Weeks after emerging as winners of the 2015
edition of Battle of the Year Nigeria
Break-dance Championship Space Unlimited Bboy crew, is getting set to represent
Nigeria at the world finals schedule for October 24th in Braunschweig,
Germany.
The Nigeria event which was sponsored by Sprite, took place at the Indoor sports
Hall, University of Lagos on Sunday the 23rd of August saw Space
Unlimited Bboy crew clinching the title for the fourth time. The Surulere based
crew won the third, fourth, and fifth editions of Battle of the Year Nigeria
and represented the country at the 2012 and 2013 International Battle of the
Year events in Montpellier, France and in Braunschweig, Germany respectively.
The crew entered for the seventh edition of
Battle of the Year Nigeria after a recess from the past year’s edition and qualified
for the finals where they battled defending Champions 619 Bboy crew to clinch
the title as Nigeria’s best Bboy crew with the hope of giving a better
performance than they delivered at the 2012 and 2013 BOTY World finals.
Members of the crew who will be flying Africa’s
flag at the world cup for break-dance include Uwakwe Victor (Bboy Invincible),EdunOlaide (BboyLeyon),Enweribe Promise (BboyBigflow), AdesanyaBolaji (Bboy BJ), Kalejaiye Victor (BboyVikbone), AwokoyaOluwagbenga (Bboy Maestro),AsomughaObinna (B.boyRobshunider), and ChizeOsejindu (Bboy JC Jedor).
Battle of the Year commonly referred to
as BOTY, is an annual international
Break-dancing series that began in Hannover, Germany over 20 years ago. Its
uniqueness is the battle between break-dance crews as opposed to individual
Break-dance battle. Regional qualifying tournaments, also known as preliminaries,
are held worldwide culminating the World Final event, which is usually
held in Germany.
As the biggest in its
genre, the event is attended annually by over 12000 visitors across the world. Battle
of the Year is widely regarded as the "World Cup of Break-dancing”.
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