It's back to the east side with Philadelphia's skating scene. There's tons of planters and ledges to grind as well as flat concrete to practice your manuals. If you want to carve some bowls or hit the halfpipe, check out the skate park named Phillyside.
A good street combo is already near the starting position. Turn to the left and there will be a long planter with several stone benches. Grind the planter, ollie over a bench with a flip trick and grind the planter again. Keep this going for a few benches and jump off if your balance is going to give. The combination grinds, flips, and gaps should give you a large score. You can continue the combo with a manual, but unless your manual stat is high, it'll be difficult to reach the rails in Phillyside for another grind. In general, the high ledges and planters are ideal to try long grinds along and jumping off high heights with a complicated flip trick or a grab trick with rotations. Vert skaters will have a hard time with the main area as there's barely any quarterpipes to work with. One good line for them is in the fountain area: launch from the curved ramps, do a fast trick and land on the awning with a grind, keep the grind going until the end, drop down to a manual, and head toward the quarterpipe to do a grab trick.
Phillyside is far more generous with quarterpipes and bowls to ride in and there's lots of rails and a few funboxes for street skaters as well. The halfpipe is a great way to rack up points if your skater has high hangtime and spin stats. Your skater can also use the rails at the left or right sides of the park, then manual when the rail runs out and head toward a hump or a bowl to end with a large air maneuver. With either style, special moves are highly recommended to build up your base score as a high multiplier alone won't be enough to reach 250,000.
All the SKATE letters are in the main area, but a few of them are very high up. Be sure to time your ollies right so you don't miss the S and E in particular.
The Letter A.S: From the start, take a right and then jump on to the planter from the left. Grind the left edge to get some speed and ollie at the very end to grab the S in the air.
K: The K is up on the blue awning. Use the right curved ramp to do an ollie and grind the awning when you reach it.
A: Drop down from the awning and you should see the A on the ledge of a planter. Grind the ledge to get it.
T: Go up the ramp with the blue railing to get to the balcony. Face the T in the air and ollie off the balcony toward it.
E: After getting the T, wallride and grind the planter. You should see the E above the road while facing Phillyside. Ollie at the very end of your grind to reach it.
Before you start, get your special meter up to boost your stats. Once you finish that, head to the area where the "World's Most Obvious Gap" is located and go past it. Grind the rail on the stairs to face the planter that has a large building on it. Using the planter's slope, boneless at the right time and you should be high enough to reach the balcony's railing at least. Grind it if you feel like you're not going to make it. On the balcony, you should see a set of valves. Just skate over them and you'll drain the fountain.
At the fountain, you should find two curved ramps that can help you get some air. Use the right curve to ollie up to the blue awning and perform a Bluntslide. It'll take some timing to get the ollie right since the ramps are short, but it's not impossible.
All these lip gaps are located in Phillyside, the skatepark blocked by a fence. To get in the park, go to the awning nearby and you should see a wire connected to the railing. Grind that wire as far as you can (at least halfway) and the poles connected to the wire will fall down and slam the fences flat.
Phillyside HP Lip: Enter the park at the right side to get on the halfpipe. Lip the part further from the bowls.
Phillyside Big Bowl Lip: Use the part of the halfpipe closer to the bowls to air out. Skate to your left to find a bowl with a curved lip near a long funbox. Lip that bowl next.
Phillyside Mid Bowl Lip: After coming down, head to the U-shaped bowls that are close to the halfpipe. Lip either one.
Phillyside New Bowl Lip: Finally take a right and go past the blue humps to lip the bowl behind them.
Before you start, get your special meter up to boost your stats. Once you finish that, head to the area where the "World's Most Obvious Gap" is located and go past it. Grind the rail on the stairs to face the planter that has a large building on it. Using the planter's slope, boneless at the right time and you should be high enough to reach the balcony's railing at least. Grind it if you feel like you're not going to make it.
