The good ole days .....im so glad that i loved B Boying and Metal back in the 80s .....best of both worlds .....one weekend at a Slayer show next weekend at The Funhouse .
We use to break dance in 83’ to Herbie Hancock Rock-It and when Beat Street the movie came out in 84’ It place break dancing on the map World Wide.Love the 80’sDj’s battle and B- Boys battling…
I as 14 yr white boy , used get cardboard , in biggest room house , self taught , learned from some real good blk dancer's , that year , entered a competition in mallm,me n my homeboy lost ! But ,i think clothes 83_84. Was last of the wave of fashion s we had choose from ! There will never be another 84. Ever !
I could never break dance back in the 80s I have always respected every one who the lino down bring the Ghetto blaster and dedicated there heart and soul showing there craft now forty years on breakdancing has earned the reputation as a dance art and up there with ball Jazz ballet room dancing etc
This takes me back. Others who never were in this era may laugh at the skills but this was the foundation and this was where we started to add moves to change or be better. My sister laughs at this and of course, I get mad because she doesn't understand the limited skills we had at that time. We all thought we were fresh and we were but others were better than us. Battles and practice is how we expanded. Now, you have these breakers who are awesome but they throw in a lot of gymnastic moves, more flexibility, and creativity.
In Hamburg we were first impressed from the Rock steady crew this days. But later the Dynamic Rockers and other follows. 1984 til 1986 I was a b-Boy much to short. Thanks a lot USA for this.
NYC Breakers, Lil Lep, Chino, Hand spin master et al. These are some of the guys that battled Rocksteady crew (Bronx Rockers) in Beat Street. Before that movie, everybody was slow & clunky, but then they bought the speed & power.
Tiempos inolvidables, acá a Guayaquil Ecuador el break dance llegó con fuerza a finales de 1984 y fue una locura cuando estrenaron la película, en ese año tenía 15 años actualmente cumplí 55
