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Guide by: DefJamV, Fizzmatix

There are 60 achievements with a total of 1500 points.

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+ Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10
+ Offline: 800
+ DLC: 500
+ Online: 200
+ Approximate time: 24+ Hours
+ Minium number of playthroughs needed: 1
+ Glitched achievements: 0
+ Cheats: 0

Introduction:
Before you start playing this game is a little different to some of the other skateboarding games out there. If your new to the skate series you will need to get used to using the thumb sticks. Primarily all the tricks are done using the sticks and triggers rather than pressing random buttons to pull off tricks.

The game is made up of film challenges, general skater challenges, races, tricks and contests. You have to progress through the game to become the best skater in San Van. This includes earning the cover of Thrasher and Skateboard magazine, these come with progression through the game.

Challenges in this game are rather hit and miss, sometimes you will do them straight away and others will drive you crazy. There is one challenge to watch out for called "Can you spell GIRL?", this challenge is rather hard as the skaters pull the worst tricks and can be hard to beat. There are videos illustrating how to do this without to much hassle.

You will also be required to take part in a rather lengthy multiplayer ranking system which involves you playing games of S.K.A.T.E, Races, Best Trick and Hall of Meat. Ranking up takes time and you need to earn you badges in each event type to progress.

In addition to the 1000 retail score there is an extra 500 to earn through DLC. These are fairly straight forward and carry on from the current games events, videos and photo challenges. These shouldn't cause you any issues, if you do have any trouble the achievement guide will direct you the easiest way to earn them.

Breakdown:
You will only need one playthrough for this game but it comes with dedication. Most challenges are straight forward enough but may take a few attempts depending on how skilled you are at the game. Remember this game is built around you become a better player and not ranking up your players stats.

Challenges:
There straight forward enough but there are a few tricky ones such as "Can you spell GIRL?". This is by far the worst challenge in the game next to "BLOAW!". Most challenges just require you to either practice or to find ways around them. There are some very helpful videos in the guide which will illustrate how to beat "Can you spell GIRL?".

Your going to need to learn how to pump, grab, finger flip and pull off combinations of grinds and fliptricks. One trick to watch out for is the 360 flip. This trick can be really touchy as the thumb stick is mapped with so many tricks.

Story:
The story is simple enough, progress though completing the magazine/video and photo ops. You will need to do some other side missions such as drain pools and beat contest to progress. If you ever get stuck without any progression check your bonus challenges from the challenge map. Sometimes you need to complete games of S.K.A.T.E and other pro challenges to progress.

Hall of Meat:
As an addition to all the challenges and events you need to compete in the hall of meat is a rather fun side game. Basically you need to trash your player to break bones and limbs to earn a score. This will take a little while to complete as some of the things you have to do are a little time consuming. You will probably earn half of the 4 lists without even knowing while playing through the game.

Multiplayer:
You will either want to get good at the game or just play online for fun, either way it's going to take you a while to rank up to the legend rank. If your a intermedate at skate I suggest playing races and hall of meat games as they will be the easier modes to rank up in. You will still be required to earn silver and gold medals in other game modes also but do the events your comfortable for the grind to 5,000xp.

If you have any Downloadable Content while working towards the online challenges you may need to remove them once you get to the end of your challenges. Users have reported that the DLC blocks the achievement, there isn't a patch but removing the DLC and replaying a challenge will unlock the achievement. I suggest you avoid DLC if you want to complete the full retail 1000 without any hiccups.

Downloadable Content:
There isn't much to say about these apart from they are straight forward enough. There are a few odd misc achievements which are listed below, they consist of beating the pros at events and completing a few video/photo challenges. They have no relation to the games retail story so you can do these whenever you want.

Conclusion:
Working your way though the career isn't much of a challenge but may be for newer players. Keep practicing and take your time with some events and challenges as they can be frustrating. Multiplayer is long winded but just find events you enjoy and play them more often than other events.

