Monday, June 29, 2009

TMNET Roadshow in Dataran Pahlawan Melaka

First of all, thanks to Fever Productions for giving this job to Famous Strike. 4 dancers including Bobby, Nic, Von and Yvonne had been participating to perform for this roadshow in Melaka. The first theme was colorful Dickies where each of them was wearing a different color code of Dickies pants which is favored by most bboys around the world and also a colored scarf that follows their own color. Bobby - 874 English Red; Nic - 874 White; Von - 85283 Royal Blue; Yvonne - 85283 Kelly Green.

In the early morning at 7am, all of them woke up to prepare travelling to Melaka. They reached there around 10am+ and found out they were in the wrong venue as Boojae told them the show was in Mahkota Parade. (Boojae ni... Ish) Thanks god that Dataran Pahlawan is only opposite Mahkota Parade.

The first show of the day (especially the one in the very very very early time), 1pm, was tiring as their bodies were not fully waken up yet. (Yeah~ Dancer's body wakes up at night!) They then had their lunch at nearby restaurant and chilled until 3pm.


Famous Strike, standing by position.

Did you all know that Melaka roads are mainly one way which the back and forth roads to a destination are different??? Yeah. We took 2 hours to find a hotel that most of them were fully booked, especially those class ones like Holiday Inn, Equatorial Hotel, Mahkota Hotel, Renaissance Hotel, etc etc. 2 hours later we managed to book 2 rooms at Emperor Hotel far from Dataran Pahlawan.

Yvonne and Von took a one-hour sleep in the hotel while Nic and Bobby went for swimming. For your information, one of the reasons they were travelling for 2 hours to find a hotel is because Bobby and Nic wanted one with swimming pool! Von was feeling unwell after the first show and risked her life inside the car for 2 hours. She had warned them if they didn't swim after back to hotel, she would have skinned them alive! And at last, they did swim. Phew~

7.30pm, when they reached the venue, the organizer told Von that the last show was postponed to Sunday as there was no crowd in the mall! They didn't know they should be glad or crying. However, organizer requested for a freestyle session in the next day.

Then they travelled to Jonker Walk with Yang Jian and friends (reppin' Dynamix) as their tour guides.


VON. Scrolling along the Jonker Walk.


Eating sushi, cendol, fried squids and otak-otak in Jonker Walk.

After all the stomachs were filled, they travelled back to hotel to take bath and go have fun! However, as it was day time when they were looking for hotel, the roads seemed a little different at night. They were lost!!! They had been turning around and around Melaka. An hour later, they managed to reach Emperor Hotel after getting the direction from a Malay man. Phew~

It was 12.20am when they reached the hotel. Yvonne and Von rushed to bath as they were rushing for a midnight movie at 12.55am with Dex and Yousef (reppin' Cypherz Kingz) while Bobby and Nic were rushing to bath and prepare to go to Pure Bar with Yang Jian and friends!!! They were supposed to chill at Arena due to a Hitz.FM function but the pub was crowded.

It was a great night in Melaka that they slept at 5am and they had to reach Dataran Pahlawan at 11am on the next day. *SWEAT*

On Sunday, they had their breakfast at 9.30am in the hotel when the food had nothing much left. They travelled to Dataran Pahlawan and guess what? LOST AGAIN. Cool... It was almost 12pm when they reached the venue and rushed to the stage.

It was the purple theme which each of them would be wearing different style of clothes that consisted of purple and black clothings.

After 2 rounds of show. They walked to Mahkota Parade to check out Motion Master's show with Digi. After that they chilled at Burger King with AD and Eric. Around 4.30pm they walked to Dataran Pahlawan to get ready for freestyle session.

The freestyle session was done in a battle style. Oh yeah~ Yang Jian had specially brought over Melaka's top bboy crew, Cypherz Kingz to help out in the freestyle session. Famous Crew + Motion Master vs Cypherz Kingz + Dynamix. Thanks to Motion Master (AD, Eric, Siang and 2 more bboys), Cypherz Kingz (Rohan, Moroc, Pixy, Seven, Dex, Miro) and Dynamix (Yang Jiang and friends). Sorry if we didn't get your name or miss out your names!

