Reference

Every trick in THUG2

Read out of the game’s own script files rather than copied from a menu. The in-game Edit Tricks menu only shows what you currently have bound, and grinds and manuals are not in it at all, which is why most lists online are incomplete.

assignable tricks: 186
tap variants: 53
grind names: 86
characters: 28

Default loadout

Only 12 of the default slots are bound identically for every character. The rest vary, though rarely in a way unique to one skater, so each row shows how many of the 28 characters share that exact binding.

Reading two-tap tricks. There are only two things you ever press twice, and they are not the same:

↑↑Doubled arrows — tap that direction twice, then press the button once.
X×2Double tap column — keep holding the direction and tap the face button again (a third time is the Triple).

Hide the shared baseline

Shared by all 28 skaters

Input	Trick	Double tap
↓+X	Pop Shove-It	X×2360 Shove-It
↙+X	Varial Kickflip	X×2360 Flip
↘+X	Varial Heelflip	X×2360 Heelflip
←+X	Kickflip	X×2Double Kickflip
→+X	Heelflip	X×2Double Heelflip
↖+X	Hardflip	X×2360 Hardflip
↗+X	Inward Heelflip	X×2360 Inward Heelflip
↙+B	Benihana	B×2Sacktap
←+B	Melon	B×2Method
↑+B	Nosegrab	B×2Rocket Air
RT	Revert	—
LT	Revert	—

From the ground

Single tap	Double tap
↑+ANo Comply	↑↑+ABonelessthe jump slot, entered by tapping the direction twice; Beanplant for Bam Margera, Bob Burnquist, Rodney Mullen

Varies by skater · showing Custom Skater

Input	Trick	Double tap
↑+X	Impossible11/28 skaters	X×2Double Impossible
↓↓+X	Ollie North6/28 skaters	X×2Ollie North Back Foot Flip
↑↑+X	Sal Flip6/28 skaters	X×2360 Sal Flip
←+X×2	Double Kickflip6/28 skaters	X×2Triple Kickflip
↓+B	Tailgrab22/28 skaters	B×2One Foot Tailgrab
↘+B	Airwalk22/28 skaters	B×2Christ Air
→+B	Indy22/28 skaters	B×2Stiffy
↖+B	Japan12/28 skaters	B×2One Foot Japan
↗+B	Madonna6/28 skaters	B×2Judo
↓+Y	Invert24/28 skaters	—
↙+Y	Gymnast Plant9/28 skaters	—
↘+Y	One Foot Invert9/28 skaters	—
←+Y	Varial Invert to Fakie9/28 skaters	—
→+Y	BS Boneless9/28 skaters	—
↑+Y	FS Noseblunt9/28 skaters	—
↖+Y	Andrecht Invert9/28 skaters	—
↗+Y	The Switcheroo9/28 skaters	—
↑↑+A	Boneless25/28 skaters	—

Special tricks

Specials are the genuinely character-specific part. These are the factory assignments, not exclusivity: the trick pool is global and gated by what you have unlocked, so “signature” means only that one character ships with it.

CharacterSignature only

Custom Skater

→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000
↑→+X	Kickflip Underflipsignature	1750
→↓+Y	Tailblock Slidesignature
↓↑+Y	One Wheel Nosemanualshared ×2	4100

Tony Hawk

→←+B	360 Varial McTwistshared ×4	5750
→↓+B	Indy 900shared ×2	11000
←↓+B	Endless Handflipshared ×2	1200
↑↓+Y	Surfershared ×2	4500

Bob Burnquist

↑↓+B	Shifty Shiftysignature	2500
←→+B	Samba Flipsignature	1850
←↓+B	Darkside Japansignature	1200
←→+Y	Boardslide Bodyvarialsignature

Eric Koston

↑→+Y	Fandanglesignature
→←+Y	Yeah Rightsignature	3100
←→+B	Endless Kickflipsignature	1200
→↑+B	No Problem 900signature	1750

