On January 31st, 2010, The Bboy Spot Europe attended the Raw Circles International jam in Antwerpen, Belgium. The jam was organized by Jebel and Dziri from Team Shmetta, Belgium’s top crew. Besides main event, which was 3 on 3 battles, there were also kids, junior, and stand up battles. The high number and a good level of attended bboys and bgirls in kids and junior battles showed that Belgium and the Netherland have a new bboy generation coming up.

The event took place in a brand new looking youth center called Zappa, which had a lot of room for “raw circles”. Cyphers were going down all day long. Aside of the Bboy Spot stand, RMC Clothing from Belgium, and the Fluido Wear from Italy set up their booths at the jam.

For the main event, 3 on 3 battles, six crews were invited (Rugged Solutions-Netherlands, Team Shmetta – Belgium, Fusion Rockers – Spain, Fluido Team – Italy, 59 Crew – France, One Peace – Belgium) and there were two spots reserved for the qualification winners. For the prelims, 29 crews signed up. Among them, only with 2 bboyz, James (Hustle Kidz) with a little guy El Nino en Thone made it to top 4 of the prelims. They were killing it big time. Worth mentioning is also Xisco with two little guys Leelou and Justen (Hustle Kidz), who made it to top 8 of the prelims. Obviously, the Netherlands may expect some hardcore rep in the near future. Finally, six invited crews were joined by the prelims winners, Skilla Beasts and Nasty Flavor (only with 2 bboyz). The judges for the main event were Ruffneck Attack’s Pluto from Ukraine, LA Breaker’s Sammy Styles from USA, and Vagabound’s Lamine from France.

In the quaterfinals, Fusion Rockers took it against 59 Crew, Skilla Beasts lost to One Peace crew, Team Shmetta took the win against Rugged Solutions, and Nasty Flavor lost to Italian Fluido team. Semifinals were hype with Fusion Rockers beating One Peace crew, and Team Shmetta winning over the Fluido Team. In the finals, Fusion Rockers battled Belgium’s Shmetta. Fusion Rockers with their routines and Gracy’s individual skills finally took the win and took 750 Euros back to Spain.

Overall, the event was dope. The venue was fresh, drinks and food were available for a reasonable price, cyphers were ill. There were 500+ bboys and bgirls from all over Europe. We are definitely going there next time again. Props to Jebel and Dziri for throwing it down.

Peace,

MG