Exposure

November 6 - 8, 2026

An annual street, vert, and bowl contest for women 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

Waiver Required

Everyone skating must sign a waiver. You can get it done ahead of time here.

SIGN YOUR WAIVER ONLINE

Registration

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

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

Bowl and Vert Practice Groups

Coming soon...

Riders Meeting

Coming soon...

Summary Schedule

Friday: Street Intermediate Qualifiers and Advanced Qualifiers
Saturday: Bowl
Sunday: Vert and Street Finals

Schedule

MONDAY
- 8:30am - 4:30pm:
  - Bowl and Street Open for Practice
    - Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups
TUESDAY
- 8:30am - 4:30pm:
  - Bowl and Street Open for Practice
    - Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups
WEDNESDAY
- 8:30am - 4:30pm:
  - Bowl and Street Open for Practice
    - Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups
THURSDAY
- 8:30am - 4:30pm:
  - Vert Ramp Construction
  - Bowl and Street Open for Practice
    - Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups
- 9am - 4pm: Registration Open
- 5pm: Start Lists posted at TheBoardr.com
FRIDAY
- 8:30am - 5:30pm:
  - Vert Ramp Construction
  - Bowl and Street Open for Practice
    - Bowl will have Scheduled Practice Groups
- 9am - 4pm: Registration Open
- 1pm: Street Intermediate Qualifiers
  - 50 skaters
  - 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each, 1 minute breaks between
  - Top 6 advance to Finals on Sunday
  - Street course will be limited this year, see below
- 2pm: Street Advanced Qualifiers
  - 50 skaters
  - 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each, 1 minute breaks between
  - Top 6 advance to Finals on Sunday
  - Street course will be limited this year, see below
SATURDAY
- 7am: Bowl Practice Starts
  - 7am - 8am: Bowl Open/Pro
  - 8am - 8:30am: Bowl Advanced
  - 8:30am - 9am: Bowl Intermediate
- 8am: Registration Open
- 9am: Bowl Intermediate
  - 30 skaters
  - Organized jams of 5, 2 minute breaks between
  - 3 runs, 40 seconds each
  - Skate in order until you fall
  - Best run is scored
  - Top 6 advance to Finals
  - Finals immediately following, same format
- 10am – 4:45pm: Vert Practice
  - Scheduled Practice Groups
- 10:30am: Bowl Advanced
  - Same format as above
- 1pm: Bowl Open/Pro
  - Same format as above
  - Top 6 advance to Finals
  - No timed runs in Finals
- Immediately following: Longest Grind/Slide
  - $800 Longest Frontside Grind
  - $800 Longest Backside Grind
  - $800 Longest Slide
  - No 50-50’s, any other slide/grind will count
- 4:15pm: Awards
- 4:45pm: Hard stop time
SUNDAY
- 8:30am: Registration
- 8:30am: Vert Practice Begins: *please note these are by your heats as listed on the front page of TheBoardr.com, not by your Saturday Practice heats
  - 8:30am - 9am: Vert Intermediate (Competition Heat 3 and 4)
  - 9am - 9:30am: Vert Pro (Competition Heat 1 and 2)
  - 9:30am - 10am: Vert Pro (Competition Heat 3 and 4)
  - 10am - 10:30am: Vert Intermediate (Competition Heat 1 and 2)
- 9am: Street Intermediate Finals
  - Final jams: 2 skaters, 3 minutes
- 9:20am: Street Advanced Finals
  - Final jams: 2 skaters, 3 minutes
- 9:45am: Vert Intermediate
  - 20 skaters
  - Organized jams of 5, 2 minute breaks between
  - 3 runs, 30 seconds each
  - Skate until you fall
  - Best run is scored
  - Top 6 advance to Finals
  - Finals immediately following, same format
- 11:30am: Domestic Violence Awareness Presentation at Vert Ramp
- 11:45am: Vern Open/Pro Practice
- 12pm: Vert Open/Pro
  - 24 skaters
  - Organized jams of 6, 2 minute breaks between
  - 4 runs, 30 seconds each
  - Skate until you fall
  - Best run is scored
  - Top 6 advance to Finals
  - Finals immediately following
  - Same format, but no timed runs
- Immediately following: Vert Open/Pro Best Trick
  - $1,000 Cash For Tricks, distributed to individuals who land worthy, personally-challenging tricks, plus overall "Best Trick" of the session gets $1,500
- Immediately following: Vert Highest Air Backside, Vert Highest Air Frontside
  - Prizing TBD
- 2pm: Street Open/Pro
  - 36 skaters
  - 2 skater jams, 3 minutes each, 1 minute breaks between
  - Top 6 advance to Finals
    - 3, 1 min runs, best counts
  - Street course will be limited this year, see below
- Immediately following: 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
- 4:15pm 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

Coming soon...

The Course

The street course is limited to the area shown below.

Additional Street and Bowl Photos

Vert Ramp

More Info

Check the Exposure site for more info.

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