Bam Margera

↑→+B	Bam Bend Airsignature	1300
↓↑+Y	BAMsignature	6750
←→+Y	Grind N Barfsignature
↓→+Y	Chainsaw Rocker Grindsignature

Rodney Mullen

→←+Y	5-0 Fingerflip Nosegrindsignature
→↓+Y	Rodney Primosignature
↑↓+X	HalfCab UnderFlipsignature	3500
←→+Y	Primo Spinsignature	4500

Chad Muska

→↓+Y	Moonwalk Five-Osignature
←→+Y	Rusty Slide Manualsignature	4500
←→+Y	Muska 5-0 Flamessignature
↓↑+Y	Worm Grindsignature

Ryan Sheckler

↑↓+Y	Swimming with Sharkssignature
↑→+B	Sheckler Grabsignature	2000
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000
↓→+Y	Primosignature	4000

Mike Vallely

↓↑+Y	Flip 2 Switchsignature	4500
↓→+B	Flamingoshared ×3	2000
↑→+Y	Around The Worldsignature	7250
→←+Y	Boomerangsignature	4500

Wee-Man

←→+Y	Elbow Smashshared ×2
↓↑+B	HeadKick BackFlipsignature	2550
↓→+B	Flamingoshared ×3	2000
←→+Y	Slam Spinnershared ×3	3500

Ben Franklin

↓↑+Y	Franklin Grindsignature
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

Jesse James · segwayrider

↓↑+Y	Hot Rodsignature	4250
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000
Stored twice (Vehicle and Skater); the two differ only in stats, not tricks.
On the vehicle One Footer · BarSpin · Jump It · Grind It While riding, this short set replaces the tricks above.

Bull Fighter

↓←+Y	Espana Sword Slidesignature
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

Steve-O · mechbull

←↑+Y	Bite Boardsignature
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000
Stored twice (Vehicle and Skater); the two differ only in stats, not tricks.
On the vehicle Yee Haw! · Bull flip · Jump · Grind While riding, this short set replaces the tricks above.

Graffiti Tagger · graffitiSkater

↓←+B	Double Fistinsignature	1450
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

Paulie

↑↓+Y	Paulie Butt Manualsignature	4000
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000
Stored twice (Vehicle and Skater); the two differ only in stats, not tricks.
On the vehicle One Hander · Sit Flip · Chair Hop · Chair Grind While riding, this short set replaces the tricks above.

Shrimp Vendor

←↓+B	Rotisseriesignature	2500
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

Minikart Driver · MiniKartGuy

→↓+B

McTwistshared ×14

5000

On the vehicle

Toe Hang · Flip · Jump · Grind

While riding, this short set replaces the tricks above.

Nigel Beaverhausen · Nigel Costume

←→+X	Beaver Blastsignature	1000
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

Jester

↑↓+Y	Manual Entertainersignature	4500
→↓+B	McTwistshared ×14	5000

VooDoo · witchdoctor

→↓+B

McTwistshared ×14

5000

On the vehicle

Superman Seatgrab · BarSpin · Jump · Grind

While riding, this short set replaces the tricks above.

Chainsaw Skater · Bigfoot

→↓+B

McTwistshared ×14

5000

On the chainsaw board

B	Hairy Foot Grab	400
X	Bigfoot Flip	100

Ollie · Chainsaw Grind

Not stated in the game files, confirmed in-game.

