Aggressive In-Line Skating Men and women competing in the vert discipline will demonstrate their skills and strength when they drop in on the halfpipe to execute grinds and airs for the best performance scores. In the street competition, the skaters will clear ramps, rails and box jumps in an expression of skill and style. Highlights at this year's B3 will be the performance level of the women's technical tricks and the overall strength as the females will, for the first time, compete with the men. In the past 9 years, Hoffman's two businesses, Hoffman Bikes and Hoffman Promotions, have grown into extremely successful endeavors. The Street and Vert competitions are judged based on an overall impression of each run.
Competitors have two, two-run rounds and are ranked according to their final average score.
Competitors are also judged on difficulty, originality, creativity and execution. World Cup Skateboarding was created when National Skateboarding Association president, Don Bostick, ventured out and started his own company. Along with his wife, Danielle, the Bosticks have established themselves as the premiere skateboarding competition organizer in the country. The ESPN X Games, the Munster Mash in Germany, and the Slam City Jam in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to the X Games, World Cup Skateboarding will organize 15 professional events this year.