Red Bull Street Battles 2008

On May 3rd a big group of us went to check out Redbull's 2008 Street Battles Dance Competition held up in Mongkok.   三週末前僕達はレドブールのブレークダンサバットールイベントを参加した。モングコークでした。とても楽しかった。


Yes, alivenotdead.com was an official media sponsor, which means we get to be in the graffiti wall! :-D
AnDはメデアスポンサーしたから名前書きました。スギイ!　　実はこのイベントとても大きいし高いし、アシアの色々な国からダンサが居ました、全部16人居た、1対１のバットルをした。

Believe it or not, I'm not the BIGGEST dance battle fan who works at alivenotdead.com,  but I do enjoy a good dance battle once in a while - and for sure the event didn't disappoint. it was pretty high production value for a 'street culture' event for sure:

they had a raised circular stage w/ DJ/judges platforms on both ends.  There were 16 competitors who faced off 1-on-1 in a tournament style bracket (like the sweet 16 in the NCAA basketball finals... except w/ break dancing....

The competitors came from all across Asia - HK, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and even Macau (where's Mainland China? they gotta have a few good ones).   just like in those movies basically one guy would dance while the other stood and watched and made faces like he's too cool and then they'd switch.  After a few turns each, the music would stop and the judges would declare a winner. the winner went on to the next round...

to better explain - check out the video...　僕のビデオを見てください！

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BKk87duSMQ