Nail-The-Trick

Nail-The-Trick is a mechanic introduced in Tony Hawk's Project 8 the trick, activated by pushing both analog sticks down, slows down time (in a similar fashion as focus), pans the camera to the player's feet and allows them to perform kick tricks by using both sticks as a way to control the skater's feet, switching to this mode also gives the player more air time, more variations were added in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground including Nail-The-Grab and Nail-The-Manual.

Nail-The-Trick

Nail-The-Trick is the standard mode, which allows players to perform kickflips, shove-its or a mixture between the two. The player learns this skill from Rodney Mullen, to help him compete in Project 8.