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Learning moves
You will learn the following moves after completing them in a challenge given to you by a pro, from the first level to the Kona USA level.
Semi Flip from Mullen
Darkslide from tourist
Misty Flip from Rick Thorne
Varial Mctwist from Tony Hawk
Move faster
Enable the "Slowmo" and any other buyable cheat. Keep them on for at least two minutes. Then turn them off, and you should be going faster than usual.
Alcatraz: Baseball mini-game
Get to the prison yard with a large gap in the wall. Talk to the pitchers mound to start the mini-game. You will earn $25 per homerun. When you have hit as many homeruns as possible and a voice states that they will not pitch anymore, go back to the mound and select to pitch again. They will still give you $25 for every homerun. Repeat this until the message stating that you have taken all the money flashes across the screen.
Alcatraz: Enter bulldozer
Go down to where you do the competition, where the bulldozer is located. Jump on the bulldozer. If timed correctly, you can go inside it, as if you were driving.
Alcatraz: Hidden halfpipes
First, go to the bulldozer location. Just before it you will see stairs going up and down. Go to the downward stairs. On the side, you will see a quarterpipe. Spine Transfer up it. You will see two glass windows. Brake them.
Alcatraz: Water tower bowl
Play as Jango Fett and enable the "Moon gravity" cheat. Go to the baseball field and ignore the mysterious voices. Point Jango towards the water tower and use the Jango Jump Jet one time. You should get on the side of the water tower. If you start to fall early, do the Jango Jump Jet again. There should be a collapsible wall on the side. Jump in and start to do tricks in the air. The roof will fall apart and you can also get a few hundred dollars.
Alcatraz: $100 and Skate Attic gap
Skate right of the tunnel until you see some bushes. Look up and you should see a window. Try to jump high enough until you reach the window. The glass should break and you see a $100 bill and three rails. Grind one of the rails out of the window to complete the Skate Attic gap. If you cannot reach the window, try it as Jango Fett and use the Jango Jump Jet.
Alcatraz: Drug effect
Choose any skater assign him the Misty Flip. Find where the big crusty stair set is located then do a misty flip and grind on the right rail. You may want to go back to the opposing stairs under the ramp for the loop turn around grind the guard rail, but make sure to ollie first before you do the misty flip or you will go off center. After that, hit the grind to start the effect. Note: If you bail or do the misty flip to grind the effect will end.
Alcatraz: Knock people into water
To knock people into the water, run into them. You can only knock people that are near the water.
Carnival: Hidden area
After buying or winning the Carnival level, you will see a haunted house while skating around. Go up to the house and you will see two rails on the "porch", symmetrically side by side. Grind one of the two and you will enter another dimension with floating skulls and spirals. You will grind into the mouth of a large head and go back into the level.
Stand facing the Horror House. On your right, notice a path with the train tracks on running down the side of the house between the fence and the wall of the Horror House. Follow the tracks in through the wall and you will be inside the Horror House.
Carnival: Ride the rollercoaster
The large rollercoaster in the level is also rideable. Go to Rockin' Rockitz, and position yourself with your back towards the ride. In front of you is the green wall of the coaster, and a long chimney-type arrangement on the side. Go around this to either side and skate into the door. Then hold Down to stop. Wait for a train of cars to approach from the right, then grind to the left in front of it. Stay balanced (or enable the code) and ride it.
Carnival: Easy tricks
To do the tricks that they yell out easily, enable the "Matrix mode" and "Moon gravity" codes. Quickly do the tricks in the air. Note: If you do not do this fast enough, you will have to do it twice.
Carnival: Easy tickets
Go to Ferris wheel, then look at the green roller coaster building. There is a part that juts out with a brown door. Skate through the door to get to top of coaster track, which allows good grinding and easier way to get the tickets.
Carnival: Get eaten by an alligator
Go to the Rockin Rockitz, then jump over the wall behind the ride. Just wait there and enjoy the show.
Carnival: Lumberjack mini-game
Go over to the Wood Warriors Invitational and talk to the lumberjack. Cut five logs before the other team to win. However, there is no reward for doing so.
Carnival: Pig mini-game
When you win after medaling in the competition, you will be asked to help tear down the competition by lip tricking on the banners. After this task is done, none of the ramps will be there. However, a will be pig running around. Talk to the pig lover and he will ask you to catch the pig before his cousins do. You will not get any money for this.
Carnival: Target practice mini-game
Talk to the carnival worker with the gun at the shooting range to get $15 or $30 per shot.
Chicago: Ride around level
Look for a red pickup truck and jump in the back of it. You will be able to ride around the level in the truck without skating.
