Tony Hawk: Ride is a spin-off in the Tony Hawk's series of skateboarding video games. In Europe and North America the game was released in 2009 for PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 and Wii. In Australia it was released in 2010. In Ride the player uses the skateboard peripheral to simulate the riding of an actual skateboard in the game. The peripheral shaped just like a real skateboard is equipped with infrared sensors to detect motion and display it on-screen. Turning leaning hopping and other actions were meant to reflect in the game realistically. In Road Trip mode the player would now complete different disciplines such as speed trick and challenge. The Pro Challenge features numerous of skaters such as Cara-Beth Burnside Mike Mo Capaldi Paul Rodriguez Mike Vallely Dustin Dollin Stevie Williams Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Steve Nesser Ryan Sheckler Christian Hosoi Rodney Mullen Nyjah Huston and Tony Hawk. On the speed session the player can battle against the clock as quickly as possible to get the fastest time called speed run. In slalom mode the player can pass through the number of gates as quickly as possible. Trick session affects the player to pull off the tricks for the highest score with a time limit. In Challenge session the player can skate through a series of five different challenges.