It was soon after that skateboarding contest for cash and prizes using a professional tier system began to be held throughout California, like the California Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships, which featured Freestyle and Slalom competitions. Competitions are more main stream in ourt current day and age due to the fact it went through a big boom in the late 70's all the way to the late 90's being at its peak in the early to mid 90's. Skateboardings popularity really shot up though when the X-Games popped around and gave a mainstream event for anyone who hadnt seen the sport before to see it and understand, whether you came for the bmx events or the moto cross events, you were bound to see a little skateboarding.