Chicago: Get across river
You can get across the river, even when the bridge is raised. This allows you to get to the other side without first completing the challenge to lower it. In order to get across, skitch on a car that is in the outside lane of the street. When you are about at the bridge, let go, go up the bridge, and ollie over.
Chicago: Pull off a backflip
Go to the bridge that is up (going over the river). Hold Ollie until you get to the top. When you reach the top, release Ollie and hold Down. Just before you hit the ground, press Revert. Note: The "Kid mode", "Moon gravity", and "Stats at 13" cheats may also me needed for this. You also may want to skitch on a car to get more speed and more air. Press Down and steer toward the bridge when you get there. It does not matter where you land -- if done correctly, you will still land it.
Chicago: Collecting SKATE
S: Go off the vert ramp in front of you and slightly go to the right.
K: Go straight until you get behind the building to the left of you. Turn left and go through the middle black door.
A: Go straight, then turn right and go onto the platform. Jump the ramp and grind the red pipe.
T: Go all the way to the quarterpipe, then turn around and grind the wavy red object. Keep grinding and you will end up a line. Ollie to get up to it. Jump onto the platform and grind the street light,
E: Search under the subway train and find a planter with three trees. Wallride the wall closest to it.
College: Tennis mini-game
Go to the tennis court and can play tennis with a someone named Bjorn. You will get $500 if you win.
College: High voltage mini-game
Find the green transformer next to Billy's Sporting Goods and do a lip trick on it. Grind the flashing wires to bring the voltages down to zero and earn $500.
College: Garbage truck mini-game
Spine Transfer into the garbage truck, then fall while still in the truck. You will start a mini-game where you can get a lot of money by riding the garbage trucks and launching out to catch the $50 bills.
College: Clock Tower Grind
Go to the clock tower that is surrounded by quarterpipes. Look behind it to find a black door entrance. Jump through it, and you will be thrown from the top of the tower. You can land on the pipe that gives the Clock Tower Grind.
College: Nokia blimp
Play as Tony Hawk in career mode and get the Pro Challenge. Once up on the halfpipes, stop and tilt the view to the sky. You will see a Nokia Blimp.
College: Easy money
After doing the Clock Tower grind, turn around and go to the grind to the left of that. Grind that to get about five $100 bills along the way.
Accumulate $9,000 then buy Eddie (the bonus character). Go to the College level and spine into the dumpster. Then, do a "Bloodie Eddie" and land it. You will then start a mini-game in which you collect cash icons that are everywhere.
College: Lip the fence from inside the tennis court
Chose the 40,000, then go right to the tennis court. Skate along the side of the fence. Lip the side (blunt to fakie, but it does not matter), then ollie and press another lip (eggplant or an invert). You should be on the fence.
London: Slappers mini-game
Go under the bridge to find a pimp. You can bet on which of his girls will win a cat fight for $100. Note: You will not lose any money if the girl you bet on loses.
London: Cash registers
Go to the bakery by the water and break through the glass. On the wall, you will see a cash register. Note: There are two of them. Wall ride on one of the registers and you will hear a "cha ching" sound (you may need to turn off the music to hear it). You do not get any money from it.
San Francisco: Save The Sea Lions mini-game
At the pier, go straight back to the ocean. Go near the big bowl back there. You will see two view finders between quarterpipes. Look through the view finder on the left for the mini-game. You will get $500 if you win. The other view finder gives you a preview of Alcatraz.
San Francisco: Feeding the angry sea lions
When you do this, grind the tackle boxes of the fishermen (do one at a time). Then, quickly grind the rail in front of that fishermen. The fish will fall into the water, feeding one sea lion.
San Francisco: Knocking off the blockers:
When you start this goal, go to the right behind the spine. There will be a little red button. Wall ride it, then quickly turn around and grind off the bottom blockers. Then. grind the top ones off.
San Francisco: Saving painter Neal:
When you start this goal, you will be pointing towards a giant ball. Ollie onto the walkway, turn right or left, and grind the string around the ball. It will hit the shark.
San Francisco: Portal to another building
Left of the Nokia store, you will see an elevator. Skate inside it. You will appear in another building with an elevator in it. You may also get $100, if it has not already been collected.
San Francisco: Extra points
Play as Jango Fett and go to the ramp near the people you do a dark slide. Jump up slightly to the right, and do the Jango Jump Jet move. If done correctly, you will land on the roof of the building. You can now jump off towards the building across the river and do a trick. If you go far enough, it will bounce you back up to the building so you can get a bigger combo or a higher degree of rotation, meaning more points. Also, you cannot land on the docks across the river -- you will just fall through them.
Shipyard: Easy money
Knock over trash cans to find $100 bills. Note: Not all of them have money.
Shipyard: Enter ventilation system:
Go the roof where you have to do the tricks that are called out over the roof gap. If you jump off toward the ventilation ducts, you can go in them and ride around in the ventilation system. There are a couple different ones.
