There is no proper way to play any game...Do what you want. I played Tony Hawk 1,2,3,4,5 and beyond,Thrasher skate and destroy...some other generic skating games for like 9 years before ea. skate came out..No one told me how to play them and no one tells me how to play ea Skate 1,2 and 3... When the this making videos thing dies off in a few years Ill be in my 30s still playing these old skate boarding games the way I want for years to come...