Welcome back to The Weekly Grind.

Let’s get to it!

What’s going on?

Yesterday we dropped Update 0.29.5 (patch notes here), and today we’re kicking off Winter Roll-stice, our four-week winter event in San Vansterdam.

Even in the unusually sunny city of San Van, it’s always cool to chill out in winter, so check out the Winter Roll-stice mini-blog for details, jump into the game, and collect your Snowflakes to get some Winter Roll-stice gear. 

On Tuesday, Dec 9, San Vanners saw two bundles in the in-game store: our new adidas bundle and the return of The Grim Reaper. You may have noticed that both bundles show a discounted price. The discounted value is based on the SVB cost of the individual items versus the bundled price/total value of the set. 

For the discounted adidas bundle, available for purchase last week in the in-game store, the bundled items will be rotating individually through the store. For The Grim Reaper, this means: yes, we've heard feedback about unbundling bundles to give you more choice, and that is coming in the future. As we approach the release of the next store update, we'll share more details with you.

We recognize that this was confusing, and we'll continue to work on improving our proactive communications to prevent similar situations from occurring.

• Winter Roll-stice Details (Monday)

• The Weekly Grind! (that’s today)

• Winter Roll-stice starts! (that’s also today!)

• Winter Snowglobe Sweeps (kicking off Friday, Dec 19, 2025 in the official skate. Discord[discord.gg])

Coming Up: 

• Winter break

  • The team will be spending time with family and friends during the winter holiday season and recharging to get ready for 2026. Therefore, The Weekly Grind will be paused until the week of January 5, 2026. We wish you all happy holidays, a safe and happy New Year, and the steeziest of lines when in San Van.

Reminder: Check out the blog for more details and how you can contribute to these skateboarding 

charitable organizations to help support and continue growing skateboarding globally - and get some in-game gear.

More content from the skate. community!

As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via https://www.ea.com/games/skate/skate-reel. 

Tight-rope grinder, Credit: Miquid
https://youtu.be/qP93SEOxpd4Spread that buttah, Credit: Dylan


Those rooftops aren’t gonna shred themselves, Credit: Kailani

https://youtu.be/PXLldYai9voStairset too hard? Nah. Credit: Fitzy
Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps.

Full list of 0.29.5 patch notes.https://www.ea.com/games/skate/skate/news/update-029-5[/url][/p][list][*][p][b]Fixed on December 15.[/b][/p][list][*][p]Exported replay videos are sometimes stalled if navigating the menus while recording.[/p][/*][*][p]The board stickers from the skate.pass don't appear on the board while the player is previewing them.[/p][/*][*][p]Your skater stutters sometimes while performing tricks on a busy server.[/p][/*][*][p]After spending time in the Settings menu or after changing the graphics lighting setting, shadows and lighting in San Van become inconsistent.[/p][/*][*][p]Removing any socks or headwear and restarting skate. may cause previously equipped socks or headwear to be re-equipped.[/p][/*][*][p]Multiple settings sometimes revert to incorrect states when skate. is restarted.[/p][/*][*][p]Fakie slappies cannot be performed.[/p][/*][*][p]Skate-o-Ween iconography is accidentally displayed for Own the Lot.[/p][/*][*][p]Stuck in replay after completing a Mission.[/p][/*][*][p]Players experienced a black screen with no loading icon during gameplay.[/p][/*][*][p]Skater skin tone is desaturated for many colours/options.[/p][/*][*][p]Skate. crashes when equipping and moving around with the Grim Reaper costume.[/p][/*][/list][/*][/list][p] [/p][h3][b]Known Issues Still Being Investigated:[/b][/h3][list][*][p]Players are unable to progress through tutorial challenges while subtitles are turned off.[/p][list][*][p][b]Workaround: [/b]Use the Accessibility Settings via the title menu to turn subtitles on.[/p][/*][/list][/*][*][p]The player loses SVB while purchasing TIX and receives an unwanted item.[/p][/*][*][p]Completing standard Challenges incorrectly counts as though you completed a Winter Roll-Stice challenge.[/p][/*][*][p]Rarely after teleporting to another player, the player will stop seeing traffic, pedestrians and other players.[/p][/*][*][p]Players claiming missing Founders and Deluxe items.[/p][/*][*][p]Players gradually become invisible after a certain period of gameplay.[/p][/*][*][p]The score multiplier takes a lot longer to drain on a loaded game server than an empty one.[/p][/*][*][p]During the Stop, Quick Drop, and Roll Mission, the fliptrick over cars criteria doesn't seem to track until after you complete all of the other criterias.[/p][/*][*][p]Often during the tutorial, if you wipeout during the Ollie Course, Vee's line about being off board will loop infinitely.[/p][list][*][p][b]Workaround: [/b]Restarting skate. has been reported to fix this issue.[/p][/*][/list][/*][*][p]Exported videos are longer than their displayed in-game length.[/p][/*][*][p]There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. [/p][/*][*][p]Sometimes, putting the game on fullscreen and leaving it minimized for three or four minutes will prevent the player from re-opening it until the game is restarted.[/p][/*][*][p]Often the Team Up, Throw Down mission does not end until the player untracks and retracks the mission.[/p][/*][*][p]The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close.[/p][/*][*][p]The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue.[/p][/*][*][p]When logging out in a community park and logging again, the tasks won´t count.[/p][/*][*][p]Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party.[/p][/*][*][p]The speech-to-text feature does not transpose the words correctly.[/p][/*][*][p]Rarely, the Back button has no functionality, and the player cannot exit the Replay Editor.[/p][/*][*][p]Stuck on Isle of Grom[/p][list][*][p]We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our [u][url="https://forums.ea.com/idea/skate-bug-reports-en/stuck-on-tutorial-island/12724131"]mega thread[/url][/u].[/p][/*][/list][/*][/list

• Fixed on December 15.