THPS Hawk

→←+B	360 Varial McTwistshared ×4	5750
→↓+B	Indy 900shared ×2	11000
←↓+B	Endless Handflipshared ×2	1200
↑↓+Y	Surfershared ×2	4500

The Hand

→←+B	360 Varial McTwistshared ×4	5750
←↓+Y	The Birdsignature

Shrek

→←+B	Board Snapsignature	2750
←↓+Y	Wax Slidesignature

C.o.D. Soldier

→←+B	360 Varial McTwistshared ×4	5750
→↓+B	Salutesignature	1000
↑↓+Y	Herosignature

Eric Sparrow

←→+Y	Elbow Smashshared ×2
↓↑+Y	Running Manualsignature	4500
↓→+B	Flamingoshared ×3	2000
←→+Y	Slam Spinnershared ×3	3500

Secret Skaters · sparrow

←↓+B	1-2-3-4signature	2500
→↑+B	The 900signature	9000
↑↓+Y	Slam Spinnershared ×3	3500
←→+Y	One Wheel Nosemanualshared ×2	4100

Manuals

Manuals are not in the Edit Tricks menu, which is why they are missing from most lists. Tap two directions to get into one, then press pairs of face buttons while balancing to branch. Branches chain, so you can run Casper into Truckstand into Pogo without landing.

Getting in

↑↓	Manual
↓↑	Nose Manual

While balancing, any manual

X,B	Anti Casper
X,Y	Casper
B,X	To Rail
B,Y	One Foot Manual
B,Y	One Foot Nose Manual
B,B	HandStand
Y,Y	Pogo
Y,X	Truckstand
Y,B	Switch Foot Pogo
←→+X	Spacewalk

From a manual

B,Y	One Foot Manual
RT	Pivot
X,X	360 Fingerflip

From a nose manual

B,Y	One Foot Nose Manual
RT	Nose Pivot
X,X	Half Cab Impossible

Grinds

Grinds are directional, they are just not listed in the Edit Tricks menu either. Hold a direction as you press the grind button to pick the family. Whether you get the frontside, backside or 180 version comes from your stance and approach angle.

Direction → grind family

–+Y	Boardslide / Lipslide / 50-50
↑+Y	Nosegrind
↓+Y	5-0
←+Y	Boardslide / Lipslide / Tailslide / Noseslide
→+Y	Boardslide / Lipslide / Noseslide / Tailslide
↖+Y	Crooked
↗+Y	Crooked
↙+Y	Smith / Feeble
↘+Y	Feeble / Smith

Tap again mid-grind

↗+Y×2	Crail Slide
↘+Y×2	Darkslide
↙+Y×2	Double Blunt Slide
↖+Y×2	Hang Ten Nosegrind
↑+Y×2	Nosegrind to Pivot
→+Y×2	Salad
←+Y×2	Hurricane
↓+Y×2	5-0 Overturn

Every assignable trick

The full pool the Edit Tricks menu draws from, 186 in total. Any of these can be bound to any slot, which is why the loadout above is only a starting point.