After the 8pm slot, they went to Wan Li Xiang satay celup for dinner, accompanied by AD, Eric, Yang Jiang, Moroc and friends. Street Nation treated them for the meal as gratitude. Thank you guys for bringing us around in Melaka.

They left Melaka around 10.30pm to rush Nic to Puduraya as he wanted to go back hometown in JB!

Thank you Boojae, TMNet, Cypherz Kingz, Dynamix and Motion Master once again.


Ready to go! The purple black theme.


Invert before show started! Argh~! The wack scarf covered Von's face! But her shining and striking silver blue Supra almost got the cameraman blinded! Woohoo~


Bobby with air baby.


Head hollow by Yvonne. Dope. Von was actually trying to avoid being in the camera. But well, BOOO~ You failed it!


Nic who masters Reggae, Street Jazz and New Style had finally succeeded in doing a Nike freeze on the ground! Thanks to Von who has been his sifu. Haha! Took him a lot of courage to do this actually! Woohoo~


The cute mascott! Guess who? Predict them with their clothings!


Ah yeah~ I think the shoes give you the answer?


If you know her well, she likes leopard-print things! Wiping sweat with her handkerchief and illusional mirror!


What kind of pose is this? Wanted to pee? *SWEAT*


Eric in da house! In front of the A Famosa.


Mr Bobby.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Floor Combat 2009

Held at e@curve formerly known as Cineleisure. On 12 June 2009, Bgal Seven from Famous Crew had participated in the Bgal Showdown, battling with Bgal Nikki (KrazeeKru), Bgal Phat, Bgal Mabel, Bgal Khirl and Bgal Ally (D-Artiz). They had to battle with each other so they had to go through 5 battles with 2 moves each bgal to determine the top 2 who would be battling on the Floor Combat 2009 Bgal Showdown Final.


Bgal Phat


Bgal Mabel


Bgal Khirl


Bgal Ally (D-Artiz)


Bgal Seven (Famous Crew)


Bgal Nikki (KrazeeKru)

Bboy Bobby (Famous Crew) was actually attending the event to watch the Bgal Showdown. Then all of sudden he was pulled by the organizer to become one of the judges. Judges were including Bboy Orbitron (Zulu Nation), Bboy Flip (Floor Fever) and Bboy Bobby (Famous Crew).


Bboy Bobby (Famous Crew)


Bboy Flip (Floor Fever)


Bboy Orbitron (Zulu Nation)

After more than 15 rounds of battles, Bgal Seven was announced to be the highest among the 6 bgals while Bgal Nikki scored the second.


Waiting for announcement of results after they had got their souvenirs


The Top 2 bgals: Bgal Nikki (KrazeeKru) and Bgal Seven (Famous Crew)




Cypher session. Bboy Bobby (Famous Crew).








Bboy Eric (Famous Crew)



On the other hand, Famous Crew had sent 3 teams to take part in the Bboy 3on3 battle, Famous Team 1 (Bboy Clipz, Bboy Famous1 & Bboy OneDay), Famous Team 2 (Bboy Eric, Bboy Kim & Bboy Melvine) and Famous KSC (Bboy Fido, Bboy Bobby & Bboy AD) on 13 June.

However, result was announced on 14 June that Famous KSC, the oldest bboys in Famous Crew, made it into Top 16 out of 42 teams. (Oops... Did I just say old? Perhaps MATURED.) They had battled with SingaMas crew in Top 16, Funky Strawberry in Top 8, Force 136 in Top 4 and Floor Tactics in Third Place placing. Famous KSC was crowned as the 4th Placing in Floor Combat 2009. Good job, old matured men! =)


Bboy Fido (Famous KSC) on the first move of the day battling with SingaMas that consisted of Bboy Dex (reppin' Cypherz Kingz & Floor Tactics), Bboy Charlie (from Singapore) and Bboy Amie (reppin' Giller Battle Crew) in Top 16.



