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Soul Mavericks win Regional Conflict 2010

Soul Mavericks will battle the rest of the world at the B-Boy Championships

Words: David Barros

Soul Mavericks at Regional Conflict 2010

The Soul Mavericks are Regional Conflict champions for the second year in a row after narrowly defeating La Familia in a closely fought final battle.

Jut Su and Polskee Hitman both qualified for popping, while B-Boy Spin won the solo battles.

Like the year before, Soul Mavericks entered two crews, Soul Mavericks This and Soul Mavericks That, with their ‘This’ squad emerging victorious after defeating La Familia in the final round.

As usual, many of the crew battles didn’t get going until the later rounds, but when they did things heated up as intricate routines and power moves started to emerge.

Highlights include Foundations executing a startling camera moment when one of its breakers landed perfectly still on another dancer who was lying on his back with his feet in the air.

Tempers frayed during the same battle over a dispute about dancers executing commandos during each others routines which appeared to lose Foundations all five votes from the judges.

Breakers from Soul Mavericks and La Familia see that Spin is alright after falling off the stage As the final hurdle drew near is where more routines came out of the bag, as both crews pulled out all the stops. B-Girl Roxy executed an impressive headspin to 2000, a difficult transition considering the motion needed to push up on the hands. B-Boy Spin was so fired up during the final battle that he did several consecutive halos until he fell of the stage and landed in the front row of the audience.

Judging

This year there was five judges for breaking (three for popping) as opposed to the usual three, possibly in response to calls of unfairness from spectators last year.

Five judges brings the competition in line with the likes of Red Bull BC One and should result in a wider verdict from the panel. Interestingly, the judging results for the crew battles were either straight 5-0 wins or narrow 3-2 votes, meaning fewer tiebreakers.

Another welcome introduction was the different selection of beats played during battles with guest DJ Tyrone ‘Mr T’ from Notorious IBE switching places throughout the night with DJ Renegade.

Soul Mavericks’ victory once again puts them on the same stage as the best crews in the world in October. Qualifiers for the world finals will take place over the next few months, with the line up to be announced as winners from each of the nationals are announced.

Click here to read our report from the UK B-Boy Championships 2009 >>

Regional Conflict 2010 results

Below are the detailed results. Breaking had five judges, while popping had three.

An X symbolises a drawn vote. Some battles went into several rematches.

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Breaking solos

Quarter finals

Ruckus v Ben Jammin 3-2

Lee Roc v Spin 5-0

Kazuki v Manny 2-x-2, 5-0 TB

Mid Air v Lady Boy 3-2

Semi finals

Ruckus v Spin 1-x-3

Mid Air v Kazuki 0-4

Finals

Spin v Kazuki 4-1

Popping

Quarter finals

Ricochet v T-Pop 3-0

Roo Popper v Holistic 1-2

Cartoon v Robotnic 0-3

Trevango v Mechanicool P 1-2

Ssick Tingz v Uncle A 1×1,TB, 1-2

Special K v Jut Su 0-3

Zac v Shuffles 3-0

WMP v Polskee Hitman 0-3

Quarter finals

Ricochet v Holistic 1×1, 2-1

Robotnic v Mechanicool P 2-1

Uncle A v Jut Su x-2

Zac v Polskee Hitman x-2

Semi finals

Ricochet v Robotnic 2-1

Jut Su v Polskee Hitman 2-x

Finals

Jut Su v Ricochet 2-1

Crew battles

Quarter finals

Trinity Warriors v Floor Riders 3-2

Heavy Smokers v Soul Mavericks This 0-5

Soul Mavericks That v Foundations 2-3

Ghetlow Pirates v La Familia 0-5

Semi finals

Trinity Warriors v Soul Mavericks This 0-5

Foundations v La Familia 0-5

Finals

Soul Mavericks This v La Familia 3-2