LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Skateboarding stars such as Sean Malto, Theotis Beasley and Trevor Colden will compete this weekend in the new-look Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center.The biggest change is a four-part skate course that will challenge skaters and make it easier for fans to understand the scoring system.Four different courses, thats a new thing in skateboarding, Malto said. Im looking forward to it. Its going to be a lot of skating. Its going to be kind of intense because sometimes as a skater you can pick what you like in a course and stick to that. But in this we have to get outside of our comfort zone. It will force me to skate and compete. I like that challenge. Its a good format.Malto said itll be like four different mini-skate parks. One section will be all hand rails and flat bars, one section will be gaps where skaters will do flip tricks and jumping down ramps and over sets of stairs, another section will be a technical section with ledges where skaters can flip in and out, and the last section will be a big bowl.Malto described it as more of a jam format, a little more open. Youll basically be put on each section for three minutes at a time, skate and flow and see what you come up with. Theres a little more room for failure but more room for excitement.Malto filmed a course preview with GoPro cameras on Wednesday.Its really well-built, he said. When I was skating I was thinking, `This is going to be a fun event. Sometimes when you step into these courses its like, `This is going to be a long weekend. 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The Democratic Party does a better job when it comes to the LGBT community, the trans community, all that kind of stuff, Jenner said.In an unusual moment for a GOP gathering, she received a smattering of applause when she praised President Barack Obama for advancing LGBT rights and for eliminating the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.Jenners appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, just blocks from where Republicans are holding their convention to nominate Trump, illustrated the divisions within the party as it works to expand its appeal to LGBT voters and their supporters in the general election. Though Trump has been more supportive of gay rights than most of his White House challengers, there have been few public calls for more inclusivity during the four-day gathering in Cleveland.Earlier this year, Trump drew attention for saying that Jenner could use whatever restroom she wanted in one of his luxury buildings, a position that came as Republicans in several states were pushing laws forcing people to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender at birth. Jenner later took up Trump on his offer, using the womens room without incident at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan.Youree creating laws for a non-issue, Jenner said.dddddddddddd We dont have a problem here.Its a position at odds with the GOP platform, adopted at the convention on Monday, which preserves language that criticizes the Obama administration for directing schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identity. Montel Williams, the TV host, called that part of the platform inexcusably hostile to the LGBT community.We think weve made so much progress and were right back where we started, said Williams, who is black. If you remember, just because of the color of my skin, there were bathrooms I couldnt go in, water fountains I couldnt drink from.Jenner said the bathroom issue had been used politically for many, many, many, many years. She added that shed personally experienced no issues with which bathroom to use.I havent used the mens room in a year and a half, said Jenner, who transitioned to her new identity from Bruce Jenner last year. And thank God, because there are some great conversations going on in the ladys room, OK?Opponents have warned that men would use it as an excuse to enter womens rooms to prey on girls. Jenner noted that Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, former Mississippi Rep. Jon Hinson and former Florida state Rep. 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