Bboy Fido (Famous KSC) had also taken part in the Bboy Solo. Bboy Fido had battled with Bboy Charlie (SingaMas) in Preliminary, Bboy Andreas in Quarter Final, Bboy Khenobu (Force 136) in Semi Final and Bboy Zen (Wakaka Crew) in Final! Bboy Fido got the 2nd placing in Floor Combat 2009 Bboy Solo Battle!

For Bgal Showdown Final, each bgal was given 3 throwdowns to show their best moves! We could see that Bgal Seven was nervous as it was her first time battling in a competition in front of so many top bgals and bboys from Malaysia and Singapore. However, Bgal Seven's hard work had honored her the Champion in Floor Combat 2009 Bgal Showdown! Bgal Seven has been breaking for 2 years only! Good job girl! You rock~


Bgal Seven (Famous Crew), crowned Bgirl Of The Year in Floor Combat 2009 Bgal Showdown


Bgal Seven with her wack pose! Voguing perhaps?


The Top 3 Bboy crews: Floor Tactics (3rd placing), Force 136 (2nd placing) and Radikal Forze - Singapore (1st placing) and Bgal Seven (Champion of Bgal Showdown) along with the Zulu Nation, organizers and sponsors!

Looking forward for another happening Bboy Battle!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Marcus Tucker New Jack Swing & Locking Workshop Series 2.0

Presented by Street Nation Dance Studio, Marcus Tucker New Jack Swing and Locking workshop Series 2.0 held at Sunway studio. We had got participants all the way from Muar, Melaka, etc. Thank you for supporting our event!

Workshop started with Locking. Marcus had taught the participants skill by skill such as Scoobie-Doo, Lock, etc. Before workshop ended, participants were allowed to freestyle in the middle of the dance floor with Marcus!


Lock


Point


Locking workshop participants

After half an hour break, the workshop started again with New Jack Swing workshop. Marcus had taught the participant one skill by one skill such as 4 types of Celebration, running man, etc. We had also got special guest from Street Wreckerz - Alie who attended the workshop as well. Thank you for supporting, bro!






New Jack Swing workshop participants

Monday, June 1, 2009

Famous Crew at Battle Of The Year Malaysia 2009

Famous Crew (BBoy AD, Eric, Fido, Famous 1, Clipz, Hann, Kim and One Day), the first time ever fought as a whole team at Battle of The Year Malaysia 2009. We had been preparing the routine 2 months before the actual event. However, we only had 2 days to train together in a week.

Everyone was anxious towards this championship that most of us were mostly lack of sleep. We seriously had no idea where was the stage until we heard loud music downstairs. It was held outdoor at an empty area in front of the restaurants such as Secret Recipe, etc.

The event started off with Solo Battle then Crew Showcase. Participating crews including Famous Crew, Giller Battle Crew, Project Elementz, Wakaka Fever, Rokusteps, Syko Breakers, Sephiroth Crew and Absolute Crew. Organizer had invited BBoy Katsu (Japan), BBoy Bruce Lee (Korea) and BBoy Epic Phlave (USA) to be the judges!

Although Famous Crew did not win the battle but we believe experience will make everyone grows better and improves.

Good job to everyone. Time to move on!

Results:
TOP 4 CREWS: Giller Battle Crew, Wakaka Fever, Famous Crew and Project Elementz
WINNER CREW BATTLES: Giller Battle Crew
WINNER SOLO BATTLES: BBoy Khenobu (Force 136/Giller Battle Crew)
WINNER BEST SHOW: Giller Battle Crew


BBoy Fido, BBoy Hann and BBoy Chung


BBoy Kim


BBoy Eric


Bobby, Boogie J and BBoy Chris watching the championship


BBoy AD


BBoy Dion


BBoy Fido


BBoy Famous 1


BBoy Clipz (second from right) and Young Gun


Judges: (From left) BBoy Epic Phlave, BBoy Bruce Lee and BBoy Katsu

Famous Crew at Battle Of The Year Malaysia 2009 SHOWCASE