everybody gets all their rides and their place to perform

"All these guys are really, really good sailors, they all have their own unique style and everybody gets all their rides and their place to perform I think it's gonna be a hard thing to judge. So it boils down to just make it through you know you're giving it everything you've got, that's the best you can do you know"

here, a windsurfing judge is talking about a competition to come.

can someone, please, tell me the meaning of "everybody gets all their rides and their place to perform"?

so why is it going to be hard to judge?