Breaking the Silence 2013 Recap

We would like to thank everyone who showed up for Breaking the Silence 2013. The battle was AWESOME with hype battles, great energy, and our first ever Power King Exhibition. Big ups to Record Junkies for taking the championship and Road Trip Massacre for taking second place. Marks Iller from Filthee Feet with the King of the Hill Championship, Gully from Massive Monkees for taking 2nd place. Last but not least Akhang from Def Con 5 for becoming our first ever Power King Champion.

Other notables from the night included Break Tough and Wizards and DRS showing incredibly good form, Fishy in the Power King Exhibition showing everyone some insane blow ups, and Buckshot and Fredo in the King of the Hill battle with truly unique styles.

Footage will be posted throughout this week, visit our YouTube channel, or wait for the below links to become active:

Videos:

Crew Competition:
Finals:
Record Junkies vs Road Trip Massacre
Semi Finals:
Road Trip Massacre vs Wizards ft DRS | Record Junkies vs Break Tough
Quarter Finals:
All quarters

King of the Hill Exhibition:
Part 1 | Part 2

Power King Exhibition

The Outshine Production Power King Championship Belt

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Introducing Outshine Production’s
Power King Championship Belt.

An ongoing exhibition featuring
the Northwest’s best power heads.

New challengers each time.

4 rounds per b-boy.

First exhibition at:
Breaking the Silence, June 8th
at the Seattle Vineyard.

The Challengers:

Khang Nguyen
Matt Wong
John Sith
Alejandro Luna-Juliano

Breaking the Silence 2013

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Our battle for the up and coming b-boys is right around the corner. Breaking the Silence 2013 is on Saturday, June 8th. Doors open at 5pm, battle start at 6pm. The rest of the details below:

Judges:
Fumi – Battle Reflexes
Boxcutta – Fraggle Rock Crew
Vital – Misguided Steps

5-7 crew battle for the newer generation for cash and trophies:
Air Flow (CONFIRMED)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz(CONFIRMED)
Soul Rebelz(CONFIRMED)
Certified Heat (Confirmed)
Record Junkies (Confirmed)
Breaktuff(CONFIRMED)
Radical Maneuvers(CONFIRMED)
Shoryukent (CONFIRMED)
UNLEASHED(CONFIRMED)
New Found Era (CONFIRMED)
Radical Maneuvers (CONFIRMED)
Reckless Republic (CONFIRMED)
Floor Jerks (CONFIRMED)
Ohana Fam Crew Crew (Confirmed)
10nacious (Confirmed)
Battle Methods (Confirmed)
Keep Calm Crew (Confirmed)
Dirty Wizards Feet (confirmed)

King of the Hill for cash and trophy:
Fredo (No Roots)
Granite Rawk (Massive Monkees)
Buckshot Shorty (Unleashed)
Nori (1312)
Marks Iller (Filthee Feet)
Kindred (Barnyard Cannibals)
TBA

Power King Championship
Matt Wong – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Lunatic – Unleashed
AKhang47 – Def Con 5
Sith – No Roots

Northwest Sweet 16 – 2013 Recap

We would like to thank everyone who made The Northwest Sweet 16 2013 a huge success. Congrats to Vital from Misguided Steps for once again taking the Championship. Final results below:

Sweet 16 Champion – Vital, Misguided Steps
Runner Up – Ives, Evolution of Rhythm

6v6 Open break-dancing – Dance Broomz
Runner Up – Jungle Brothers

3v3 All styles – Black Chapter
Runner Up – Cannibals

Highlights of the night included Dance Broomz vs Jungle Brothers. That battle will go down in the history books for the Northwest. Kindred vs Huss in the first round, got so hype the lights even went out. Ives once again coming super prepared, and Vital taking the Sweet 16 for a second year in a row. Last but not least, a quick trendy clip called the Harlem Shake.

Footage for the finals coming today, the rest of the footage coming in the next couple weeks.

Videos:

Northwest Sweet 16 Bracket:
Final Battle:
Vital vs Ives
3rd Place Battle
Dean vs Serg

Semi Finals:
Dean vs Vital | Ives vs Serg

Quarter Finals:
Serg vs A Minus | Jax vs Ives | Vital vs Mango | Dean vs Cannibal Kindred

First Round:
Serg vs Jake the Capsoul | AP vs A Minus | Jax vs Rambo | Ives vs Blazii
Vital vs Merk | Mango vs Matt | HUS vs Cannibal Kindred | Prince Hector vs Dean

6 vs 6 Crew Competition
Final Battle:
Jungle Brothers vs Dance Broomz

Semi Finals:
Jungle Brothers vs Unleashed | Dance Broomz vs Misguided Steps

Quarter Finals:
Unleashed vs Vancouver & Mpo | Now or Never vs Jungle Brothers
Misguided Steps vs Dogg Pound | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels vs Dance Broomz

3 vs 3 All Styles Competition
Judges Showcase
Final Battle:
Black Chapter vs Cannibals

Semi Finals:
Black Chapter vs Fraggle Maho | Cannibals vs Ginyu Force Killers

Quarter Finals:
Black Chapter vs ??? | Fraggle Maho vs ???
Ginyu Force Killers vs Bad Kids | Cannibals vs Dragon Swag

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Schedule for the Sweet 16

The schedule for the Northwest Sweet 16 this Saturday, February 23rd, 2013:

2pm Doors open for competitors

3-5pm – Downstairs – prelims for 3 v 3 all styles, top 8 advance to finals
Upstairs – prelims for 6 v 6 break-dancing, top 8 advance to finals

5pm – Doors open to public
Handstand competition
Harlem shake video (smh)

6-11pm – Finals
Northwest Sweet 16 bracket first round
6 v 6 B-boy quarterfinals
3 v 3 All styles quarterfinals

Northwest Sweet 16 quarterfinals
6 v 6 B-boy semi-finals
3 v 3 All styles semi-finals

Northwest Sweet 16 semi-finals
6 v 6 B-boy finals
3 v 3 All styles finals

B-boy fidget showcase song

Northwest Sweet 16 final

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Free after party spun by DJ Ohmega Watts
90s night theme
@95 Slide (The old War Room)
722 E. Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
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Northwest Sweet 16 Bracket Announcement!

