze)
Drain every pool and fountain in career mode
Pwn some n00bs (Bronze)
Win an online ranked match
Race Hero (Bronze)
Win all races in career mode
Real Estate Mogul (Bronze)
Purchase all property in career mode
Running Man (Bronze)
Escape a chase off board in career mode
Sandbag (Bronze)
Break at least 15 bones in a single wipeout in career mode
SBM Cover (Silver)
Get the cover of The Skateboard Mag
Skater Evolved (Bronze)
Get off your board in career mode
Skater's Choice (Bronze)
Win the Skater's choice award in an online ranked match
Skitched Up (Bronze)
Skitch for 1000 meters or 3000 feet in career mode
Spare Parts (Silver)
All Hall Of Meat paths complete
Stairmaster (Bronze)
Perform one stair gap of at least 12 meters or 36 feet in career mode
