Snowboarding is mostly a recreational sport, but it is also a competitive sport. It has reached enough worldwide popularity to become an Olympic sport. Olympic snowboard events include Half-pipe, Snowboard Cross, and the Parallel Giant Slalom. There are men's and women's events for each competition. The snowboard slalom and the snowboard cross are racing events. The half-pipe is a judged event where judges rate the snowboarders based on basic moves and spins, flips, technical merit, landing, and how high they get when performing their tricks.