I'm up to the point where you try to raise money for a new skate park an you have to accumulate 12,000 points in only like 2 minutes.  I don't have the best skills so anyone got any tips for quickly racking up points?

Its all about getting the 3X and keeping it. There is not "sure-fire" way to go and get it right away, or to get those 12,000 points.

Skate 2 is a game about practice, so I would just suggest getting a line together that you can get a 3X, do that in the competition and then don't crash and rack up the points ;)

But remember, practice, practice, and more practice! :)

I usually do a nollie 360 flip or something close to it, I find I can do the tough stuff easier with a nollie.  Remember to spin whenever you can for more points.  Tweak your grabs and do finger flips by flipping the right stick while doing a grab.  Learn to push well, you need all the speed and height you can get.  When doing a grind, try to get a lot of speed, slow grinds won't give as much points, and do a lot of flip trick spins and different grinds.  When you get that 3x multiplier you need to hold onto it, doing hippie jump 360s or a tweaked handplant will give big points as well as keep the 3x going.  Hope that helped. 

Thanks for the advice, i'll keep that in mind.  I wish those big ramps at either end didn't have the hole in the middle.  I was trying to use those to pump up my speed cause i know that give you a lot points but i always bail out in that hole.

Another thing, is pushing with your back foot the best way to build up speed?  I always have the tendency to use the A button for pushing so i get the announcer callin me out for pushing mongo a lot.

I don't think that has any effect in this game, you can push with whatever foot you want.

"Thanks for the advice, i'll keep that in mind.  I wish those big ramps at either end didn't have the hole in the middle.  I was trying to use those to pump up my speed cause i know that give you a lot points but i always bail out in that hole.Another thing, is pushing with your back foot the best way to build up speed?  I always have the tendency to use the A button for pushing so i get the announcer callin me out for pushing mongo a lot."