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Two Fantastic Days at R16 World Championship finals!!

South Korea is hosting R16 World B-Boy championships for 7th consecutive time!  

Yet again, famous and agile B-boys from all over world gathered at Olympic Park hall  on July 13 and 14 to show off  "What they have got"!!

Participating countries include Korea, USA, Japan, France, Taiwan, China, Kagazhistan, Philippines, Australia etc. First day of event was SOLO battle. B-boy solo battle, popping and locking competition was held.

B-boy Solo Battle Final :    B-Boy Blonde ( Australia) vs. B-Boy Issei from Japan
                                          Winner : B-Boy Issei
Locking Battle Final :   Nao (Japan) vs  Luna from Korea
                                            Winner : Nao 
Popping Battle Final :  Josh from Singapore vs. Hoan from Korea
                                     Winner : Hoan 

Photos courtesy Hogeun Kim 

B-boy show case in front of Palace! 


Olympic Hall Stadium 


Introducing team from TAIWAN!


R16 MC's 






B-Boy Morris 





July 14 was main day of event as b-boys crew battle was scheduled to be held. Once again it was B-boy Pocket who rocked and shocked everyone out there.  


＊ B-boy Crew Performance Battle
Winner: Body Carnival (Japan)


＊ B-boy Crew Battle
Winner: Morning of Owl (Korea)

Overall, it was fantastic event with full of surprises and wonderful performances. I hope to see B-boy battle again next year.


Thanks to Korean Tourism Organization for this wonderful R16 event!!!!!



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