Shipyard: Backflip
Go to the suspending crates. Jump off the crate that is in front of you when you get there. When you jump off, do a spine transfer and keep spinning until you hit the bottom of the crate. If timed correctly, your character should do a backflip.
Zoo: Monkey poo dodge ball mini-game:
Find the giraffe cage in the zoo. Skate through the half open door behind them. Use the red button in the room to play the monkey poo dodge ball mini-game for $500.
Zoo: Egg drop mini-game
Find the bird area. Talk to the small nest to start a mini-game where you need to catch ten eggs for $500.
Zoo: Rhino fight mini-game
Find the rhino area. Talk to the rhino trainer to bet on which rhino will win a fight for $100. Use the following trick to always win the rhino fight mini-game. When are in the zoo level and go to the rhino pen, before you talk to the man about the game, crash into one of the rhinos three or four times before you play. He will always knock out his opponent. If do not crash into one, they usually both get knocked out. At the rhino area with the battling rhinos, there is a wall behind the rhino keeper. If you lost a bet, the losing rhino will fall to the ground and will not get up. Go behind the wall behind the rhino keeper and you will see a rhino. Go behind the rhino. Run into the rhino from the back. Return to the battling rhinos. The fallen rhino will be back up and you can bet on it again.
Zoo: Entering aquarium
Get on the roof of the building next to Stompy the Elephant. Jump on Stompy's back and grind her head to open the aquarium. Alternately, enable the "Matrix mode" code as Jango Fett. Do an ollie and use the Jango Jump Jet twice. You will see the top of the aquarium. Land inside, save, and restart your PlayStation2. Stompy and his trainer will disappear and the aquarium door will be gone. To enter the aquarium in two player mode, have one character play as Jengo Fett and enable the "Moon physics" code. Use the Jango Jump Jet until you are high enough to see the holes on the roof of the Aquarium. Then, try to fly towards the aquarium and drop in. Note: You will be stuck in there. This may be a good way to win the King Of The Hill game.
Zoo: Height and trick record
When in the aquarium, the shark tank measures your height and keeps a record of the highest trick.
Zoo: Hippos mating
Next to the hippos play area, ride up to the looking posts (telescopes). Stop by pressing Down next to either one. If done correctly, you will look through the telescope and see two hippos mating.
Zoo: Skitch the elephant
Go into the elephant's tank. G behind the elephant on the platform by the rocks. Go up to it like a car, and it should start to run in circles.
Zoo: Easy points
Go to the ramp near the sea lions. On the left side of the entrance as you enter, grind the top lip going to the right. Then, hold Grind and you will get continuous "Kissed The Rail" tricks.
Zoo: Tour
If you want to tour the zoo, wait for the tram with the gorilla sitting in it, then Ollie on top it. When on top, hold Back until you are standing still and you do not roll off. You will then be able to view the entire zoo without moving or getting thrown off, as the tram does not leave the zoo.
Daisy: Enhanced chest
Play as Daisy in Gorilla mode while skating. Her entire upper body will get very big.
Jango Fett: Rocket Booster
Go to any level and execute the Jango Jump Jet move. This trick will let you jump three times higher then normal, which is useful for getting to high places, money, etc. However, if you are playing in two player mode and are both Jango Fett, one of you will not be able to use the move to make you go higher. Instead, it will make the other player go even higher then before.
Jango Fett: Fly around levels
Start a level with Jango Fett and enable the "Moon physics" code. Jump up and use his rocket boost repeatedly every second. You should be able to fly as long as you use his rocket boost. This would be an easy way to get massive points if you get used to it.
Mike Vallely: Screen contact
Go to the skater selection screen and highlight Mike Vallely. Rotate him to make him face the left side. He should throw his skateboard at the screen, making it shake and have little static.
Pro challenges
In order to unlock your skater's pro challenge, you must get 90 pro points. The "Pro Challenge Unlocked" message will appear. The game will then tell you the level it is in and ask if you want to go there. If you choose "No" you can still go back and do it at anytime. Pro challenges are the most difficult goals. You may want to build your stats before you attempt them.
Completing Bam Margera's target challenge:
To complete Bam Margera's target challenge in Alcatraz, do not jump off the kicker. Instead, before you get to it, Ollie and try to land on the yellow or red.
Completing Bob Burnquist's Pro challenge:
Disable the "Cool Specials" cheat if you have it activated. Also, jump before the gap in the loop starts for the "Samba Flip" and the "Sitdown Air", so that Bob has more time to do the trick. To pass Bob Burnquist's Pro challenge, when doing his special tricks across the broken loop, start the trick then pause game play. Enable the "Hoverboard" cheat on and off until the move is completed. Resume game play and he will land the trick. Repeat this for the other trick.
