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Verymostodd. I’d previously managed to complete all of the contests, and made Skater of the Year (the Thrasher cover), but neither achievement was activated. Then, today, for some reason they unlocked. All I did was a relatively minor bail while skating. I hadn’t even completed an event or goal or anything. Bizarre. I then pulled off the last two tricks in my trick book, and the achievement for that hasn’t popped up either. What the hell is going on?

Ah! I figured out what the “ride the hubba and 360 flip” pro challenge was. It seems a “hubba” is just a platform, and a 360 flip is not a flip through 360 degrees – it’s a specific (and very difficult to pull off) trick. Basically, you have to hold the right stick at the 3:30 clock position, rotate clockwise to 7:30, then flick to 2 o’clock very, very quickly in one movement. Not easy. Anyway, with that done (and …

Amazing! I’ve really progressed today, both in terms of how far into the game I’ve managed to get, but also in my skill at the game. I finished off everything to do with the Skateboard Mag (beating P-Rod at SKATE was virtually impossible, though), which unlocked the two X-Games events – both of which I managed to get Gold in. The giant ramp you unlock after the events really helps nail some of the Thrasher videos, as high scores, big …

OK, so I improved today. A lot. It seems I hadn’t actually been doing the Thrasher goals much, so had loads of them ready to attempt. Also took part in a Jam session that I easily won, and plenty more photo and video spots too. Here are a couple of today’s bails:

It really is getting too hard now. I can’t find any more goals (or “milestones” or whatever EA calls them) that I can realistically complete. It’s a good job the skating around aimlessly is so much fun, otherwise I think I’d have to stop playing.

Well, I managed to get a combo worth over 10,000 points. That took over an hour…