Trick	Type	Double tap	Score
1-2-3-4	special	—	2500
180 Varial	flip	360 Varial	700
360 Fingerflip	manual	—	750
360 Flip Tail Grab	special	—	1750
360 Ghetto Bird	special	—	3500
360 Shove-It NoseGrind	special	—
360 Varial	other	—	900
360 Varial Heelflip Lien	special	—	3500
360 Varial McTwist	special	—	5750
5-0 Fingerflip Nosegrind	special	—
5050 Switcheroo	special	—
540 Flip	special	—	2250
540 TailWhip	special	—	2500
Ahhh yeahhh!	special	—	4000
Airwalk	grab	Christ Air	450
Andrecht Invert	lip	—	550
Anti Casper	manual	—	1100
Around The World	special	—	7250
Axle Stall	lip	—	400
Back Foot Heelflip	flip	Double Back Foot Heelflip	150
Back Foot Kickflip	flip	Double Back Foot Flip	150
Back Foot Shove-It	flip	360 Back Foot Shove-It	150
Back Spin Air	special	—	3500
BAM	special	—	6750
Bam Bend Air	special	—	1300
Barrel Roll	flip	—	800
Beanplant	jump	—	250
Beaver Blast	special	—	1000
Benihana	grab	Sacktap	300
Big Hitter II	special	—
Bigspin Flip	flip	360 Flip	500
BigSpin Shifty	special	—	2000
Bite Board	special	—
Blunt to Fakie	lip	—	500
Board Snap	special	—	2750
Boardslide Bodyvarial	special	—
Body Wrap	other	—	600
Boneless	jump	—	250
Boomerang	special	—	4500
BS Bigspin	flip	540 Shove-It	500
BS Boneless	lip	—	550
BS Flip	flip	360 Flip	500
Cannonball	grab	Fingerflip Cannonball	250
Casper	manual	—	1100
Casper Flip 360 Flip	special	—	2500
Casper Handstand	special	Handflip	4500
Chainsaw Rocker Grind	special	—
Christ Air	other	—	550
Coffin	special	—
Crail Grab	grab	TuckKnee	350
Crook BigSpinFlip Crook	special	—
CrookedCop	other	—	550
Crooks DarkSlide	special	—
Crossbone	grab	CrookedCop	425
Darkside Japan	special	—	1200
Darkslide Handstand	special	—
Del Mar Indy	other	—	400
Disaster	lip	—	600
Dont Feed Phil	special	—	1800
Double Blunt Slide	other	—
Double Fistin	special	—	1450
Double Kickflip Madonna	special	—	2250
Double Kickflip Varial Indy	special	—	2500
Eggplant	lip	—	550
Elbow Smash	special	—
Endless Handflip	special	—	1200
Endless Kickflip	special	—	1200
Espana Sword Slide	special	—
Fandangle	special	—
Fastplant	jump	—	250
Fingerflip	flip	Double Fingerflip	700
Fingerflip Airwalk	special	—	2750
Flamingo	special	—	2000
Flip 2 Switch	special	—	4500
Franklin Grind	special	—
Front Foot Impossible	flip	Dbl. FF Impossible	525
FS 540	special	—	5500
FS Bigspin	flip	540 FS Shove-It	500
FS Flip	flip	360 Flip	500
FS Noseblunt	lip	—	550
FS Nosepick	lip	—	550
FS Shifty	grab	BS Shifty	500
FS Shove-It	flip	360 FS Shove-It	100
Gazelle Underflip	special	—	3500
Grind N Barf	special	—
Gymnast Plant	lip	—	575
Half Cab Impossible	manual	—	750
HalfCab UnderFlip	special	—	3500
HandStand	manual	—	1100
Hardflip	flip	360 Hardflip	300
Hardflip Late Flip	special	—	2500
HeadKick BackFlip	special	—	2550
Heelflip	flip	Double Heelflip	100
Heelflip FS Invert	special	—	6500
Heelflip Varial Lien	flip	—	800
Hero	special	—
Ho Ho Sad Plant	special	—	6750
Ho Ho Street Plant	special	—	4500
Hot Rod	special	—	4250
Impossible	flip	Double Impossible	100
Indy	grab	Stiffy	300
Indy 900	special	—	11000
Indy Nosebone	grab	Del Mar Indy	350
Invert	lip	—	500
Inward Heelflip	flip	360 Inward Heelflip	350
Japan	grab	One Foot Japan	350
Judo	other	—	1150
Kickflip	flip	Double Kickflip	100
Kickflip Backflip	special	—	3750
Kickflip Underflip	special	—	1750
Madonna	grab	Judo	750
Manual	manual	—	100
Manual Entertainer	special	—	4500
McTwist	special	—	5000
Melon	grab	Method	300
Method	other	—	400
Mix It Up	special	—	4500
Moonwalk Five-O	special	—
Muska 5-0 Flames	special	—
Mute	grab	Seatbelt Air	350
No Comply 360 Shove-It	special	—	4500
No Problem 900	special	—	1750
Nollie 360Flip Crook	special	—
Nose Manual	manual	—	100
Nose Pivot	manual	—	250
Nosegrab	grab	Rocket Air	300
Old Sk00l Kickflip	flip	Double Kickflip	300
Ollie Airwalk	flip	Ollie Airwalk Late Shove-it	500
Ollie North	flip	Ollie North Back Foot Flip	169
One Foot Darkslide	special	—
One Foot Invert	lip	—	500
One Foot Japan	other	—	800
One Foot Manual	manual	—	1050
One Foot Nose Manual	manual	—	1050
One Foot Smith	special	—
One Foot Tailgrab	other	—	500
One Wheel Nosemanual	special	—	4100
Paulie Butt Manual	special	—	4000
Pivot	manual	—	250
Pogo	manual	—	750
Pop Shove-It	flip	360 Shove-It	100
Primo	special	—	4000
Primo Handstand	special	—
Primo Spin	special	—	4500
Quad Heelflip	special	—	3250
Rock to Fakie	lip	—	500
Rocket Air	other	—	400
Rodney Primo	special	—
Rotisserie	special	—	2500
Running Manual	special	—	4500
Russian Boneless	special	—	6500
Rusty Slide Manual	special	—	4500
Sacktap	other	—	1500
Sal Flip	flip	360 Sal Flip	900
Salute	special	—	1000
Samba Flip	special	—	1850
Seatbelt Air	other	—	500
Semi Flip	special	—	2500
Sheckler Grab	special	—	2000
Shifty Shifty	special	—	2500
Sit Down Air	special	—	1200
Slam Spinner	special	—	3500
Spacewalk	manual	—	1200
Sproing	special	—	4500
Stalefish	grab	Stalefish Tweak	350
Stalefish Tweak	other	—	400
Stiffy	other	—	500
Stupid Grind	special	—
Surfer	special	—	4500
Swimming with Sharks	special	—
Switch Foot Pogo	manual	—	800
Tailblock Slide	special	—
Tailgrab	grab	One Foot Tailgrab	300
The 900	special	—	9000
The Bird	special	—
The Switcheroo	lip	—	600
To Rail	manual	—	1050
Truckstand	manual	—	800
Varial Heelflip	flip	360 Heelflip	300
Varial Invert to Fakie	lip	—	450
Varial Kickflip	flip	360 Flip	300
Wax Slide	special	—
Worm Grind	special	—
Wrap Around	manual	—	500
Wrap Around	grab	Body Wrap	450
Yeah Right	special	—	3100