Earning the DLC achievements will take you no longer than 40 minutes to complete, maybe even sooner if your a more experienced player.

On Top Of The World

Perform an invert on one of the highest points in the city in career mode

Go to the SV Peak and find the shed housing the half pipes, drag one out in to the open and invert on it. To Invert simply approach a half pipe at high speed and hold .

Skater Evolved

Get off your board in career mode

You will be asked to do this in the tutorial when attempting to climb a flight of stairs. Press

when asked.

I Like To Move It

Move your first object in career mode

You will be asked to do this in the tutorial when attempting to access Slappy's SkatePark. Hold

and move the dumpster when asked.

That's the Way

Beat all of Danny Way's film challenges

Finish off all of Danny Way's bonus filming challenges (Marked as DW under the bonus filter on the map).

GVR Champ

Win the GVR Contest

You will have to complete all of the Street contests and work your way up to the GVR Contest. Progression though these contests will lead you to the final GVR Contest.

Big Air Champ

Win the San Van-a-Slamma

You will have to complete all of the Tranny contests and work your way up to the San Van-A-Slamma. Progression though these contests will lead you to the final San Van-A-Slamma.

Still Alive?

Win a Deathrace in career mode

Win your first death race, gonto your challenge map and locate the death race.

Race Hero

Win all races in career mode

Once you have completed the first 4 races, you are invited to The King of the Hill tournament. Beat all 5 difficult races for the achievement to unlock.

Where's my TV show?

Beat all Rob Dyrdek challenges

Finish off all of Rob Dyrdek's bonus filming challenges (Marked as R under the bonus filter on the map).

SBM Cover

Get the cover of The Skateboard Mag

You will have to complete quite a few photos before you are offered a chance to be on the cover of The Skateboard Mag, when you are told to air over a statue, drag the crooked railing into position behind the statue and grind-air over it. Once you have done that the achievement will unlock.

Thrasher Cover

Get the cover of Thrasher

Chasing this achievement will also unlock the ability to drain pools. There are roughly the same number of photos required as the SBM Cover. The photos required for the opportunity are much easier than The Skateboard Magazines. When you get to the dam and have to perform a 540 into it, the achievement will unlock upon completion.

Meet Slappy

Meet Slappy

Once inside Slappy's Skatepark, make your way to Slappy. He is located in the middle of the Skatepark.

How you like them apples?

Acquire all phone numbers for the pros

Finish off all of Rob Dyrdek's bonus filming challenges (Marked as R under the bonus filter on the map).

Anyone Else?

Beat all the pros at Throwdown challenges

Beat all of the pros at least once in a game of S.K.A.T.E. through the "Throwdown" feature on your phone. A small emblem will be placed next to their names after they are beaten.

New San Van Hero

Call Mikey 10 times

Un-cap 10 rails around SV. To do this, look for railings with small black devices attached to prevent grinding, when the crowbar symbol appears hold

, press

, select services then uncapping.

Great Method:
Go to a No-skate zone and get knocked down by the guards. They will put up caps in that area so you can call Mike, repeat.

Perfectionist

Complete all paths in career mode

Pull the Plug

Drain every pool and fountain in career mode

After you finishing the first challenge for Thrasher Magazine you will be introduced to Sammy who provides you with the "Drain Pool" service. When a symbol appears at the top right of the screen hold , press . Finish the Thrasher Challenges to drain the pools, and find the fountains marked on the map below to unlock the achievement. The Dam isn't required.

Use this map to find them all

Real Estate Mogul

Purchase all property in career mode

There are two skate parks which you can buy. One is open to you at the start of the game. The second park you will unlock once you complete the team video challenges which are accessed though your phone. Hold

and press

to access your contacts then Team Video Challenges. Once you have completed four of these challenges you will open a new contest. Complete this contest and the new park will unlock.

