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Trick Guide

Updated 1 year ago by haggarduser

ESPN X Games Skateboarding Trick Guide

Repeating a move in the same run causes the point value to drop each time until you’ve done it 5 times, where the point value will always be the lowest (10%). Performing a move in switch stance does not give extra points (it gives the same scores as regular), but it is treated as a separate trick (with separate point staling) compared to doing it regular. Every skater has 1 unique trick, and in most cases, I think these tricks have the same point value as the trick they replace. Exceptions to this are the Burn Twist and possibly Lincoln Ueda’s Stinky Grab?

Bugs: Doing an F/S Smith will cause your skater to nollie instead of doing an ollie (unless you buffer a flip immediately?). You cannot do anything after a nollie in this game. When doing multiple grinds on the same rail or ledge, you cannot predict whether your grind will be B/S or F/S. For this reason, I recommend never inputting a smith grind. Sometimes grind names are yellow as if you did a special move (instead of green). These ones are worth far more points. I have no idea why/how special grinds occur.

During a 1-minute Vert run, you get no more than 15 airs. In both X Games Park and Vert, the best judge score is 99.75.

All moves below are listed as follows: [button input] | [name] | [points] – [repeated points]

Flip Tricks

Square | Kickflip | 80 – 60 – 40 – 20 – 8
Up Square | Pop Shove It | 180 – 135 – 90 – 45 – 18
Down Square | Heelflip | 120 – 90 – 60 – 30 – 12
Right Square | Hardflip | 120 – 90 – 60 – 30 – 12
Left Square | 360 Kick Flip | 160 – 120 – 80 – 40 – 14
Half Circle Square | Kick Flip to Indy | 500 – 375 – 250 – 125 – 50
Full Circle Square | 360 Kick Flip to Backside | 1800 – 1350 – 900 – 450 – 180
Double Circle Square | Varial | 3000 – 2250 – 1500 – 750 – 300

Grab Moves

Circle | Tail | 140 – 115 – 70 – 35 – 14
Up Circle | Rocket | 300 – 225 – 150 – 75 – 30
Down Circle | Benihana | 380 – 285 – 190 – 95 – 38
Right Circle | Tuck Knee | 320 – 240 – 160 – 80 – 32
Left Circle | Madonna | 320 – 240 – 160 – 80 – 32
Half Circle Circle | Japan | 900 – 675 – 550 – 225 – 90
Full Circle Circle | Backflip | 1500 – 1200 – 800 – 400 – 150
Double Circle Circle | Mctwist | 3000 – 2250 – 1500 – 750 – 300

Air Moves

R1 | Nose | 110 – 82 – 55 – 22 – 11
Up R1 | Mute | 260 – 195 – 130 – 65 – 26
Down R1 | Indy | 250 – 187 – 125 – 62 – 24
Right R1 | Stale Fish | 280 – 210 – 140 – 70 – 28
Left R1 | Backside | 280 – 210 – 140 – 70 – 28
Half Circle R1 | Indy Nosebone | 700 – 525 – 350 – 175 – 70
Full Circle R1 | Mute Pisser | 1500 – 1125 – 750 – 375 – 150
Double Circle R1 | 900 | 3000 – 2250 – 1500 – 750 – 300

Specials

Up Up Square – Special Flip – 1800 – 1350 – 900 – 450 – 180
Up Up Circle – Special Grab – 1800 – 1350 – 900 – 450 – 180
Up Up R1 – Special Air – 1800 – 1350 – 900 – 450 – 180
Triangle Triangle – Super Move – 6000
Special Grind – 1200 or more

Grinds (points increase as you grind and the score increase is proportional to the base score)

Triangle | 50-50 | 120
Triangle | Disaster Slide | 200 (land on rail halfway through a 180)
Up Triangle | Smith | 180
Down Triangle | 5-0 | 216
Left Triangle | Blunt | 240
Right Triangle | Tail | 140

Grinds also give less points as you repeat them, but I have not tested the point values.

Plants

Triangle | Handplant | 1450 – 1200 – 950 – 700 – 550
Up Triangle | Sad Plant | 1450 – 1200 – 950 – 700 – 550
Left Triangle | Rock’n Roll | 1350 – 1100 – 850 – 600 – 450
Right Triangle | Burn Twist* | 2056 – 1806 – 1506 –1206 – 906

*Note: Burn Twist is a move exclusive to Bob Burnquist. It is the only plant that cannot be held and the only plant that changes your stance.

All Super Moves are worth 6000 points and you can only build enough special meter in a 1-minute run to perform it once. However, some characters have super moves that have spins built into them (like the 900 or McTwist), which means you can’t spin while performing them. For this reason, in high score runs, I would avoid using Colin McKay and Lincoln Ueda (Rodeo is spinnable but you get 1 fewer 180).

Super Move Names