Tap variants

Not separately assignable. These fire when you tap the button again during a trick, and a few chain a third time: Kickflip into Double Kickflip into Triple Kickflip. The ones tagged with a game mode only exist in that mode, where the fireball powerup turns a flip trick into a shot.

Trick	Type	Taps again into	Score
360 Back Foot Shove-It	flip	—	500
360 Flip	flip	—	550
360 FS Shove-It	flip	540 FS Shove-It	500
360 Hardflip	flip	—	500
360 Heelflip	flip	—	500
360 Inward Heelflip	flip	—	500
360 Sal Flip	flip	—	1150
360 Shove-It	flip	540 Shove-It	500
540 FS Shove-It	flip	—	1000
540 Shove-It	flip	—	1000
Anti Casper Flip	manual	—	500
Beni Fingerflip	flip	—	1000
BS 180 Flip	flip	—	100
BS 360 Flip	flip	—	200
BS Shifty	grab	—	800
BS Toe Flip	flip	—	100
Casper Flip	manual	—	500
Chainsaw Manual	manual	—	100
Dbl. FF Impossible	flip	—	1075
Double Back Foot Flip	flip	—	550
Double Back Foot Heelflip	flip	—	550
Double Fingerflip	flip	—	1000
Double Fire!	modeFirefight	Triple Fire!	500
Double Heelflip	flip	Triple Heelflip	500
Double Impossible	flip	Triple Impossible	500
Double Kickflip	flip	Triple Kickflip	500
Double Kickflip	grab	—
Double Kickflip	grab	—
Double Kickflip	flip	—
Double Kickflip	flip	Triple Kickflip	500
Double Reverse Fire!	modeFirefight	Triple Reverse Fire!	500
Fingerflip Cannonball	grab	—	500
Fire!	modeFirefight	Double Fire!	100
FS 360 Flip	flip	—	200
Hairy Foot Grab	grab	—	400
Half Wrap Truck Transfer	manual	—	500
Handflip	manual	—	500
Object Placed!	modeScavenger Hunt	—	0
Ollie Airwalk Late Shove-it	flip	—	1050
Ollie North Back Foot Flip	flip	—	1050
Pressure Flip	flip	—	100
Pressure Flip	flip	—	100
Quad Fire!	modeFirefight	—	2000
Quad Reverse Fire!	modeFirefight	—	2000
Rail Flip	manual	—	500
Reverse Fire!	modeFirefight	Double Reverse Fire!	100
Triple Fire!	modeFirefight	Quad Fire!	1000
Triple Heelflip	flip	—	1000
Triple Impossible	flip	—	1000
Triple Kickflip	flip	—	1000
Triple Reverse Fire!	modeFirefight	Quad Reverse Fire!	1000
Truckstand Flip	manual	Truckstand Flip	500
TuckKnee	grab	—	400

