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“Big air, big moves, and even bigger ideas. Red Bull gives you wings.”
Awesome job by my friends at Red Bull who work everyday to push the envelops of life and energy to change the world as we know.
Last year I had the rare opportunity to attend Red Bull BC One, a head-to-head B-boy competition, in New York City… it was AWESOME. This year the competition takes to Tokyo, Japan. For anyone interested and willing a live stream is available beginning at 5am EST (2am PST) on Saturday morning [here]
Since its birth in the late 70s, B-Boying has been announced dead several times, but it’s still alive and kicking—very much so! Today a vibrant and well connected B-Boy scene exists worldwide.
One of the most important B-Boy competitions is the Red Bull BC One, where 16 of the world’s best B-Boys meet to compete and to determine in a 1-on-1 knock-out-battle who is “The One.”
Extraordinary artistic skills, an outstanding character, and a good reputation in the community are the success formula to get selected as a dancer for the Red Bull BC One. The challenge lies in finding influential dancers from all continents ready to set new standards and show state of the art breaking.
B-Boy battles have their roots in 1-on-1 competitions. During the past 15 years these 1-on-1 battles have been pushed to the background as crew competitions became more popular at the big events. Red Bull’s objective was to go back to the roots and show B-Boying in the most spectacular and powerful way.
After an auspicious start in Biel, Switzerland (2004), the battle moved to Berlin, Germany (2005) andSao Paulo, Brazil (2006). The 2007 Red Bull BC One Battle took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, and in 2008, the best B-Boys of the world battled it out in the heart of Paris, France. In 2009, the Red Bull BC One took B-Boying back to its birthplace New York City!
This year, the Red Bull BC One will be held in one of the most vibrant metropolises of all—Tokyo! Japan has a big and lively Hip Hop scene and the event is awaited with great expectations since Japanese B-Boy Taisuke is one of the favourites for this year.