Spare Parts

All Hall Of Meat paths complete

This is one of the most amusing and fun achievements in the game but it does require a few hours to complete as some of the challenges take a while to register. Before you start learning the basic controls is a must, to force a bail click in both thumb sticks.

Cannon Ball – Push up
Spread Eagle – Push down
Judo – Push right
Torpedo – Push left

In this guide I am only going to cover some of the basics as there is a whole thread dedicated to all the different ways to bail and gain your points here: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/f...d.php?t=120831

Points
Most of these activities are easy enough to complete in their locations without too much hassle. For most of them finding either a high location or and area where you can gain speed for your bail will be enough to net you the points. Once you progress though these activities you will open two skyscrapers that you can bail from.

1. 5000 pts at GED High (Location)
2. 10,000 pts at Upper Stacks (Location)
3. 15,000 pts at Sunset Heights (Location)
4. 17,500 pts at Mini Mega (Spot)
5. 20,000 pts at Dueling Snakes (Skatepark)
6. 22,500 pts at Lighthouse Park (Skatepark)
7. 25,000 pts at Boneyard (Skatepark)
8. 30,000 pts at Mega Compound (Skatepark)
9. 35,000 pts at Cougar Bridge (Location)
10. 40,000 pts at The Dam (Location)
11. 45,000 pts anywhere
12. 46,000 pts anywhere
13. 47,000 pts anywhere
14. 50,000 pts anywhere
15. 55,000 pts anywhere

For 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 you can either do these from the Tower or the Dam. It takes some time but if you tweak your bail enough you should be able to rack up around 5,000 points just in tweaks before you hit the ground. Just remember the longer you bail the more points you gain so smashing hard and stopping doesn’t always net you the most points.

Body Damage
These are probably the easiest of the HOM challenges as all you need to do is cause damage to yourself from a high location. I recommend the Skyscrapers to do these fast though by the time you have done the first set of challenges you will have probably covered most of these already.

1. 5,000 pts of Body Damage
2. Break Both Hands
3. Break Both Forearms
4. Break Both Legs
5. Break 12 Bones
6. Break Your Shoulder to Your Fingertips
7. Break Both Feet and 10 Toes
8. Break all Ribs and Crack Your Skull
9. 20,000 pts of Body Damage
10. Break Your Groin
11. Shatter All Your Teeth
12. Break Your Head to Your Hips
13. Break Your Hips to Your 10 Toes
14. Break 19 Bones
15. 24,000 pts of Body damage

Style
Most of these can be done while jumping off the Dam. Once you progress though these you will need to use the location no need for speed or the big spill if you unlocked the spawn point from completing style lv.10. You can use this location to do challenges 10 – 15. Once you bail onto the top of the giant hip you can slowly roll down and gain up to 30 seconds of bail time and plenty of rotation to complete these challenges.
By this point you should have unlocked the Tower if you haven’t already, 15 will require you to bail off the Tower and tweak your body like never before.

1. Do a Cannonball and a Spread Eagle
2. 40.0Km/h and a Hand Gesture
3. 2.5s of Air Time
4. 2,500 Rotation pts
5. 10.5m Drop and 3 Body Tweaks
6. 5.5s of Bail Time
7. 3.0s of Air Time and 3,000 Rotation Points
8. 64.0Km/h and 5,000 Rotation Points
9. 5 Body Tweaks and 2 Hand Gestures
10. Do 2 Body Tweaks and Bail for 10.0s
11. 15,000 Rotation pts
12. Bail for 20.0s
13. 64.0Km/h and 3.5 s of Air Time
14. 64.0Km/h and All 4 Body Tweaks
15. 31,000 Bonus Points

Grab Bag
These start out rather easy but get quite complicated and can be quite frustrating later on. There are so many ways to do these so the linked thread above will be the best place to look for advice on these.

The only one to really watch out for is number 10, this challenge seems to be a little glitchy. I managed this by dropping spread eagle into a picnic table at the bottom of the Dam. Even though I fell with great speed and height it still took 50+ attempted to do, good luck with this one.

