Grind Session is a skateboarding game, developed by Shaba Games

Shaba Games

Shaba Games was a video game developer founded in September 1997, located in San Francisco, California, and acquired by Activision in 2002. Activision closed the studio on October 8, 2009.-Developed games:*Grind Session*Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3...

, released on the PlayStation in 2000.

Skaters

Grind Session features six professional skaters and nine hidden characters. One also has the ability to choose between four nameless skaters and edit their tricks

Skateboarding trick

A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard while skateboarding. Learning and perfecting new tricks is the primary goal of many skateboarders, for whom most of the time spent skateboarding is spent on tricks....

 and names.

Default Skaters

• Willy Santos
  Willy Santos
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• Daewon Song
  Daewon Song
  David Daewon Song is a Korean-American professional skateboarder, recognized for his technical street skateboarding. He is a co-owner of Almost Skateboards along with Rodney Mullen, and skates for the company-sponsored team.-Career:Daewon Song was first sponsored by Sporting Ideas in Gardena,...
  
  
• Cara-Beth Burnside
  Cara-Beth Burnside
  Cara-Beth Burnside, nicknamed "CB", is a pioneer of women's professional skateboarding and snowboarding from Orange, California and ranks amongst the top female athletes in these sports in the world...
  
  
• Ed Templeton
  Ed Templeton
  Edward "Ed" Templeton is a professional skateboarder and a contemporary artist who resides in Huntington Beach, California. -Biography:...
  
  
• Stephen "Pigpen" Spear
• John Cardiel

Secret Skaters

• Skator (a boxy robot)
• Rex
  Tyrannosaurus
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   (a dinosaur)
• Hang Man
  Hangman (game)
  Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters.-Overview:...
  
   (a chalk figure)
• Stanley (classic alien)
• Dave Carnie
  Dave Carnie
  Dave Carnie , is a former editor-in-chief of Big Brother Magazine and current writer for numerous publications.-Writing career:...
  
   (man from Big Brother magazine
  Big Brother (magazine)
  Big Brother was a skateboarding magazine founded by Steve Rocco, which was notable for ushering in street skating and the sub-culture of skateboarding....
  
  , in a yellow jumpsuit)
• Demon
  Demon
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   (a demon)
• Stinger (a humanoid killer bee
  Africanized bee
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  )
• Golgotha (a humanoid monster)
• Master AO (master skater with maxed out stats)

Skate Parks

Grind Session has many real-life skate parks from around the world, these include:

• Training Level
• Da Banks (NYC)
• S.F. Mission
• Burnside
• Slam City Jam
• Atlanta
• PlayStation Park London
• Detroit
• Huntington
• Dream House (secret level)

Dream House

The Dream House, mentioned in the manual as a "skating nirvana", is a huge skate palace composed of two wings, each containing its own distinct rooms.

West Wing

• The Armory
• Dream Bowl
• The Drop Room
• The Ramp

Each room has a coin to collect, and collecting them all will unlock Master AO.

Song List

• Black Flag
  Black Flag (band)
  Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...
  
   - "Rise Above"
• Cornelius
  Cornelius (musician)
  Cornelius is a Japanese recording artist and producer.-Career:Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene...
  
   - "Galaxie Express"
• Dr. Octagon
  Dr. Octagon
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   - "Blue Flowers"
• GZA
  GZA
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   - "Publicity"
• Jurassic 5
  Jurassic 5
  Jurassic 5 was an American alternative hip hop group formed in 1993 from members of two previous groups, Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee by rappers Charles Stewart , Dante Givens , Courtenay Henderson , Marc Stuart , and disc jockeys Mark Potsic and Lucas Macfadden...
  
   - "Jayou"
• KRS-One
  KRS-One
  Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
  
   - "Out for Fame"

• Man or Astro-man?
  Man or Astro-man?
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   - "Television Fission"
• NOFX
  NOFX
  NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
  
   - "Linoleum"
• Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
  
   - "In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader"
• The X-Ecutioners
  The X-Ecutioners
  The X-Ecutioners is a group of hip hop DJs / turntablists from New York.-History:Formed as a DJ crew in the early nineties and originally including 11 members, under the name X-Men, which was chosen partly because of their rivalry between Super DJ Clark Kent's crew of DJs, known as the Supermen,...
  
   - "Raida's Theme"
• Zen Guerrilla
  Zen Guerrilla
  Zen Guerrilla were a rock band originally from Newark, Delaware and currently from San Francisco, California. Musically, the band evolved over their career. Their early sound was characterized by psychedelic elements, such as delayed guitars and noise washes. Their unique sound gained a growing...
  
  - "Empty Heart"