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The 2009 UK B-Boy Championships info

Knockout jam:

Saturday 10 October at Islington Academy, 2-5pm

World finals:

Sunday 11 October at Brixton Academy, 5-11pm

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Breaking crew line up:

Top 9 (Russia) - defending champions

Skill Methodz (USA)

Soul Mavericks (UK)

Flow Mo (Finland)

EXC Crew (Japan)

Jinjo Crew (Korea)

Team Schmetta (Belgium) Eastside Ruffnecks (Ukraine)

Solo b-boys:

Kosto (Russia)

Morris (UK)

Lamin (France)

Menno (Holland)

Justdoit (Holland)

Wing (Korea)

Tony Rock (Russia)

Hat Solo (Finland)

Kolobok (Ukraine)

Lilou (France)

Boogie Gun (Italy)

Speed-D (USA)

Gabz (UK)

Lure Roc (Korea)

Popping line up:

Sou (Japan)

Dey Dey (France)

Dickson (UK)

Poppin’ John (USA)

Boog Tom (Korea)

Frank Ejara (Brazil)

Cynthia (France)

Hozin (Korea)

Polskee Hitman (UK)

Djidawi (France)

Ssick Tingz (UK)

Slim Boogie (USA)

Robozee (Germany)

T-Boogz (France)

Lockers:

Pop C & Diva J (UK)

Atomic Splits (Japan)

Willow & Funky Asparagus (France, Sweden)

Olleh (Korea)

Flockey & Rae (Germany)

Double tha Funk (UK)

A-Train & Razzle Dazzle (Sweden)

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Contents:[The path to Brixton] [Special Features] [Videos and interviews]

UK B-Boy Championships 2009 Review

Russia and the US went head to head for the final in an explosive east versus west battle for the title of world champion. Russia came hard. US fought back equally as well, but there can only be one champion. Read the report and see the detailed results here

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11 and 12 October 2009: The biggest event in the b-boy calendar returns to the Brixton Academy as the world’s mightiest crews, soloists, poppers and lockers compete for the title of World Champion 2009.

Top 9, 2008 B-Boy Championships winners Last year, Top 9 from Russia were the winning crew, taking the title from Korea’s TIP (Teamwork Is Perfection) in an explosive final.

This year they’ll be defending their title against competitors both old and new from all over the world.

B-boys, crews and fans of breaking will descend upon Brixton Academy next weekend to see the biggest showdown of the b-boying world’s superpowers.

Coinciding with the World Finals are breaking workshops, battles, and the release of B-Girl The Movie on DVD - and of course, we intend to chronicle as much as we can!

The path to Brixton...

In case you need to catch up with the B-Boy Championships story, here’s a quick run through of the events leading up to the world finals...

Soul Mavericks are returning to Brixton again to represent the UK, having fought off their rivals in the regional heats.

The start of this year’s events began at the Regional Conflict South in June. As usual, we were excited about it, but with Soul Mavericks having won the Battle of the Year UK qualifiers in April and facing many of the same opponents again, maybe the qualifiers for the south was obvious...

In all fairness though, everyone put up a good fight, especially by the semi finals, and we had to give it up for the underdogs, north London’s La Familia Crew, who always battle valiantly but have yet to get grace the floor on the world stage.

A week later, Regional Conflict North took place in Leeds to decide on the UK finalists...

Qualifiers from north contended with south at the Regional Conflict Finals at the Islington Academy. Soul Mavericks made it to the finals - as did their ‘B’ team, Mavericks X. There could only be one winner. Even though this prompted accusations it was unfair, the judges’ decision is final.

Because of the size of Soul Mavericks, splitting the crew into two was DJ Renegade’s decision. In a telephone conversation with him last month, he explained it’s easier than calling them ‘Mavericks A’ and ‘Mavericks B.’ The reason why both are finalists? His answer was “Because they train.”

A good answer, but the shouts of unfairness from others is because the crew line up for the World Finals can be different to that in the qualifiers.

The finals are now around the corner. Asics, sponsors of the UK B-Boy Championships, have released a new range of trainers to coincide with the world finals. Developed with B-boy Mouse, the new Asics Sports Style and b-boy dance mat aim to help newcomers to breaking learn the basic moves. There’s even a video of Mouse promoting them in London!

Special features

We’ve some features from earlier this year with B-Boy Ken Swift and Salah from our Breakin’ Convention section. Check them out as we gather our new features:

B-Boy Championships videos and interviews with Soul Mavericks

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