1. Hit a Pedestrian
2. Cannonball into a Car
3. 40.0Km/h and Hit 2 Objects
4. Break a Leg on an Object
5. 40.0Km/h Torpedo into a Pedestrian
6. 56.0Km/h and Judo Kick a Car
7. 1,000 Rotation pts and Hit 3 Objects
8. 56.0Km/h and Judo Kick a Pedestrian
9. Cannonball into 2 Cars
10. Break Your Groin on an Object and 1 Hand Gesture
11. 25m Spread eagle drop onto an object
12. 1500 rotation pts and a 25m drop onto 2 objects
13. 64.0 Km/h and Hit a Pedestrian
14. 20.0m Drop onto a Pedestrian
15. Hit 3 Cars or 2 Pedestrians

Fully Sponsored

Obtain all sponsorships

Sponsors are earned though doing different events.

Board Sponsor: use your phone to call a pro and complete thier follow the skater challenge and complete the sponsor event.
Shoe Sponsor: Thrasher Cover.
Truck Sponsor: Complete the GvR completion.
Wheel Sponsor: Complete the San Van-a-Slamma street contest

Urban Legend Too

Own all spots in career mode

When you find a spot you will have a new icon on your map, go to the icon and press

Use this map to find them all

The Architect

Upload a created spot

Press

when in the career menu, select create-a-spot. Follow the quick tutorial and create your spot, then upload it

The Critic

Rate 10 community videos and photos

Press

and select "skate. Reel" then download and rate 10 videos/photos.

Pwn some n00bs

Win an online ranked match

Very simple, not much i can say to help except good luck!

Active Skater

Successfully complete all online freeskate activities with your created skater

Very Hard, start a career and create your skater. After finishing the tutorial you should be able to safely exit to the main menu, from here select "freeskate" and choose your created skater. Wait for somebody to propose an activity or do so yourself by pressing back, then selecting "Freeskate Challenge". Complete each one in order for the achievement to unlock. There are 149 in total.

When you choose a location to host/join a freeskate, at the bottom you should see a checklist of activities completed in the area. Gap and Survival Challenges are much easier with a small number of people. Accumulation, Tagging and Objective Challenges are much easier with a large number of people.

Online Legend

Achieve Legend Rank Online

To obtain each badge you need 100 exp for a Bronze, 500 Exp for a Silver and 1000 exp for a Gold.

Amateur Rank - 1 Bronze
Play online until you rank up to a bronze, Jam, S.k.A.T.E & Spot Battle net you the most points. S.K.A.T.E is the most time consuming but will give you a fair amount of points if you loose.

Pro Rank - 3 Bronze, 1 Silver
Find a game mode you enjoy and just keep playing until you gain Silver and play two other game types until you gain two extra Bronze badges.

Icon Rank - 5 Bronze, 3 Silver, 1 Gold
Same as the others just find a game mode your most comfortable with to claim your gold badge then play 2 other game modes to gain your Bronze badges.

Legend Rank - 5 Bronze, 3 Silver, 1 Gold & 5000 EXP
Once you obtain Icon rank, simply gain enough exp to reach 5000 total exp, this includes exp earned in previous ranks.

Online Pro

Achieve Pro Rank Online

See "Online Legend"

Amateur Skater

Achieve Amateur Rank Online

See "Online Legend"

Graphically Extreme

Add a custom graphic to your skater

Wear a plain t-shirt when you modify your skater, then press

to add a graphic.

Dethrowned

Download and own a community-created spot

Press

, then select "create-a-spot". Choose "Browse" and select "most recent". Attempt the first one you see, it will most likely be easy to beat and unowned.

Skater's Choice

Win the Skater's choice award in an online ranked match

When you watch somebody perform you will have the option to rate thier performance, the player with the highest overall rating at the end of the game will be awarded this title and the achievement. Ask nicely or play until you get it.