  • Exported replay videos are sometimes stalled if navigating the menus while recording.

  • The board stickers from the skate.pass don't appear on the board while the player is previewing them.

  • Your skater stutters sometimes while performing tricks on a busy server.

  • After spending time in the Settings menu or after changing the graphics lighting setting, shadows and lighting in San Van become inconsistent.

  • Removing any socks or headwear and restarting skate. may cause previously equipped socks or headwear to be re-equipped.

  • Multiple settings sometimes revert to incorrect states when skate. is restarted.

  • Fakie slappies cannot be performed.

  • Skate-o-Ween iconography is accidentally displayed for Own the Lot.

  • Stuck in replay after completing a Mission.

  • Players experienced a black screen with no loading icon during gameplay.

  • Skater skin tone is desaturated for many colours/options.

  • Skate. crashes when equipping and moving around with the Grim Reaper costume.

• Players are unable to progress through tutorial challenges while subtitles are turned off.

  • Workaround: Use the Accessibility Settings via the title menu to turn subtitles on.

• The player loses SVB while purchasing TIX and receives an unwanted item.

• Completing standard Challenges incorrectly counts as though you completed a Winter Roll-Stice challenge.

• Rarely after teleporting to another player, the player will stop seeing traffic, pedestrians and other players.

• Players claiming missing Founders and Deluxe items.

• Players gradually become invisible after a certain period of gameplay.

• The score multiplier takes a lot longer to drain on a loaded game server than an empty one.

• During the Stop, Quick Drop, and Roll Mission, the fliptrick over cars criteria doesn't seem to track until after you complete all of the other criterias.

• Often during the tutorial, if you wipeout during the Ollie Course, Vee's line about being off board will loop infinitely.

  • Workaround: Restarting skate. has been reported to fix this issue.

• Exported videos are longer than their displayed in-game length.

• There is an additional stuttering issue present when using the replay editor in-game, noticeable as skipped frames. 

• Sometimes, putting the game on fullscreen and leaving it minimized for three or four minutes will prevent the player from re-opening it until the game is restarted.

• Often the Team Up, Throw Down mission does not end until the player untracks and retracks the mission.

• The player needs to press the Back button two times for the missions menu to close.

• The Throwdowns queue timer freezes after all other players leave the queue.

• When logging out in a community park and logging again, the tasks won´t count.

• Rarely, when interacting with a player and joining their party, you will accidentally join another player’s party.

• The speech-to-text feature does not transpose the words correctly.

• Rarely, the Back button has no functionality, and the player cannot exit the Replay Editor.

• Stuck on Isle of Grom

  • We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our mega thread.

Skate away the shortest day of the year, but do it in San Vansterdam!

https://youtu.be/57IT3wrLYos
Welcome to Winter Roll-stice Event, San Van’s first Season 2 event, running from Dec 16th  - Jan 13th. To ensure you can spend those Snowflakes before they melt, the in-game Winter Roll-stice store will be available until Jan 14, 2026.

San Van might be known for its reliably warm and sunny climate, but Winter feels so much more festive with some icy spots and snow machines - and the SVCC’s got you covered. They’ve commissioned all new Community Parks, Challenges, and more to celebrate the snowy season - even if it’s not actually snowing. They’ve even revived an old folk tale with the construction of “The Grippler’s Castle” in Gullcrest Village’s Community Park. 

Winter Roll-stice runs for 4 weeks, and we’re updating all 3 ImpervaTek community parks with a frosty makeover.

When you first log in, you’ll get some sweet wheels - no pun intended - to cruise around on. As you complete your Roll-stice Tasks and Winter Roll-stice Challenges, you’ll be earning Snowflakes - the winter-in-San Van-themed currency used to acquire Winter Roll-stice gear in the Extravert store.

We’ve also got Daily login Snowflakes rewards, so make sure to log in daily to grab those Snowflakes.


The Winter Roll-stice Challenges will reset midway through the event, after two weeks, giving you more chances to earn Snowflakes! New Tasks are sliding in, themed around the Winter Roll-stice and crafted to showcase special opportunities in each new Community Park! By completing all the Roll-stice Tasks, you'll unlock a special reward in the in-game shop at the end of the event.

Remember to claim your well-deserved prize!


Some of the cool cosmetics for Winter Roll-stice are comin’ in hot, take a peek.


We’re also adding a new type of Build Kit item themed for Winter Roll-stice, the bouncy Christmas tree, that can be obtained with Snowflakes in the second week of Winter Roll-stice, starting Dec 23, 2025.

We noticed everyone skating through the previous Event Challenges and Tasks right to the finish, and we don’t want to cut your time on the ice short! So, we’re extending the store an extra 24 hours after the Challenges and Tasks wrap up, giving you more time to glide in and spend your hard-earned Snowflakes.

Get in, get your Snowflakes, watch out for the yeti, bundle up, and grab some Winter Roll-stice gear. 

See you in San Vansterdam,

The skate. Team