Once you're on the balcony, face the main wall of the building and wallride it. At the peak of your wallride, ollie and grind the edge of the rooftop. Land on the roof without falling off or you'll have to start all over. There's a wire that goes over the fountain connected to the building. Skate off the roof and grind the wire. About halfway on the wire is the secret tape. Alternatively, you can also grind the wire on the other end at the planter ollie to maintain your speed until you reach the tape, but the more you ollie and grind, the more likely you'll fall.
A lot of these bills are in very high places like wires, walls, and plain air. You'll have to put your skating skills to the test to reach them.
$50, $50: After draining the fountain, you should find two rails where the water used to be, each with a $50.
$50: From the start, go straight past the funbox and grind the left edge of the right planter. Just after your skater passes an angle on the edge, ollie and reach the $50 below. Alternatively, you can obtain it from the ground with a well-timed boneless.
$50: From the start, go straight past the funbox and you should see a building with blue railings and a wire attacked to one of the edges. Go up the building's balcony by the ramp and ollie toward the wire to grind it. Once you reach the $50, you should see the wire give away and the poles falling over, destroying the fence blocking Phillyside.
$100: While on the balcony, grind the white railing toward the $100 floating in the air. Ollie at the very end to grab it.
$100: At the fountain, the next $100 is resting high above it. There's a wooden kicker that's pointing toward it. Use the kicker to launch toward the cash.
$100: In the skate park, there's a a pillar colored red and blue with the cash high up. Air up high from the pillar's base to grab it.
A $250 on a wire.$250: This one can be obtained by launching to the balcony. Just use the planter below to perform a powerful ollie.
$250: While on the balcony, wallride to the top of the building and head toward the corner near the road and drop toward a wire to grind it. You should reach the $250 on top. Alternatively, you can also grind the balcony railing and leap to the right toward the telephone wire.
$250: While on the balcony, wallride to the top of the building and head toward the corner with the wire that goes over the fountain. Grind it to reach the $250 in the middle of the wire.
$250: In the skate park, go the halfpipe and air up the side further from the Phillyside Bowls to get the $250.
$250: In the skate park, go the halfpipe and air out the side closer to the Phillyside Bowls to grab the $250 between the HP and the bowls.
$250: In the skate park, go to the Phillyside Mid Bowl and air up to grab the last $250.
Easy Post Ollie (10 points): Jump from a planter over a stone post. You'll find them at the fountain.
Post Ollie (50 points): Jump over a stone post. You'll find them at the fountain.
Statue Hop (50 points): Between the fountain and the blue awning are two curved ramps. Jump from one to the other.
Stair Set (100 points): At the start, go past the kickers to find a stair set to jump over.
Up the Small Step Set (100 points): At the fountain near the area where you find the letter A, there's a small set of stairs between two planters. Jump from the bottom to the top.
Bench Gap (100 points): To the left of the starting point is a long planter with a lot of benches wedged into it. Grind the edge of the planter and hop over a bench.
Phillyside HP TransferWorlds Most Obvious Gap (100 points): Near your starting point are two kickers facing each other. Simply jump from one to the other.
Phillyside Hop (100 points): When you enter Phillyside, you should see a wooden kicker. Leap off it and land in the bowl area.
Phillyside HP Transfer (250 points): Use the Phillyside halfpipe to air forward and land in the bowl area. The other way around also works.
Pillar Fight (250 points): In Phillyside, you should see a pillar colored red and blue with graffiti all over it. You can use it like a quarterpipe to fly up. Just air high for this gap.
THPS Fountain Gap (500 points): After the fountain is drained, go to the top of the fountain's steps and ollie over the set, landing in the fountain.
Chillin' on the Balcony (500 points): There is a building with a large balcony on top of a planter. Use the planter's slope to leap up to the balcony. Grind the rail down the nearby stairs for extra speed.
Track Smack (50 points): At the edges of Phillyside, there's a set of metal rails with different lengths. Grind a rail and ollie to another.
