| For many, the World Crew Battle is the main event of the Sony Ericsson B-Boy Championships. Once again 8 crews from around the world will carry with them the pride of their countries, as they set out to take the title of "World's Best Crew" back home with them. Reputations have been made & lost here, so the stakes are always high, which makes the battling intense & truly compelling. Winning the World's biggest, battle only, b-boy event is arguably the most coveted acheivement for any crew. For some it will only ever be a dream, but make no mistake, every crew comes to win. This year is set to be the best yet, featuring some of the dopest crews in the game right now. There can be few specticles as entertaining as the crew battles at the Sony Ericsson B-Boy Championships.So get ready to see an explosion of flava, style, footwork, power, strength and freezes as they battle it out to be the Sony Ericsson B-Boy Champions of 2008! |
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| TIP - KOREA (Defending Champions) |
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TIP Crew
- Nemo
- King
- Random
- Clip
- Frog
- Differ
- Virus
- Eye
| TIP are the current World Crew Champions. The Korean B-Boy scene is arguably the World's toughest, having produced four crews who have triumphed at the UK Champs - World finals. Winning a Korean elimination is an amazing achievement in itself, requiring the victorious crew to be absolutely at the top of thier game. Perhaps because of this, the Korean elimination regularly produces the winning crew at the World Finals. This year, however, TIP qualify automatically, as reigning champions. Will this mean they won't be as well prepared as usual? Possibly, but Korean crews never leave anything to chance. They will be prepared. They will bring increadible routines. They will bring amazing power. They will bring unique style & flavour! What it usually comes down to is not weather Korea can win, but if any of the other crews can stop them! |
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Top 9
- Rezsky
- Robin
- Jora
- Flying Buddha
- Tony Rock
- Simpson
- Komar
| Top 9 are now part of that most exclusive of clubs & are now considered one of the World's elite crews! They might have been the suprise outfit in last years competition, but this year they arrive in London as joint favourites, along with TIP crew, to take the World title. Bringing a battle hardened crew to the stage, they will be looking to take out anyone that stands in their way. This will be Top 9's third journey to the Champs and this time around they will be bringing greater experience and the self belief they will need if they are to lift the title. Expect dynamic routines, individality within the team, a wealth of power, blow ups and of course a crew that can rock the beat with unique Russian flava. |
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| RUGGED SOLUTIONS - HOLLAND |
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Rugged Solutions
- Duzk
- Justdoit
- Royal1
- Squarez
- Enigma
- Perrybox
- Skiechief
- Jazzy
Rugged Solutions is a very young Bboy crew formed in 2005 out of two crews originated in Eindhoven, Holland. In 2006 Duzk joined coming from Delft city as well as Squarez joined the crew. In the end of 2007 Royal1 became their latest addition. With members from 15 years old to 23 this crew is very young. Rugged Solutions took on a more serious approach in 2007, when members from the crew decided to travel the world and make noise outside of the country. The crew is young, energetic and hungry. Trying to leave their name everywhere they go. Always looking for opportunities to dance, express bboying in their own way, and to make progress.
With eleven members strong Rugged Solutions is ready for 2008 |
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36 Chamber
- White
- Double
- Ford
- Crazy
- Font
- Motion
- Sacred
36 Chambers are a crew from Beijing that formed because they all had the same ideas and feelings about B-Boying. The main members are form Beijing's "Forbidden City Break Rock", one of the oldest crews in China . Amongst several China titles they have battled abroad in 2006 at Denmark's "True To Breaking" and in 2007 at Korea's "B-Boy Unit" . 36th Chamber are the first crew from China to participate in the UK Champs - World finals.
"we have been working very hard and every team member is confident and looking forward to this great event. In the Battle contest, we would like to show our Chinese BBoy Style of dancing to the world. We hope that after our performance in the UK champs Chinese BBoys will realize the importance of basic practice and personal style. When were began to practice dancing , the fist video show we saw was the 1999 UK BBoy championships. At that time we were so amazed at the dancing in the video .Today ,it is our great honor to be able to participate in the UK BBoy champs. Our friends, families and peope are so supporting us, so we hope that we will so our best moves and make everyone proud ".
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| MOON FREEZE & FUSION ROCKERS |
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Trinity Warriors
- Boogie
- Killa Kayne
- Rico Suave
- Kid Karam
- Ricochet
- Droid
- Order
- R. Geezy
Trinity Warriors Crew was established in 2001, by a small collection of dancers based in Derby. Since then the crew roster has become more extensive and is now comprised of eight core members and an extended family spanning the whole U.K.
They work closely with the Derby Dance Centre and other organisations, teaching break and street dance to a range of young people.
Always busy, they do 3 - 4 shows per week, of ranging profile. Trinity have worked with hip hop heavies such as; KRS-One, RedMan, Method Man and Eric Sermon and through dance have travelled to Germany, Switzerland and Holland. The crew have also opened as support act to Jeru the Damaja, Ugly Duckling, Supernatural, Killa Kella, Dj Format and Abdominal, Shortee Blitz and People under the Stairs.
As well as boasting an extensive professional C.V. Trinty are also very active on the U.K b-boy scene, recently winning the Sprite Urban Games in '06 and now qualifying for this years finals by winning Regional Conflict the National B-Boy Eliminations.Although still be relatively unknown on the World level, this young crew aim to stamp their mark at the UK Champs World Finals. |
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Moon Freeze & Fusion Rockers
Jointly representing Finland & Spain
- Jimi
- Lime
- Thumba
- T-Break
- Zomas
- Chino
- Alber-Toprock
- Grazy
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Found Nation
- Wing Zero
- Bash
- Doverman
- Yama-P
- 2Goo
- Afrock
- K-Tan
- Dragon
| If there was an award for the most consistent crowd favourites at the Champs then Japan would have won it hands down. That said, the Japanese crews have also been under achievers since Spartanic Rockers took the title in 1998.In recent years, they have promised much, bringing incredible power move combinations but have lacked that vital teamwork dynamic and battle strategy. Step up, Found Nation Crew who took the Japan Elimination with just such a team ethic and battle plan and saw them defeat the all-star team Star Dust in a thrilling final. They are masters of routines and have honed these choreographed attacks do devastating effect. Having just made the final at the recent Freestyle Session International battle in the USA, Found Nation go into this years UK Champs as on of the top 4 crews. One things for sure they will have the 5,000 strong crowd on their side! |
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Killafornia
- Frankie Flave
- Steelo
- Ruen
- Reveal
- Enterjetik
- Lil bob
- Vietnam
- Moy
Killa4nia is one of the USA's most successful crews. Winning local, national, and international events from the beginning of their creation, Killafornia is an ensemble of California's best b-boys. Their credentials are like no other dance crew, performing with such US stars as Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Missy Elliot, and Black Eyed Peas just to name a few. In movies, on television, or in print, Killafornia can be seen regularly. Their creativeness, style, and individuality has propelled them to the top of the World. Winning Freestyle Session World Finals, Killafornia defeated the best of Japan, France, and Korea. They stand today as one of the most influential crews around & although the USA has recently under-acheived at the World Finals, Killafornia must come to London as potential winners. |
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