Juggling Chainsaws

Wipeout at high speed in career mode

Skitch a ride on a vehicle and when you are going fast, and see a car coming on the opposite side of the road, let go and swerve into the oncoming vehicle.

Skitched Up

Skitch for 1000 meters or 3000 feet in career mode

Simply hold

when behind a car to skitch, this achievement does not have to be done in one attempt.

Make it Big!

Use Big Black's service 10 times in Career Mode

To do this hold

and press

, select Big Black then bring up your phone a second time, and select "dismiss" under "Big Black" as this will send Big Black away, rather than waiting 5:00 minutes. Repeat until the achievement unlocks.

Running Man

Escape a chase off board in career mode

Press

to dismount from your board, then stand with the security guard directly infront of you, now press

to throw your board at the guard and instantly knock him over and initiate a pursuit, escaping is very tricky as the guard runs around 50% faster than the player, however he cannot jump over obstacles.

If you are struggling with the latter, simply initiate a chase (when the arrow of the guard's head turns red). Dismount your board and then call Big Black up and walk free. Also, if you don't feel like doing any of the above, or haven't unlocked unlocked Big Black, simply skate away from a chase and dismount from your board after you have a good lead on the guard.

DIY

Spend 30 minutes moving objects in career mode

Self-Explanitory, if you want to boost this simple tape down as well as the

so your skater will be holding onto an object and spinning around

Good Samaritan

Knock down a security guard chasing another skater in career mode

Wait around a no-skate zone until a guard in a grey uniform begins to chase a skater, the guards in yellow coats cannot pursue skaters out of no-skate zones, tag along until they hit a main road. Once the chase reaches high speeds, simply nudge the guard to knock him over.

Need for Speed

Maintain maximum speed for 5 seconds in career mode

Skitch a ride on one of the large muscle cars that drive around SV, once you get on a long straight without any traffic infront, you will get this achievement with ease, you don't have to let go of the car. You'll know when you are at maximum speed as the camera will shake and the volume will increase.

Sandbag

Break at least 15 bones in a single wipeout in career mode

After the first kicker on the SV Dam force a bail and curl in to a ball and attempt to roll to break as many bones as possible.

Gender Bender

Change your skater's gender

While in career press

to pause the game, then go to edit skater, and then change your skaters gender. The achievement will pop up once you save your character.

Grasshopper

Perform one grass gap of at least 10 meters or 30 feet in career mode

The best spot is the Mega Compound, buy the Fun Track extension and make the first gap with the large red railing in the grass.

Stairmaster

Perform one stair gap of at least 12 meters or 36 feet in career mode

In The Rez, near "The Wall" Spot, there is a set of stairs that goes up to the street. Run up the street and grab the ramp on the left side and drag it down the the top of the stairs. Go back up the street (around the corner a bit, set a marker here) and gain some speed, nail the ramp, and you should sail over all the stairs. See picture.

Uninsurable

Break 100 bones in career mode

Each time you bail there is a chance, depending on the fall distance, speed and momentum, that you will break a bone. Find somewhere of great height, such as the Mega Compound, place a marker and press

at once to bail in mid air. Do this until the achievement unlocks

Playing Nice Together

Complete your first online freeskate activity with your created skater

Very easy, start a career and create your skater. After finishing the tutorial you should be able to safely exit to the main menu, from here select "freeskate" and choose your created skater. Wait for somebody to propose an activity or do so yourself by pressing back, then select "Freeskate Activities". Complete one for the achievement to unlock.

Cooperation is key

Complete 50 online freeskate activities with your created skater

Hard, start a career and create your skater. After finishing the tutorial you should be able to safely exit to the main menu, from here select "freeskate" and choose your created skater. Wait for somebody to propose an activity or do so yourself by pressing back, then selecting "Freeskate Challenge". Do this 50 times in order for the achievement to unlock.