Hobo Grind (100 points): Near the Phillyside bowls, you should see a straight rail with a curved end that leads into the bowls. Grind the entire rail.
Planter Transfer (100 points): From the start, do a 180 into the road and grind the planter adjacent to the road. Keep going until you drop down to a smaller planter below to grind.
Railing to Planter (100 points): Grind the railing up on the balcony, ollie at the edge, and land in a grind on the planter below.
Pillar Hop (150 points): Go to the bowls in Phillyside and head for the Phillyside New Bowl by going past the blue humps. Grind the lip of the bowl toward the pillar, then ollie straight past it and land on a grind at the lip behind it.
Planter Double Pillar Gap (150 points): At the fountain, head toward the road and you should see two posts between two planters. Grind the higher planter, ollie over both posts, and grind the lower planter.
Just Visiting (150 points): From the start, go forward and grind the planter to your right. Keep grinding until your skater passes the first angle. Ollie just before the end and grind the planter below.
Short Stair (150 points): Near the fountain are sets of stairs with circular ledges. Grind the top ledge.
Telephone Co. Gap (250 points): At the balcony, there is a telephone wire connected to the building. You can either grind the balcony railing and leap toward the wire with a grind or get up to the roof of the building and drop down to it.
Funbox Transfer (250 points): In Phillyside, get to the fun with the ledge and grind the ledge. Then hop to the curved rail and grind that.
Medium Stair (250 points): Near the fountain are sets of stairs with circular ledges. Grind the middle ledge.
Little Corner GrindGrind Up Dem Stairs (500 points): At the balcony, go to the bottom of the stairset and grind up the rail.
Awning Grind (500 points): At the fountain, air off the right curved ramp toward the blue awning and grind it.
Little Corner Grind (500 points): On the road, behind the building with the balcony, there's a large, curved rail high up. Wallride and wallie to the rail and grind the entire thing.
Fly by Wire (500 points): On the balcony, wallride up to the roof and face toward the wire that passes over the fountain. Grind the entire length of the wire. You'll need a good rail balance stat to do this without falling.
Death From Above (500 points): On the balcony, wallride up to the roof and face toward the wire that passes over the fountain. Grind the wire and then ollie off toward the golden spout in the middle of the fountain to grind it.
Train Hard (500 points): In the Phillyside bowl area, head over to the Phillyside New Bowl. Grind one end of the bowl all the way to the pillar.
Long Stair (500 points): Near the fountain are sets of stairs with circular ledges. Grind the bottom ledge.
Worlds Second Most Obvious Gap (750 points): Get your special meter filled and build up speed. Once you're ready, head over to the "World's Most Obvious Gap" and ollie from the kicker toward the stairs. Grind the rail and land on the bottom.
Fountain Ping! (750 points): Launch from the kicker pointing to the fountain and grind the golden spout when you land. You can technically do it when the water isn't drained, but it's not recommended.
Grind of Faith (1500 points): After the fountain is drained, there are two rails with the fountain spout between them. Grind one rail, jump over the spout, and grind the other rail. You'll need a lot of speed to clear the spout or you'll end up grinding the edge of it.
Funbox Wheelie (100 points): Manual over the large funbox near the starting point.
Flatlands Techin' (500 points): Starting from the top of the stairs near the building with the balcony, manual the flat path, turn right past the funbox, and keep manualing until you reach the small set of stairs in front of the building with the blue railings. You can grind the stair rails at the beginning to get some speed and ollie while manualing if you're losing speed.
Manual Stimulation (500 points): At the bowls in Phillyside, there are some blue humps. Get some speed from the bowls, then manual over the humps.
Rockin' the Stairs (2500 points): Near the fountain are sets of stairs with circular ledges. Start from the bottom while hugging the planter wall, facing a small stairset. Manual, ollie over the stairs, and manual again. Repeat the process for the next three stairsets to reach the top and get the gap.
