Tony Hawk 's pro skateboarding the first great skateboarding game ever released!!!!!
THPS2,is a skateboarding game where you play with a pro skater( or custom skater ) and try to win money by realising different tasks(Collect the S-K-A-T-E,doing a certain trick,doing insane things throughout the different levels)
You first start with a crap skateboard,attributes(Grind,flip,manual,air ollie,...),and tricks.
The reason why THPS2 became so popular was becaus it was a fun,relaxing,exicting game with good music(papa roach,MILLENCOLIN),Innovative game-play.
Also this game is quite long and is the begining of the longest skateboard series on earth (7 games now!!!)