In the year of 1996 i was listening to the likes of Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Metallica and in my mind was the thought that the only style of dancing was to mosh...well come November of that year, and my first dance party (Blue Light at Revesby) changed all that.
First was the music as i entered the building, i perceived it as more moving, more flowing, at the time the dj was playing a song called 'I wanna show u something special" by Sm-Trax (download it if you can, its a kick ass song to this day) and the song changed my life.
From then on i wasn�t interested in the harsh vocals and fast beats of grunge music, i was starting to "open up to the world" and realised there was more to life... then came my first ever breakdancing display, at the time i was living in a suburb called Georges Hall in Bankstown,, but then i moved to West Pennant Hills (north west of the city) where i reside today, and i remember as soon as i moved, i wanted to know where the clubs. and dance parties where held, so i went to Castle Hill Record shop and picked up a pamphlet to PASSION, at the Castle Hill Stadium (if you can call it that,,,its just a gym with a lot of space) and it was there i sited my first bboy performance....i was dancing (ie getting on) with a girl and suddenly the music stopped, and i was like hey! im dancing here. but nether less i continued to dance because i was so absorbed in myself, until a circle started to form in front of me and i noticed some guys with the same shirts (crew shirts) enter the circle and i heard the music come back on, but it was a different style to what they had been playing before, it was kinda slower but more funky and seemed to have big breaks..ie stop-started (known as old skool) and the guys started to dance this funny lil dance (funny then cos i didn�t know what they were doing) i then remember it in slow motion as one of the guys got on the floor and started to hold the floor and sorta run around his self (six step) and i was thinking,,,oh i think i know what this is... and just then the dj announced "ladies and gentlemen please welcome the Wicked Force Bboy Crew: and i thought. oh so this is Breakdancing, cool, id only seen this in a few snippets of music videos, but thought to myself. oh that�s so weird, as if you would be bothered, but as the crew danced in front of my eyes, performing moves which are known as windmill, toprock, flares, 1990's and the classic headspin, which i gasped at, i knew then that i wanted to be like them.....so started the my story of bboying, every day on the grassy front lawn i would attempt to do the things which i saw on the night, first came the six step and crickets, the headspin would have to wait, and i remember going to the library and reading books on the subject, and watching music videos and recording them, so i could play them over and over again, in slow mo, so i could see exactly how to do the moves... a few months later i remember the advertisement for PASSION, a freshly plastered sign on the telegraph pole, with the date... other people saw it as a sign, i saw it as an OPPURTUNITY, to show my skills. the night came and i was so excited at the door, lol the security guards thought i had taken some eccy or sumfin,, heh heh. Then i recall the dancing all night just normally as usual, waving my glowstick around...whoo u get the biggest stress relief from that.... then the spotlight came on, and the music stopped, and i knew it was time....as the circle formed, i was red faced cause there were so many people and i was thinking "shit what if i try a flip and i land on my ass" and stuff like that, i was so... frightened, i mean there were gorgeous girls EVERYWHERE and i didn�t want to stuff up in front of my friends either, so i stayed back, and watched the other breakers come in and do their stuff, they were confident, and did well, but i knew i could do better, there was only one obstacle....my fear... i was scared id stuff up, and while it may seem stupid, i thought about not doing it at all that time, then just as i thought i would save going in until next months dance party, a friend pushed me in, a friend from school who new i had the stuff, lol that was really embarrassing....... i stood in the middle of the circle with people just watching me red faced and shit scared (i was 13, and everyone was preety much HUGE compared to me, then the Breakin music flowed into my ears and i started my routine, i started with downrock, and although basic i did it well, whereas the other guys were stuffing up and not putting their legs were they should (maybe because they were drunk) then i flowed into windmill and did it a little slow, but everyone cheered anyway, and because i was so energised by the music and all, id thought i try a headspin....big mistake, i just went up and came down,,,,but no worries everyone cheered me anyway for trying, and i got congratulatory handshakes for doing so well (remember i was 13 and everyone else was 16-18 and MUCH bigger then me) so for the night i was a STAR, damn that preety much has to be the best night of my life, and ive been practising, and improving my moves ever since, and if you ever get the chance to see me break, ask me if i can show u some moves and id be glad to, some moves can take a week to learn (eg: six step) but of course longer to master, but its all the same if you give it your best shot and on that night at Passion, that�s what i did.
Now days i still enjoy breakdancing for a crowd as much as i did when i was a small teenager, although now im not embarrassed to jumping in a circle to break, and im often the one at dance parties who with my crew, asks the dj to play for example "its like that" (RunDmc vs. Jason Nevins) and then we make a circle, and i swear everybody seems to associate that song with breaking, most likely because of the video clip (that�s the power of the media for ya) and we make da circle and everyone knows its BREAK TIME lol, most of the time i go to under 18 dance parties, even though im 18, most of my friends aren�t' so im forced to go to them, what really si funny is seeing 16 year olds act like 20 year olds at a club, all the girls dressing up in their ultra short skirts and the guys in their clubbing gear, it reminds me off the song with the Notorious B.I.G (Peace R.I.P brother) and the video clip where he has little kids dressing up like adults, real cute.. anyway what i like doing is coming in dressed up like a full breaker (adidas everything) and so everyone looks at me because everyone else is wearing formal attire (black pants, white or shiny shirt) and so im the odd one out, but yeh i love the stares i get sometimes i also like being the odd one out by wearing sunglasses, i wear them mostly because the raves ive been to and the strobe lights really hurt your eyes at 4 in da morning.
And yeh i admit im more of a RavR then a ClubR, but only cos the music gets me so hyped up....hey ive breaked to hardcore once, and that was a classic...i didn�t headspin, i HEAD-TORNADOED (like an air track) and my head hurt so much cos i was pushing off the ground so hard, and landing on my head.
But i just love learning new moves and hey, il tell you myself im not a complete pro, im still to master proper head spins and air tracks and flares, and im yet to learn how to do something like a suicide roll. but for now im so glad that i can do so many diversified moves and combos, and every one gives me a pat on da back and shakes my hand after my lil session on da dancefloor, be it a Rave, a Club, or warehouse Party, or basically anywhere with a nice slick floor. And if u r from Sydney, you would most probably see me at unda 18's such as Crush Rogues, U4RIA, Eden and Sublime@Sydney city, Patricks@Pennant Hills (near me), Sonic@Ashfeild Polish Club, Boom@FiveDock, and Sonic Boom@Five Dock Leisure Centre (they dont get more original do they? lol) Climax, and Passion@Castle Hill, Bliss@Liverpool and Chill and Equinox in Fairfield.
WELL that�s my BBOY story hope u enjoyed it! and if u live in Sydney and want to know more just email me and yeh ill tell u all about it CYA
PEACE! DrEx
