Silverback Open Championships Explained

The Silverback Open Championships has been an international prize money breaking competition (b-boying and b-girling), with five editions held to date in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014 through 2018.  Funded by Silverback Bboy Events, which supports the competitive breaking community philanthropically and through sponsorships, the Silverback Open Championships has been regarded as one of the premier International B-Boy Championships held every year it has been featured, with the most recent edition including 850 competitors from 50 countries. Silverback Open prize money pools have exceeded $100,000, and the event has attracted an international social media following accumulating millions of views.  The Silverback Open event has been part of the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation's Pro Breaking Tour and Undisputed's World B-boy Series. The event has featured of many of the best and most well-known b-boys and b-girls around the world and has received praise throughout the breaking community for the high level of competition and for providing a warm welcome to guests and competitors alike.

Silverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Boy results

YearWinnerCrewRunner-upCrew
2018 VictorMF Kidz/Squadron StripesFlipside Kingz
2017 IsseiFoundnation AlkolilOriginal Breakers Circle
2016 ThesisKnuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees IsseiFoundnation
2015 VictorMF Kidz/Squadron IsseiFoundnation
2014 ThesisKnuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees NiekThe Ruggeds

Silverback Open Championships 3 vs 3 results

YearWinnerRunner-up
2018 Hong 10, Menno, Vero Lussy Sky, Beetle, Shigekix
2017 7 Commandoz Robin, Alkolil, Bumblebee
2016 Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket Super Cr3w
2015 7 Commandoz Polskee Flavour
2014 Squadron Lionz of Zion

Silverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Girl results

YearWinnerCrewRunner-upCrew
2018 LogistxUnderground Flow JilouJimakeno
2017 AmiGood Foot AyumiBody Carnival
2016 NarumiBody Carnival ATFlow Mo Crew
2015 NarumiBody Carnival Macca360 Flava
2014 AB GirlDomestic Apes Macca360 Flava

2018

2018 1-on-1 Solo Battle result

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2018 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Winning b-boys: Vero, Menno, and Hong 10.

2017

2017 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Winning b-boys: Wing, Skim, and Hong 10.

2016

The Silverback Open Championships ’16 took place on October 8 and 9 2016 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2016 Pro Breaking Tour's Champions Series. The event was organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $100,000 in cash prize money, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Finals in Los Angeles, as well as a trip to compete at Undisputed in Prague, Czech Republic for the 1-on-1 Open winner. A panel of seven judged the 1-on-1 Open, the 3-on-3 Open and the 1-on-1 Bgirl with two alternates in case a judge happened to be in the same crew as a competitor. The preliminary battles expanded the judging panel to five judges for each cypher.[2]

2016 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Winning b-boys: Kuzya, Sunni, and Pocket.

2015

The Silverback Open Championships 2015 took place on October 10 and 11 2015 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2015 Pro Breaking Tours Champions Series. The event was organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $90,150 in cash prize money, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Finals in Los Angeles, as well as a trip to compete at Undisputed in Marseille, France for the 1-on-1 Open winner. The 1-on-1 Open and 1-on-1 B-girl winners also received a Mackie Freeplay Portable PA Speaker with the optional lithium-ion battery allowing for 10 hours of continuous music. A panel of seven judged the 1-on-1 Open, the 3-on-3 Open and the 1-on-1 B-girl with two alternates in case a judge happens to be in the same crew as a competitor. The preliminary battles expanded the judging panel to five judges for each cypher.[3]

2015 1-on-1 Solo Battle result

Victor earned the fifth bid to Undisputed at the end of the 2015 year by winning Silverback Open Championships 2015.

2015 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

7 Commandoz participating b-boys: Hong 10, Wing, and Skim.

2014

The Silverback Open Championships ’14 took place on October 11 and 12 2014 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2014 Pro Breaking Tours Champions Series. The event was organized by organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $58,400 in cash prize money, a $10,000 Breitling watch, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Final's in San Diego. A panel of seven judged the Open 1-on-1, the Open 3-on-3 and the B-girl 1-v-1.[4] [5]

2014 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Squadron participating b-boys: Nasty Ray, Moy, and Prada G.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Silverback Open 2018 - Battle-Report - 1vs1 Open (Top 32).
  2. Web site: Silverback Open Championships 16' – Recap.
  3. http://www.udeftour.org/silverback-open-15-recap/ 2015 Silverback Open Championship
  4. http://www.udeftour.org/silverback-open-14-recap/ UDEF Silverback Open Recap
  5. http://bboyrankingz.com/tournaments/2014/oct/11/57400-cash-prizes-silverback-open-championships-pro-breaking-tour-philadelphia/3500/ 2014 Silverback Open Championships