Skate: How To Perform a Hand Plant

Learn how you can master the Hand Plant move in Skate, so that you can earn the Trick of the Day challenge.

Mast the Hand Plant skill (Image via Electronics Arts)
Mast the Hand Plant skill (Image via Electronics Arts)

Since Skate is a skateboarding game, tricks remain at the core of the gameplay. For this, the game features a wide variety of such moves that you can show off. In addition to the fun, several tricks form a part of the various in-game challenges. One popular move is the Hand Plant, which is often part of the Trick of the Day challenge in the game.

If you are facing difficulty in performing the Hand Plant move, here is an article with a complete step-by-step tutorial to help you out.

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How To Perform a Hand Plant in Skate

Use the ramps (Image via Electronics Arts | Guiding Light/YouTube)
Use the ramps (Image via Electronics Arts | Guiding Light/YouTube)

Out of all the tricks in Skate, the Hand Plant stands out as one of the coolest, and you have probably seen it in real life. It is the move where the skater reaches the top of a ramp, plants a hand on the edge, and lifts their body into the air in a frozen pose.

To perform a Hand Plant in the game, head to any skate park with a ramp. However, if you do not want to travel, you can create your own setup by placing two speed ramps facing each other at a distance. With its help, you can gain momentum by going back and forth between them. Once you have enough speed, skate up the ramp and at the very top, hold R1 on PlayStation or RB on Xbox to perform the Hand Plant.

How To Claim the Trick of the Day Challenge

The Trick of the Day Challenge is the Hand Plant (Image via Electronics Arts | Guiding Light/YouTube)
The Trick of the Day Challenge is the Hand Plant (Image via Electronics Arts | @Guiding Light/YouTube)

The current Trick of the Day Challenge in the game is to perform the Hand Plant. Additionally, you need to perform this special move a total of five times. So, all you need to do is first gain the momentum and then press the mentioned control for Hand Plant. Moreover, an on-screen indicator will show how many more times you need to perform the trick.

That was all about how to perform a Hand Plant in Skate.



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