Film School Dropout

Complete all film and photo challenges at Oliver Elementary

Complete the following photo and video challenges by walking up to them and hitting up on the

D-Pad.

Video:
Gone Rouge
Megalo-Manual
Roof Blaster
Three Stair Alley

Photo:
Trees are your friend
Big Huck

Parking Lot Attendant

Complete all film and photo challenges at the Parkade

If your a fan of the first skate game you will remember the parkade, the same as "Film School Dropout", hit when you want to start the challenge.

Video:
Trouble with Stairs
Who needs Hubbas?
Emergency Exit

Photo:
Safety First
Gonz Gap

Center of Attention

Complete all film challenges at the Community Center

Stop at each challenge and hit up on the D-Pad to take part.

Video:
Pad Hopping
get Down From There!
Boot Camp
Let's Get Technical
Mirror's Rails

Best in Class

Win the Best Trick Contest at Oliver Elementary

Once you have completed a few or all of the challenges the "Best Trick" contest will unlock allowing you to compete with other skaters for the award.

Best Trick Valet

Win the Best Trick Contest at the Parkade

Same as "Best in Class", complete the challenges and unlock the "Best Trick" contest, beat all the other skaters to earn your reward.

Community Jammer

Win the Jam Contest at the Community Center

The "Jam" contest will also unlock once you complete a few or all the challenges. Just beat the pros and earn your reward.

A Budding Star

Complete all film challenges at Rob's Fantasy Factory

Press

to dismount from your board, then stand with the security guard directly infront of you, now press

Jam Fantasy

Win the Jam Contest at Rob's Fantasy Factory

Complete all the challenges to unlock the "Fantasy Jam", beat the pros at 3 rounds of tricks and the achievement is yours.

#1 Maloof Goof

100

Win the Maloof Money Cup street contest

Like any other trick contest in this game you need to beat the pros 3 times to win. There are no constraints on what you have to do just pull the most points towards the end. You can do any tricks you want but they will be mostly grinds or grand tricks as there are no ramps.

Vert Vertigo

100

Win the Maloof Money Cup vert contest

The vert contest is pretty straight forward, beat the pros at 2 different trick events within the vert. The high score is always around 10,000 so it's quite easy to beat, just pull loads of air tricks and you should have this in no time.

Secret Achievements

Taste The Mongo

Mongo Push 5000 times in career mode

It is highly unlikely you will get this during the tutorial without going clinicly insane, however you can start on this achievement now, and have it before you know it. Depending on your stance, mongo push is done by pressing...

Goofy =

. Regular =

Skylight Superstar

Drop into Rob's plaza through the skylight

Head to the roof of the "Fantasy Factory" and goto the right hand side corner. You will see a whole with bright green rails, ollie through the whole and the achievement will unlock.

No Hard Hat Required

Touch the top of the contstruction full-pipe

The construction pipe is located at the rear of the building outside on the spillway. Head around the back of the building and head up the slope on the other side to find 2 half pipes and a full pipe.

Jump inside the full pipe and build up a little speed, once you get going start to make circles inside the pipe and manual at the same time, after a few attempts you should have plenty of speed and fly around the pipe in a full circle.

BOOM Goes The Dynamite

Ride out the left camera crane

*Frustration Warning*

This achievement is frustrating and may take more than one attempt to complete. At the start of the boom arm there is a piece that sticks up which you will hit if you don't get enough air. Keep trying until you get this, alternatively if you can get enough air to hit the bottom of the boom do a footplant and you should land in a grind.

All I can say it good luck with this one as it may take a while to get the enough the height to clear it and pull a full grind without failure.

Pitch a Tent

Get on top of the tent in the half-pipe

This is quite straight forward, start at the top of the launch ramp, go down the ramp and head for a sharp left turn into the vert. Air for the area with the tent and you should go straight up and over, or land on top of the tent.

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