Shaun White Skateboarding

Shaun White Skateboarding

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Gold Medal Challenge

Gold Medal Challenge

Earn the gold medal in all Shaun White challenges

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How to unlock the Gold Medal Challenge achievement in Shaun White Skateboarding - Definitive Guide

The Shaun White Challenges unlock after completing the main storyline, there is one challenge in each of the four areas of the map. The challenges can be found on the map and are easy to spot as they are represented by a big fist holding a skateboard, below are some tips and videos to help you however these keep in mind all of the challenges in this game are quite easy. To obtain the achievement a gold medal must be achieved in each of the four challenges.

Downtown Quarter

Great white airtime challenge - Accumulate as much air time as possible within the time limit
-Bronze: 200, Silver: 400, Gold: 650
-All you must do is push up on the left-analog stick as you ascend through the bowl so that you gain a lot of air, and press A to jump or using the right stick to jump and do tricks seems to help.

Ministry Quarter

The great white flow - Generate as much flow as possible
-Bronze: 1000, Silver: 1500, Gold: 2500
-What I did was simply perform long grinding combos around the perimeter of the building. Alternatively you can use the vert ramps to gain a lot of points as well.

The Rising Island

The Great White Grind - Grind as far as possible within the time limit
-Bronze: 100, Silver: 200, Gold: 300
-Jump over the railing at the beginning and grind the power cable. At the end of this segment of the cable I accidentally fell down but the decided to try grinding the edge of the pool below. I actually recommend doing this- simply gain some speed and grind along the edge, maintaining your balance. Once you start to grind very slow, hop off and regain speed. With this method I finished with 25 seconds to spare.

Midtown Quarter

The great white time attack - Pass as many checkpoints as possible within the time limit
-Bronze: 10, Silver: 20, Gold: 30
You have two and a half minutes to pass through all 30 gates.
Just head straight for the first 4 gates. Round the corner and drop down, picking up #5 and #6. Continue straight for #7- then you must grind and hop on a series of ledges to reach #8. Jump on the U-shaped rail in front to turn around and pick up #9. Continue straight for #10, then turn right for #11. Turn left for #12 and continue straight for #13. Turn left and head straight for #14 and #15. Turn right for #16 and head straight for #17. #18 is right in front of you, then turn to your right for #19. Continue through the tunnel to get #20 and #21. #22 is in plain sight, as is #23-24. Turn left and jump on the shaping rail to direct it towards #25. Drop down for #26 and continue to #27. Jump on the right ledge in front of you and shape your way up to #28. Shape the next rail to #29 and then hop onto the left rail to grind towards #30. If you find yourself unable to complete the challenge in time, try using savior rails on the drops to conserve speed and save time.
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01 Feb 2011 19:03

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the second video is not a shaun challenge thats not where my flow challenge is and you have to get 2500 flow??
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By Hanshi McD on 12 Nov 2011 23:32
For the 2500 flow get inside the building asap and vert the whole time. I found this vid - http://youtu.be/SVsF7dX7Nyg
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By Ham Man 89 on 12 Aug 2014 01:43
Thanks, Atsumer. Your extra tips really helped me out.
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By MontySATX on 06 May 2024 12:13
I struggled quite a bit on two of these while trying to do them in the way the game suggested. I finally made it another way. Here's some advice if you struggle on any of these:

Great white air time challenge (Downtown)
As the challenge start: Look to your right and you'll see some wooden vert ramps next to the building. The closest one if very tight and will give you higher frequency of jumps than the bowl will. You'll loose a few seconds skating over there but you'll catch up quickly. No need to do tricks on these verts. Doing the boost was enough for me. Press UP on the Left Stick just after you land and release when you reach the edge of the opposite ramp.