Completing Kareem Cambell's Pro challenge:
Get the directions for the challenge from the man on the roof. Allow the game to idle there. Do not press Ollie. After several minutes, the game will think you are going through the first two parts of the challenge. Although you still have to do the final challenge of seven tricks in one combo over the gaps, you will have two minutes and thirty seconds to do it. You can also let the game idle longer on the last one and all you have to do are the tricks over the gaps and not in one combo.
Use the roof behind the starting point. The gap is smaller and it is easier to land the tricks. The second and third stage of the challenge can be difficult. The best way to do it is to go the roof gap behind the starting point while the "Perfect manuals" cheat is enabled. Do the first flip trick over the gap, land in a manual, turn back around, and do the second flip trick over the same gap. The gap is very small; getting over it should not be a problem. The third stage of the challenge is similar to the second. The only difference is that the combo is a bit longer. However, the same routine follows.
Completing Rune's Grommet Gap
Launch off the bowl and into a Lips Stall directly in front of the person holding the skateboard. Note: The lip trick must be ones where the skater jumps out of such, as Axle Stall. After that is done, Ollie off and quickly go into One Foot Blunt. Timing is now much easier than if you had to Boneless all the way up there.
Big air
Get $9,000 and buy the Star Warrior secret character (Jango Fett). He has a special trick called Jango Jump Jets. Use this special with the "Moon physics" code enabled and you will fly extremely high.
Continuous Ollie
Unlock the "Hoverboard mode" cheat. Go to any level and Ollie. Immediately at the beginning of your Ollie, pause game play. Go to "Options", then "Cheats". Keep turning Hoverboard on and off. While doing so, you will see your skater continue their Ollie motion. This trick will not work if the game was paused too late into the Ollie.
Easy stat points
Make a created skater, start a career, quickly finish simple objectives, save the skater, start a new career, load the skater, and do the same objectives. The game will give you stat points quickly, being that they become more scarce as the game goes on. When your stat points are maxed out, you can switch them all to a pro skater if desired.
Easy high score
Enable the "Perfect manual" and "Perfect rail" codes. Do a high scores challenge and just do manual combos repeatedly; or find a rail that grinds continuously. Because the game thinks you are doing a combo if you are in the air or doing a manual, you can do it until the desired amount of points are acquired. This trick works for all high score challenges and competitions. You can also enable the "Matrix mode" and "Moon physics" codes. When you jump or go off a ramp, keep doing your specials. You can easily get 3,000,000 points in just one combo if you use manuals.
Enable the "Perfect rail" code. Go to a vert ramp and do a lip trick. Leave it for a while until you have passed the high score.
Easy money
When you are selecting your skater, notice that there are people skating in a halfpipe in the background, and that there is money there. After picking your skater, go to practice instead of skate. You can skate in that halfpipe you saw and collect that money.
Select any rider and go to practice mode. You will see money floating in the air. Go off a ramp and get a lot of air. Get the money out of the air. Once you have collected all the money, you should have a lot of extra money added to your the total.
Mini-game money total
In all of the mini-games (rhino betting, ghost baseball, etc.), only a maximum of $500 can be made.
Quick tricks
Buy the "Hoverboard" cheat. As soon as you are in a special, quickly pause game play and go to the cheats menu. Keep selecting "Hoverboard" on and off, and your skater will do the special trick while paused.
Switch tricks
To switch the trick you are doing on a lip or a rail, do a two-button combinations (exactly how you would do flatland tricks). You will do other tricks, such as going from a 5-0 to a Bluntslide without ollieing. Note: Not all two-button-combinations do tricks.
Eat pizza
Go to "Edit Tricks", then "Special Tricks", then select "Chomp On This". You will eat pizza once you do the trick.
Collecting combos or tasks
If you are having trouble collecting combos or tasks that you have to complete in one combo, buy the "Slow Motion" cheat and enable it. This makes it a lot easier to complete those tasks.
Do a full backflip
Get $9000 and buy Secret Skater 3. Select his special, "Ho Ho Ho Street Plant". Begin to do one, but before it shows the trick at the bottom of the screen, ollie. The character will do a backflip if timed correctly.
Skate sideways
Go to any part in the game that has a ramp and then a flat surface above it (for example, the right side of the rhinos pen on the Zoo or at the crates in the Shipyard). Then, slowly skate up the ramp and turn.
Fat kid skater
Buy the ''Gorilla'' and ''Kid'' cheats. Go to any level with any character, except the bonus ones. Then, enter the options and enable both of those cheats.
Huge combos
Enable the "Matrix mode" and "Moon gravity" codes for huge combos.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 reference
In Build Park mode, one of the themes' background resembles the Los Angeles level from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.