NEWS : 15 Things You Didn’t Know About The Sony Ericsson UK B-Boy Champs

Written by RWD on 16 Jul 2010

You think you know all there is to know about the Sony Ericsson UK B-Boy Champs? Well think again as RWD is about to drop drop some unknown facts for ya…

It’s the fifteenth anniversary of the Sony Ericsson World UK B-Boy so it’s only right that we give some facts that you may or may not have know…

1. This is the 15th Anniversary of The B-Boy Champs.

2. The 2009 winning crew ‘Endangered Species’ from the USA, appeared at the Oscars

3. Prodigy used a photo from the B-Boy champs for the cover of the ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ single

4. The Champs has its own TV series on Channel 4

5. 2001 winner and superstar b-boy ‘Crumbs’, taught Justin Timberlake how to B-Boy

6. The B-boy Champs has its own video game called ‘B-Boy’

7. There are national qualifiers England, USA, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe & South America

8. It is the biggest ‘All Battle’ competition in the world

9. Asics make the official ‘B-Boy’ sneaker

10. New Era make a bespoke B-boy Champs Cap

11. The most successful nation at the Champs is Korea

12. A UK crew ‘Second To None’ won the first 2 B-Boy Champs

13. Host Crazy Legs is the most famous b-boy in the World, appearing in numerous movies and performing for the Queen

14. Co-host Afrika Islam produced Ice T’s groundbreaking first album, inventing ‘Gangster rap’ in the process

15. The winner of the Popping Battle at the 2007 Championships ‘Salah’ went on to win the French version of Britain’s Got Talent

Phew!!! If that’s not filled your first for knowledge then head over to www.bboychampionships.com to get even more clued up.

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