Great white flow (Ministry)
Don't bother with the roof. Go down the ground behind the building (using savior shaping (B)). There's some narrow half pipes here. Build up speed in these perform tricks with the Right Stick while holding left or right on the Left Stick to rotate. Doing this I managed to reach the goal with almost 10s to spare. SunbearLewis also suggested this solution below.
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By Atsumer on 13 Apr 2020 09:34
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Although every guide here says you only have to get gold on all SHAUN challenges, it should be mentioned that the THE GREAT WHITE FLOW challenge is on SHAUN ISLAND, and is not the one Ministry District even though it has the same SHAUN symbol.
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13 Nov 2011 09:10

You only have to earn the gold medal on Shaun White challenges, not EVERY challenge. You recognize Shaun White challenges by their symbol on the map. The symbol looks like the head of Shaun White. I believe there are four of these challenges, one in each district.


Spoiler:

Once you complete them all, you unlock Shaun Island.
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19 Dec 2010 11:27

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You unlock the Shaun Island after finding all the skate shops, not after completing every SW challenge
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By MC0REBE on 04 Aug 2011 13:47
^ Wrong
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By Tunaleg on 30 Jan 2012 01:30
There seems to be confusion as to how to get this achievement. First, you do not have to complete the main storyline to start the challenges or get the achievement. If you look at my achievements I got it before the main storyline achievement. In each of the four "Quarters" there are these statues that you have to influence with the purple level flow. Once influenced you can try the challenge. The only one I had issues with was the one in the Ministry Quarter but I found if I just jumped off the roof of the Ministry building at the back of the building and rode the mini pipe back there I could easily get the 2500 flow and score the gold.
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06 Oct 2019 02:14

I love easy golds as much as an easy platinum and this is one easy gold. There are 4 Shaun White Challenges that open up after you beat the storyline of the game. Note that you can open up one early by using UPlay points that you get by playing the game. The challenges are easy as pie, but one or two of them might take a try or two. The challenges need to be opened with level 3 flow. Before you open them they look like large concrete blocks with the Ministry logo on them and a blue highlight around them.

 

  • Midtown - The Great White Time Attack: This is the one that I had to do a few times before I got it. It's a checkpoint race and my best advice is just run it 2, 3, or 5 times and you will beat the gold requirement.
  • Downtown - The Great White Airtime: I was kind of confused on this one because I kept pumping up and down the side of the bowl (hold left stick up) but that wasn't enough. You have to hit as soon as you are about to launch from the ramp as this gives the extra air you need to complete this.
  • The Rising Island - The Great White Grind: This one also took me two tries. The area you start out on is a good grind but don't follow the roller coaster all the way down. Once you get on the grind get ready to jump off as the grind turns to the string lights above the pool. Grind as far as you can and once you are off the lights you can use either the pool or nearby shaping rails to get this done. I used the pool and I would start on the slight incline in the middle as going down that would give me more speed to get around the pool. Once you slow down get off and ride that little incline down again.
  • Ministry Quarter - The Great White Flow: This one takes place on top of the Ministry building and it's not too hard as you can go on long grind combos around the building over and over again. NOTE that you will find one of the Treasure Chests you need to find on the side of the building.
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There are a total of 4 Shaun White Challenges, and you must obtain a gold in each challenge. The challenges and locations are as follows:

Downtown - The Great White Airtime: Make sure you are using your speed burst to gain maximum momentum. If you feel an extra speed boost is needed, press at the top of the ramp to gain a little extra height.

Rising Island - The Great White Grind: I started by using the shaping rail on the rollercoaster at the beginning of the challenge. I shaped the rail to the upper parts of the rollercoaster. After getting to the top of the rollercoast, reverse paths and came back down. Rinse and repeat until you reach the gold medal. Keep in mind there are several different methods which will work for this challenge.

Midtown - The Great White Time Attack: Not much of a strategy to this one. The key is to memorize the path of the orbs. It may take a few tries until this one is unlocked.

Ministry Quarter - The Great White Flow: You can use one of two approaches to complete this challenge. I always found it easiest to gain flow by getting in a half-pipe. There are at least two good half-pipes on the roof, which are good for gaining flow. If you are better at grinding, there are plenty of good grinding spots on the roof also.

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