As the name suggests, the rider performs a figure-8 in the arena.

When that happens, and all the riders can perform the same number of rotations in the air, then style will become even more important, Johnson said.

Both riders performed extremely well in a strong field.

This lets the rider more easily perform tricks like sliding by locking your feet into the board.

At competitions,the riders must perform tricks similar to those found in surfing and skateboarding.

After breakfast and packing up, riders perform a quick cleanup of the overnight location before heading out.

The rider can perform freestyle where they make up their own pattern and ride it to music.

No rider had performed a double backflip in competition before.

Despite the pressure on them, both riders performed well as the Tour de France continued earlier today.

These three riders, along with 4 others that made it into the ride-off for individual medals, performed a shortened (6 minute, 45 second) test.