The rest

Real, named, triggerable tricks that sit outside every table above. They were found by sweeping the scripts for trigger shapes rather than by reading lists we already knew the names of, which is how they were missed the first time.

Aerial rotations

↓↓	Backflip	1000
↑↑	Frontflip	1000
←←	Roll	1000
→→	Roll	1000

Roll shows as BS or FS depending on which way you are facing.

Outside the tables

LT	Anti Casper Spin
LT	Casper Spin
↑+B	Kickflip to Crail
B	Kickflip to Indy
LT	Pogo Spin
B,B	Pogo to Hair Flip
LT	Switch Foot Pogo Spin
	Truck SpinRodney Mullen only
LT	TruckSpin

Every grind name

Every named grind and slide the game can show, counting each frontside, backside and 180 variant separately.

360 Shove-It NoseGrind
5-0 Fingerflip Nosegrind
5050 Switcheroo
BS 5-0
BS 5-0 Overturn
BS 50-50
BS Bluntslide
BS Boardslide
BS Chainsaw Rocker
BS Coffin
BS Crail Slide
BS Crooked
BS Darkslide
BS Espana Sword Slide
BS Fandangle
BS Feeble
BS Hero
BS Hurricane
BS Lip Bodyvarial
BS Lipslide
BS Muska 5-0 Flames
BS NoseSlide LipSlide
BS Nosebluntslide
BS Nosegrind
BS Noseslide
BS One Foot Smith
BS Overcrook
BS Salad
BS Shark
BS Smith
BS Tailslide
BS TheBird
BS Waxslide
BS Worm
Big Hitter II
Bite Board
Crook BigSpinFlip Switch FS Crook
Crooks DarkSlide
Daffy Grind
Darkslide Handstand
Double Blunt Slide
Elbow Smash
FS 5-0
FS 5-0 Overturn
FS 50-50
FS Bluntslide
FS Board Bodyvarial
FS Boardslide
FS Chainsaw Rocker
FS Coffin
FS Crail Slide
FS Crooked
FS Darkslide
FS Espana Sword Slide
FS Fandangle
FS Feeble
FS Hero
FS Hurricane
FS Lipslide
FS Muska 5-0 Flames
FS Nosebluntslide
FS Nosegrind
FS Noseslide
FS Noseslide LipSlide
FS One Foot Smith
FS Overcrook
FS Salad
FS Shark
FS Smith
FS Tailslide
FS TheBird
FS Waxslide
FS Worm
Franklin Grind!!!
Grind N Barf
Hang Ten Nosegrind
Moonwalk Five-O
Nollie 360flip Crook
Nosegrind to Pivot
One Foot Darkslide
Overcrook BigSpinFlip Overcrook
Primo Handstand
Rodney Primo
S.U.I Grind
Stupid Grind
Tailblock Slide