
Ruby Lilley, 1sty Place Vert (photo: Ken Hada)
Kihana Ogawa, 1st Place Bowl (Photo: Olga Aguilar)
Margielyn Didal, 1st Place, Street (Photo: Shelton Hsu)
Exposure 2022 was full of stoke and surprises!
204 entries from all over the world — including China, Switzerland, Hungary, Scotland, and Italy — competed for cash and prizes at Encinitas Community Park (“Poods”) on Oct. 22 and 23.
Check out our recaps of the stoke-packed weekend on YouTube now! Bonus points if you catch a glimpse of Margielyn Didal’s late heel flip down the 6 stair or special guests Tony Hawk and Christian Hosoi hyping up the riders at Poods!
Thank you everyone who helped make this happen!
WOODWARD STREET | PURA VIDA VERT | EXPOSURE BOWL |
Street Intermediate Finals
1st: Kylie Frank 2nd: Jessica Perlmutter 3rd: Vilja Lundmark 4th: Jaelyn Sedeno 5th: Jessie Darnall 6th: Yerin Ko
Street Advanced Finals 1st: Secret Lynn 2nd: Aoi Fukuda 3rd: Leyou Zeng 4th: Jessica Perlmutter 5th: Smile Lv 6th: Courtney Akita
Street Open-Pro Finals 1st: Margielyn Arda Didal, $6,000 2nd: Wenhui Zeng aka ZOE, $3,000 3rd: Ricci Tres, $2,000 4th: Paige Heyn, $1,300 5th: Annie Guglia, $1,200 6th: Christiana Means, $1,100 7th: Junyi Lan, $1,000 8th: Aoi Fukuda, $700
Street Best Trick Wenhui Zeng (Zoe), $1,500 |
Vert Intermediate Finals
1st: Juno Matsuoka 2nd: Michelle Yoon 3rd: Cona Suganami 4th: Joey Yarbrough 5th: Samantha Tieg Livaditis 6th: Katelyn West 7th: Phoenix Dickinson 8th: Nina Ye
Vert Open-Pro Finals 1st: Ruby Lilley, $6,000 2nd: Bryce Wettstein, $3,000 3rd: Yujuan Li, $2,000 4th: Arianna Carmona, $1,300 5th: Grace Marhoefer, $1,200 6th: Kihana Ogawa, $1,100
Vert Highest Frontside Air Juno Matsuoka, $1,000
Vert Highest Backside Air Kihana Ogawa, $1,000
Vert Best Trick Juno Matsuoka, $1,500
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Bowl Intermediate Finals
1st: Mazel Alegado 2nd: Kate Kuno 3rd: Alicemay Abagian 4th: Joey Yarbrough 5th: Mei Nakano
Bowl Advanced Finals 1st: Juno Matsuoka 2nd: Nico Suganami 3rd: Aoi Fukuda 4th: Katelyn West 5th: Maya Kenny
Bowl Golden 30 and Up Finals 1st: Deise Reis 2nd: Jessie Frietze-Armenta 3rd: Kim Peterson 4th: Cheryl Milstien 5th: Lauren Callahan 6th: Jean Rusen 7th: Katy Belton 8th: Nanou Flashes
Bowl Open-Pro Finals 1st: Kihana Ogawa, $6,000 2nd: Yuzuki Mizote, $3,000 3rd: Ruby Lilley, $2,000 4th: Bryce Wettstein, $1,300 5th: Lilly Erickson, $1,200 6th: Aaliyah Wilson, $1,100 7th: Cona Suganami, $1,000 8th: Lola Tambling, $700
Bowl Longest Frontside Grind Cona Suganami, $1,000 Bowl Longest Backside Grind Harlow Johnsey, $1,000 Bowl Longest Slide Jordan Santana, $1,000 |
Elsewhere in the news, the Coast News Group, Inland Edition shared a write up on Exposure X this week, with the focus on our Women’s empowerment initiatives, quotes from some of our favorite participants, and discussion on our beneficiary, The Community Resource Center and Carol’s House.
Maybe your favorite local skater is quoted? Only on way to find out: Head on over to The Coast News to see what they had to say!
“The show that has skaters talking” was talking about Exposure X this week, and we are grateful for their help in getting the word out!
Thank you, Chris, Jeron, Justin, and Steezus!
Check out “Nine Club EXPERIENCE LIVE” episode 167 beginning at 00:16:12, and GET THOSE CLIPS IN. WE have one more week before the deadline- all entries are due by midnight (11:59pm) on October 8m, 2021!
Need more information on this year’s video contest and Live Premiere Event? Find it here!
We can’t contain our excitement about skateboarding making its debut at the Olympics this week in Tokyo! So many of these womxn are Exposure Skate competitors, and we are so proud!

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