Getting the points to get the tapes / win competitions is way easier if you use grind and flip trick combos while grinding. If you can do a grab into a grind like you can in some places that's even better. Grab tricks were never really great for score stuff until reverts and manuals were in. Once they were in, it was a good way to get a big base score before you do a long grind/flip trick/manual combo.
I went back and played the first 3 tony hawk games last month and it was fun going through them all.
pmurph03's comments