Exposure

November 1 - 3, 2024

An annual street, vert, and bowl contest for women, trans, and nonbinary skaters.

About

COMMUNITY > COMPETITION

Exposure is an inclusive community of women, trans, and non-binary individuals. We recognize and value the contributions that our non-traditional community makes to skateboarding and it is our intention to provide safe and inclusive spaces for competition and coming together.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO COMPETE IN OUR EVENT, YOU WILL BE COMPETING WITH OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

Location

Poods Encinitas Skate Park, 425 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, California

Registration

Note: within each discipline (vert, bowl, street), you can only enter one division.

Please note that the street course this year is smaller. See below for details.

Bowl and Vert Practice Groups

Bowl and Vert practice are divided into groups.

Bowl: check details here.
Vert: check details here.

Riders Meeting

It's a digital riders meeting! Click here to view it.

Schedule

FRIDAY

8:30am - 5:30pm: Vert Ramp Construction
8:30am - 5:30pm: Bowl and Street Open for Practice
- Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups listed here
9am - 4pm: Registration Open

SATURDAY

8am: Registration and Practice
8am - 10am: Bowl Practice
- 8am - 8:45am: Bowl Advanced Practice
- 8:45am - 9:45am: Bowl Intermediate Practice
- 9:45am - 10am: Bowl Golden Practice
9am: Street Intermediate
- 50 skaters, 1 minute breaks between
- 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- Finals immediately following
  - Final jams: 2 skaters, 3 minutes
- Street course will be limited this year, see below
10am - 2pm: Bones Love Milk Vert Organized Practice - check details here
10am: Bowl Golden (30 & Up)
- Same format as below, without a separate Finals
10:30am: Bowl Intermediate
- 35 skaters, 2 minute breaks between
- Same format as below
11:30am: Bowl Advanced
- 15 skaters, 2 minute breaks between
- Organized jams of 5
- 3 runs, 40 seconds each
- Skate until you fall
- Best run is scored
- Top 8 advance to one Finals jam
- Finals immediately following, same format
Immediately following Woodward Longest Grind:
- $1,000 Longest Frontside Grind
- $1,000 Longest Backside Grind
- $1,000 Longest Slide
- No 50-50’s, any other slide/grind will count
2pm: Bones Love Milk Vert Intermediate Warm-Ups
2:30pm: Bones Love Milk Vert Intermediate
- 20 skaters, 2 minute breaks between
- Organized jams of 5
- 3 runs, 30 seconds each
- Skate until you fall
- Best run is scored
Immediately Following: $1,000 Vans Vert Highest Air Backside, $1,000 Vans Vert Highest Air Frontside
- Open for Pro and Intermediate Vert
Immediately following: Vans Vert Best Trick, intermediate only
- $500 Cash For Tricks, distributed to individuals who land worthy, personally-challenging tricks
4pm: Patti McGee Tribute
4:30pm: Awards
5:30pm: Hard stop time

SUNDAY

8:30am: Registration
9am - 1pm: Vert Open Pro Practice
9am: Street Advanced
- 50 skaters, 1 minute breaks between
- 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- Finals immediately following
  - Final jams: 2 skaters, 3 minutes
- Street course will be limited this year, see below
9:30am: Street Open/Pro
- 36 skaters, 1 minute breaks between
- 2 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 8 advance to Finals
  - 3, 1 min runs, best counts
- Street course will be limited this year, see below
Immediately Following: Etnies Street Best Trick, open to everyone (obstacle TBD)
- $1,500 Cash For Tricks, distributed to individuals who land worthy, personally-challenging tricks, plus overall "Best Trick" of the session gets $1,500
10am - 4:30pm: Livestream
11:30am: Bowl Open/Pro
- 25 skaters, 2 minute breaks between
- Organized jams of 5
- 3 runs, 40 seconds each
- Skate until you fall
- Best run is scored
- Top 8 advance to Finals jam
- Finals immediately following
- Same format, but no timed runs in Finals
- After 40 seconds a bail/fall does not count against you
1pm: Domestic Violence Awareness Presentation at Vert Ramp
1:30pm: Vert Open/Pro
- 18 skaters, 2 minute breaks between
- Organized jams of 6
- 3 runs, 30 seconds each
- Skate until you fall
- Best run is scored
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- Finals immediately following
  - Same format, but 4 runs and no timed runs
  - After 30 seconds a bail/fall does not count against you
Immediately following: Vans Vert Best Trick, pro only
- $1,000 Cash For Tricks, distributed to individuals who land worthy, personally-challenging tricks, plus overall "Best Trick" of the session gets $1,500
4:20pm: Awards
4:45pm: Hard stop time

Judging Criteria

Performance is judged on overall impression of skater in jam or run
Judges analyze the following elements when scoring:
- Commitment, creativity, and use of entire ramp/bowl/course and features
- Distance traveled through air, slides, or grinds
- Speed, style, flow, and power
- Lines carry weight, but innovation and difficulty are rewarded

Purse

The Course

The street course is limited to the area shown below.

Additional Street Course Photos

Vert and Bowl

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