Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! 

Let’s roll!

What’s going on?

Week 7 of Season 5 is upon us, and The Curse of Morg has fully begun. Isle of Morg is Open Access until Nov 3, when the Curse of Morg ends. During Open Access, the cursed ferry to Isle of Morg will require no skate.Premium Pass or Rip Chips to board, so you can see what has been going on over there. 

Not only that, we’ve got new Weekly Bounties! Don’t forget, the Season 5 blog has the details for this season.

The team is working on the bugs you’ve reported, so keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat. 

Let’s dive right into the calendar. 

Weekly Calendar

• The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today!)
• New Weekly Bounties (yep, today!)
• The Isle of Morg is now open, and The Curse of Morg event has officially started!
• Proximity Chat Test starts in Isle of Morg (Oct 21)
• The Curse of Morg Screenshot Contest starts today; submission window closes Oct 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT.  

Coming Up

• Brand Partner Realistic Video Contests
  • Baker Realistic Video Contest starts in November and will be for Parry Point Park
• “Have You Seen Him?” Part 2 (Nov 3)
• The Weekly Grind Interviews

What other types of interviews would you want to see? Let us know - gameplay, tricks, world design, etc. 

PRIMITIVE CONTEST WINNERS

The following folks have won our first realistic video contest - the Primitive Realistic Video Contest.
They’ll each receive a Primitive deck and a Year 6 skate. Deck.

Here’s the winners, in no particular order:

https://youtu.be/idQ9XBIR7OY?si=8VLT_Q38Ho6iAinJ
kevrollforever

https://youtu.be/KZIW29iUSyU?si=5mM87CoXC6j6v1l6
frontsidefeeble1

https://youtu.be/J57xGMkLDg0?si=5MBN4W4h9XBjTltb
aleeeks_edits

https://youtu.be/q_LXGhYTVB0?si=q5D5pc9h_nMfGOpV
Gotapaga

https://youtu.be/ox-zrdDIe8w?si=4J_J13CijeomYmON
 just.some.skate

https://youtu.be/VYkh2kQT7BU?si=-w8Hlzv0gKkpRfjZ
Sir_Blueregard

https://youtu.be/s_nSQHmlVfM?si=zze02yQEMZaAgerI
Drunk_Hooligan49

BAND T-SHIRTS

The band/music t-shirt store rotation will hit next week, Oct 27, 2026. With everything happening in The Curse of Morg event, we didn’t want anyone to overlook or miss out - and we’re extending the band t-shirt rotation from one week to two weeks. You’ll be able to grab these shirts from the in-game Extravert Store from Oct 27 - Nov 10, 2026. 

More content from the skate. community!

We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. 

Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. 

Known Issues

• Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format.
  • Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works.
  • Workaround on Xbox: Go to your Xbox Dashboard> Settings> Captures. Check that the setting says "Captures by Me and Games," not just "Captures by Me."
• Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching a ledge from its end.
• Wallride detection often causes the skater to flip unnaturally.
• Quick Ollie/Nollie into No-Foot Grab causes leg clipping with board.
• Game intermittently fails to enter Quick Drop mode from the radial menu
  • Workaround: Hold the D-Pad Left to enter Quick Drop mode.
• Switch or nollie 360 inward heelflip rotates the skater if PS5 power saving is enabled.
  • Workaround: Disable Power Saver for skate.
• Skater spawns off-board and camera tracking freezes when resetting the Session Marker set at a ledge in drop-in position.
• Skater accelerates on a specific circular brick planter after landing a grind or slide trick.
• Rarely, the title crashes when you select San Vansterdam at the Ferry Terminal in SUMR Camp. 
• Mini stutters are present while traversing the map on Xbox One.
• When the field of view is set above 90, LOD causes aggressive texture changes each time the skater switches from onboard to offboard. 
• Skater performs a double revert when attempting to perform a single revert at the apex of a ramp.
• An unspecified error occurred when trying to reroll endless bounties twice in a row without leaving the menu.
• Various issues with progressing Challenge-based Crew Bounties.
• Some accounts are unable to see challenges in Gullcrest and Market Mile that should have been unlocked at Rank 1.
• M-Corp Offices Fast Travel point overlaps with Gift Graffiti collectible.
• Board and clothing textures may appear low-resolution for some PC players.
• Some store items keep appearing as new/unseen with the yellow dot.
• Bounty Reward icons sometimes display as an X instead of the correct currency icons.
• Some challenge objectives do not display when a party leader pulls a player from a Block Party into a co-op challenge.
• Pinned Endless Bounties occasionally become unpinned when completed.
• The Challenges Tracker counts the inactive Spotlight Challenges inside the Location Selector Panel.
• The camera remains stuck at 0,0,0 for the remainder of the round if the user wipes out at a greater distance from the spawn point during a throwdown.
• Social Settings options do not update to reflect Parental Control settings.
• Waterfall sound briefly peaks in volume when opening the map near waterfalls.
• The Challenges Tracker counts the inactive Spotlight Challenges inside the Location Selector Panel.
• Items are not being granted when a player purchases a cosmetic bundle outside of the game while a mission is actively being tracked before rank 2. 
• Gen 4 consoles don't have the cancel travel button when the Party Leader starts a co-op travel.
• Artifacting on RX 7600 GPU with Dynamic Resolution Scaling on.
• Proximity Voice Chat audio does not decrease in volume as intended based on distance while in a Throwdown.
• High-velocity vehicles can sometimes spawn outside of roads.
• Players can get stuck with "GO!" on their UI when participating in Block Parties.
• Best Modified Grab Distance in block parties can sometimes detect incorrectly.
• A kinked handrail in Isle of Grom causes bail during boardslide or lipslide.
• Visit areas of SUMR Camp! is stuck at 9/10 after visiting all 10 areas.
• Rarely, Quick Drops of other players cannot be edited.
• Skinny jeans clip with certain mid-length socks.
• CONS: Black Chuck Taylor - Left Heel Logo Appears Reversed.
• Skater's legs straighten too soon when jumping over rails.
• Quick Nollie and Switch Quick Ollie animation jitters and repeats.
  • PC Only Workaround: Change Target Simulation Rate to 60hz.

The Curse of Morg is upon us.

The Isle of Morg is open to all - no Rip Chips or skate.Premium Pass required to catch the ferry. Get over there, grab some pics, and let us see what you've got.

Technical Requirements

• Minimum of 720p resolution (1080p and higher is preferred)
• Title of the screenshot must include the phrase “The Curse of Morg Screenshot Contest”

Content Requirements

• No personal watermarks
• Must show skater and deck
• Can be a pose or action shot; no group shots or submissions
• Must be on an image hosting site like Flickr, Imgur, etc. Google Drive links or social media links will not be accepted.
• Must be on Isle of Morg
• No AI; no modded content, no mods

10 Winners will receive a Year 6 skate. deck.

Submit image hosting site links via https://www.ea.com/games/skate/skate-reel 

Must be 18+. No purchase necessary. Rules: https://x.ea.com/01GkSJCmly8 j