The PDX finals just happened this last weekend. The final battle included Tombo and Merk, check out the battle here. Congrats to Merk for the win. He will be representing at the finals on February 23rd.

In other news, J-Styles dropped from the bracket due to a TV filming schedule conflict. The invite for that fill spot has been extended to Tombo, Still waiting to hear back on if he accepts.

Brackets officially released for the 2013 Northwest Sweet 16

The brackets for the 2013 Northwest Sweet 16:

Serg – Jungle Brothers (Portland, OR)
vs
Jake the Capsoul – Record Junkies, Renton

AP – Crisis Crew (Bellevue, WA)
vs
A Minus – Formula Boogie Crew (Olympia, WA)

Jax – NON (Vancouver, WA)
vs
Rambo – New Birth Crew (Portland, OR)

Ives – Elements of Rhythm (Anchorage, AK)
vs
Blazii – Dog Pound (Seattle, WA)

Vital – Misguided Steps (Bremerton, WA)
vs
Merk – New Birth Crew (Portland, OR)

Mango – No Roots/TheM Team (Tacoma, WA)
vs
Matt – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Vancouver, BC)

HUSS – Massive Monkees, Seattle
vs
Cannibal Kindred – BYC (Seattle, WA)

Prince Hector – Tru Roots (Salem, OR)
vs
Dean – Filthee Feet (Vancouver, BC)

Sweet 16 list finalized

The list has been finalized for the Northwest Sweet 16 2013. The last two members are as follows:

Jake the Capsoul – Record Junkies, Renton
HUSS – Massive Monkees, Seattle

Already confirmed:

Prince Hector – Tru Roots (Salem, OR)
AP – Crisis Crew (Bellevue, WA)
Blazii – Dog Pound (Seattle, WA)
A Minus – Formula Boogie Crew (Olympia, WA)
Ives – Elements of Rhythm (Anchorage, AK)
Serg – no crew affiliation (Portland, OR)
Vital – Misguided Steps (Bremerton, WA)
Mango – No Roots/TheM Team (Tacoma, WA)
Jbugz – Soul Felons (Vancouver, BC)
Matt – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Vancouver, BC)
Cannibal Kindred – BYC (Seattle, WA)
Jax – NON (Vancouver, WA)
J-Styles – no crew affiliation (Seattle, WA)

The Northwest Sweet 16 – 2013

It’s here, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! We have finally released the information for the 2013 Northwest Sweet 16. Check out the list below, and visit our event page here. If you’d like to sign up to compete, visit our Facebook page here.

The Invite List:
Prince Hector – Tru Roots (Salem, OR)
AP – Crisis Crew (Bellevue, WA)
Blazii – Dog Pound (Seattle, WA)
A Minus – Formula Boogie Crew (Olympia, WA)
Ives – Elements of Rhythm (Anchorage, AK)
Serg – no crew affiliation (Portland, OR)
Vital – Misguided Steps (Bremerton, WA)
Mango – No Roots/TheM Team (Tacoma, WA)
Jbugz – Soul Felons (Vancouver, BC)
Matt – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Vancouver, BC)
Cannibal Kindred – BYC (Seattle, WA)
Jax – NON (Vancouver, WA)
J-Styles – no crew affiliation (Seattle, WA)
Community Voter Winner (Vote by visiting the Outshine Production’s Facebook Page)
Portland Prelim Winner

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Queen Sweet 16 Recap

Thank you to everyone who attended the Queen Sweet 16. Results below, more info aan footage to come today, and in the days to come. Finals will be up later on tonight.

Queen Sweet 16 champ: Bonita

1v1 champ (NW Sweet 16 spot): Prince Hector

All styles crew winner: Free-losophy

Other highlights from the night. AP from Crisis ripping it on the 1vs1s, Final battle, Bonita vs J-Kay (Clash of the b-girls titans), Blazii on the 1vs1s, 1st round of the Queen Sweet 16, watching Ben Vo & Ron the Don and Free-losophy.

Videos:
Queen Sweet 16 Bracket

Final Battle:
Bonita vs Jk47

Semi Finals:
Bonita vs Macca     Jk47 vs Momo

Quarter Finals:
Macca vs Crissy B    Lady Savage vs Bonita    Momo vs Naj    Jk47 vs Fidget Freedom

Prelim Round:
Macca vs Jordie    Crissy B vs Rascal    Maho vs Lady Savage    Jess2sick vs Bonita
Momo vs Jade    Naj vs Edukate    Emma Ready vs Fidget Freedom    Cristeez vs Jk47

All Styles Bracket
Final Battle:
Freelosophy vs ch1

Semi Finals (posting week of Nov 5th):
Ron the Don and Ben Vo vs Freelosophy    Harold and Kumar vs Ch1

Northwest Sweet 16 Qualifier Bracket
Final Battle:
Price Hector vs AP

Semi Finals (posting week of Nov 5th):

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