Silverback Open Championships

Silverback Open Championships is an international b-boying competition held annually in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Silverback Open Championships, sponsored by Silverback Bboy Events as well as energy drink company Monster Energy, has been regarded as one of the main International B-Boy Championships held every year. It is part the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation's Pro Breaking Tour and Undisputed's World B-boy Series. It has featured some of the best and most well-known b-boys and b-girls around the world and received praise throughout the b-boy community for having a high level of competition and for having a warm welcome to guests and b-boys alike. ^[1] Starting in 2015, Silverback Open Championship partnered with the World B-Boy Series to help crown the Undisputed b-boy champion at the end of the calendar year.

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

Year	Winner	Crew	Runner-up	Crew
2016	Thesis	Knuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees	Issei	Foundnation
2015	Victor	MF Kidz/Squadron	Issei	Foundnation
2014	Thesis	Knuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees	Niek	The Ruggeds

Silverback Open Championships 3 vs 3 results

Year	Winner	Runner-up
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

Year	Winner	Crew	Runner-up	Crew
2016	Narumi	Body Carnival	AT	Flow Mo Crew
2015	Narumi	Body Carnival	Macca	360 Flava
2014	AB Girl	Domestic Apes	Macca	360 Flava

2016

The Silverback Open Championships ’16 took place on October 8th and 9th 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]

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2016 1-on-1 Solo Battle result

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Issei

W

Pocket

L

Issei

W

Thriller

L

Cheerito

L

Cheerito

W

Issei

W

Roxrite

W

Roxrite

L

Dol

L

Roxrite

W

Skim

L

Focus

L

Focus

W

Issei

W

Lil Zoo

L

El Niño

L

Taisuke

W

Taisuke

L

Terra

L

El Niño

W

El Niño

W

El Niño

W

Tricky

L

Remind

L

Lil G

W

Lil G

L

MN Joe

L

Remind

W

Remind

W

Issei

L

Thesis

W

Thesis

W

Niek

L

Thesis

W

Victor

W

Victor

L

Benstacks

L

Thesis

W

Gravity

W

Gravity

L

Hong 10

L

Gravity

W

Sunni

W

Sunni

L

Bootuz

L

Thesis

W

Kid Colombia

W

Robin

L

Kleju

L

Kid Colombia

L

Kareem

L

Robin

W

Robin

W

Robin

W

Morris

L

Alkolil

L

Alkolil

W

Alkolil

W

Wing

W

Wing

L

Lussy Sky

L

2016 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket

W

Flow Mo Crew

L

Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket

W

Eastside Bboys

L

Foundnation

L

Eastside Bboys

W

Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket

W

Style Elements

L

Knuckleheads Cali

W

Body Carnival

L

Knuckleheads Cali

L

Style Elements

W

Style Elements

W

MF Kingz

L

Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket.

W

Super Cr3w

L

Floor Renegades

L

Navi Crew

W

Navi Crew

L

Team Monster

W

Team Monster

W

Terra, Niek, Lilou

L

Team Monster

L

Super Cr3w

W

Super Cr3w

W

Rock Force

L

Super Cr3w

W

7 Commandoz

L

7 Commandoz

W

Cheerito, Gun, Nasty Ray

L

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

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

El Nino

L

Xisco

W

Xisco

L

Pocket

L

Kid Columbia

W

Kid Columbia

W

Kid Columbia

L

Morris

L

Victor

W

Victor

W

Victor

W

Cheerito

W

Cheerito

L

Illz

L

Victor

W

Wing

W

Hong 10

L

Scumbag Jose

L

Wing

W

Menno

W

Menno

L

Luigi

L

Wing

L

Moy

L

Hong 10

W

Shigekix

W

Shigekix

L

Hong 10

W

Hong 10

W

Ronnie

L

Victor

W

Kareem

W

Issei

L

Gun

L

Kareem

W

Skim

L

Zeku

L

Zeku

W

Kareem

L

Ben Stacks

Issei

W

Kill

W

Kill

L

Robin

L

Issei

W

Issei

W

Issei

W

Gravity

W

Sunni

L

Ken Furry

L

Gravity

L

Nasty Ray

W

Nasty Ray

W

Yarko

L

Nasty Ray

L

Killa Kolya

L

Sunni

W

Sunni

W

Sunni

W

Thomaz

W

Thomaz

L

Alkolil

L

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Knuckleheads Cali

L

Body Carnival

W

Body Carnival

W

Flipside Havik

L

Alkolil, Cheerito & Jamal

L

Flipside Havik

W

Body Carnival

L

7 Commandoz

W

7 Commandoz

W

Top Eastside

L

7 Commandoz

W

Skillz Method

L

Skillz Method

W

Squadron

L

7 Commandoz

W

Polskee Flavor

L

Beast Coast

L

Polskee Flavor

W

Polskee Flavor

W

The Ruggeds

L

Super Cr3w

L

The Ruggeds

W

Polskee Flavor

W

Rock Force

L

Rock Force

W

Foundnation

L

Rock Force

W

Hustle Kidz

L

MF Kidz

L

Hustle Kidz

W

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 1-on-1 Solo Battle result

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Gravity

W

Shorty Brick

L

Gravity

W

Pluto

W

Pluto

L

Lancer

Gravity

L

Moy

W

Moy

W

Mig187

L

Moy

W

Morris

W

Morris

L

Jeremy

L

Moy

L

Blond

W

Thesis

W

Fantum

L

Blond

W

Menno

L

Victor

L

Victor

W

Blond

L

Scumbag Jose

L

Thesis

W

Thesis

W

Thesis

W

El Niño

W

El Niño

L

Intact

L

Thesis

W

Bebo

L

Niek

L

Ronnie

W

Ronnie

L

Flexum

L

Wing

W

Wing

W

Wing

L

Tata

W

Niek

W

MN Joe

L

Tata

L

Niek

L

Niek

W

Wealthy

L

Niek

W

Kareem

W

Kareem

L

Stripes

L

Kareem

W

Nasty Ray

W

Nasty Ray

L

Prada G

L

Kareem

W

Ronnie Ruen

W

Ronnie Ruen

L

Palmer

L

Ronnie Ruen

W

Issei

W

Issei

L

Knuckles

L

2014 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Squadron

W

Brickheadz/Phase II

L

Squadron

W

Killa Ground Flow

L

Killa Ground Flow

W

Fallen Kings

L

Squadron

W

Ruffneck Attack

L

Ruffneck Attack

W

Raw Phlow

L

Ruffneck Attack

W

Havikoro

L

Havikoro

W

Street Masters

L

Squadron

W

Lionz of Zion

L

United Outkast

L

Lionz of Zion

W

Lionz of Zion

W

Last Samurai

L

Floor Obsession

L

Last Samurai

W

Lionz of Zion

W

Beast Coast

L

Beast Coast

W

Mighty Zulu Kingz

L

Beast Coast

W

Super Cr3w

L

Flava Fenz

L

Super Cr3w

W

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

References

External links

• UDEF Pro Breaking Tour
• The Bboy Spot