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Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Walkthrough

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Head to Head Challenge

When you’ve completed the Sponsors’ Challenges (or have finished attempting to complete them), talk to Mindy again. She’s right by the Skate Shop. She’ll introduce you to another guy who will challenge you with KICK FLIPPING over Ben Whofleck, who’s just arrived for a big red carpet Hollywood premier. You can do this in a few ways – you can grind the rails near him and flip-kick over Ben, or you can do it from the ground. The game will show you which buttons you need to press simultaneously to execute the trick.

Next you’ll learn how to Manual – a key component to stringing together tricks. Once you’ve completed both of these challenges, you’ll meet your boy at the Dog & Cello to learn how to REVERT.

Accomplish this goal, and you’ll be presented with your first major challenge of the game: getting your stuff back from one of the punks who punched you out when you first got off the bus. You’re going to have to out-skate this guy by getting a higher score. You’ll do this by putting together some of the lessons you’ve learned to execute high-scoring combos.

Once you outpoint Joe Skater, he plays the coward and runs away. You’ll have to chase him and whack him with your board to get him. Joe moves in a pattern – once you recognize the pattern, get off your board and wait for him to come by, then knock him out.

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