Can't Make It To Exposure Skate This Weekend? You Can Still Watch It Live!
Poster: Exposure Skate 2026
It's Exposure weekend! The 15th annual Exposure, the world's largest and longest-running women's skateboarding event, rolls into Encinitas Community Park ("Poods") Nov 6–8. It's free to watch, it's a benefit for survivors of domestic violence, and it's where about 60% of the women who skated at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics got their competitive start. Pack a chair and some sunscreen and come scream for the girls! 🛹💜
📍 425 S. Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas🗓 Nov 6–8, 2026🎟 FREE💰 $57,300 purse📺 How to watch
The Open/Pro Bowl, Vert and Street contests stream live on the X Games YouTube channel.
▶ Watch on X Games YouTubeWhen to tune in (Pacific):
🥣 Sat Nov 7, ~1:30–2pm: Bowl Open/Pro
🎢 Sun Nov 8, ~12pm: Vert Open/Pro
🛤 Sun Nov 8, ~2:30pm: Street Open/Pro
Stream start times are based on the contest schedule; direct stream links will go up on the X Games channel closer to the weekend.
Photo: Danny Mercado / Exposure Skate (2024)
🗓 Full schedule
Friday, Nov 6 · Street qualifiers
- 8:30amBowl & street open for practice
- 9am–4pmRegistration
- 2pmStreet Intermediate qualifiers (top 8 to finals)
- 3pmStreet Advanced qualifiers (top 8 to finals)
- 4:45pmHard stop
Saturday, Nov 7 · Bowl day
- 8:15amRegistration & bowl practice (all divisions)
- 9amStreet Intermediate Finals
- 9:20amStreet Advanced Finals
- 10amBowl Intermediate + finals
- 11:30amBowl Advanced
- 1:15pmDomestic Violence Awareness Presentation at the bowl
- 1:30pmBowl Open/Pro practice
- 2pmBowl Open/Pro LIVE (top 8 to finals, best of three 40-sec runs)
- AfterLongest Grind/Slide ($800 each: FS grind, BS grind, slide), then Cash for Tricks
- 4:15pmAwards 🏆
Photos: Danny Mercado / Exposure Skate (2024)
Sunday, Nov 8 · Vert & street day
- 8:15amRegistration & vert practice heats
- 10amVert Intermediate + finals
- 11:45amVert Open/Pro practice
- 12pmVert Open/Pro LIVE (24 skaters, top 8 to finals)
- AfterVert Best Trick (pros), then Highest Air, BS & FS (prize: two Alaska Airlines round-trip tickets each!)
- 2:30pmStreet Open/Pro LIVE (36 skaters, top 8 to finals), then Street Best Trick
- 4:15pmAwards 🏆
Schedule from The Boardr's official event page. Start lists post Thursday at 5pm.
⭐ Who to watch
Mizuho Hasegawa: X Games League MVP and fresh off winning Vert and Park at the World Skate Games in Paraguay (Bowl + Vert)
Joey Yarbrough: her 9th straight Exposure! (Bowl + Vert)
Rogue Day (Street)
Nahia Castro: the very first Open/Pro registrant (Vert + Advanced Bowl)
Last time out, Arisa Trew swept Bowl and Vert and Mei Ozeki won Street.
💜 Why it matters
Exposure was founded by Olympian Amelia Brodka and Lesli Cohen, and it's always been about more than the contest. Every year it raises money for survivors of domestic violence, more than $304,000 so far, with Encinitas' Community Resource Center as its partner. Come for the shredding, stay for the vendor village, learn-to-skate clinics and food trucks, and leave inspired.
Photo: Danny Mercado / Exposure Skate (2024)
More at exposureskate.orgSee you at Poods! 🛹💜