On November 12, B-Girl India and B-Boy Victor had been topped champions of the 2022 Red Bull BC One World Final. Hosted at Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City – the birthplace of hip hop and break – the competitors introduced collectively the world’s high breakers to battle it out amongst a sold-out crowd and followers who tuned in from all corners of the globe.
Broken down into two brackets of Top 16 B-Boy and Top 16 B-Girl battles, the Red Bull BC One World Final featured a global line-up of elite rivals together with nation champions and world-class wildcards. Competitors had been judged by a panel of legendary breakers, Ayumi, FaBGirl, Kid Glyde, Jey and Sick.
Following a fierce bracket of 16 one-on-one B-Girl battles, India, commanded the ground and was declared the B-Girl World Champion. The Netherlands-based B-Girl went head-to-head with 2021 Red Bull BC One World Champion Logistx, making historical past as the primary Dutch B-Girl to ever win the World Championship title, in addition to the youngest at simply 16 years outdated.
B-Girl India stated, following her head-to-head battle with defending champion, Logistx, “I had to battle the defending champion; that was not nothing. I had to do my best, but I was so happy to battle against her.”
B-Boy Victor dominated the B-Boy bracket, profitable over the judges in opposition to B-Boy Lee in an intense last battle. This is the second time the 28-year-old B-Boy, who hails from Kissimmee, Florida, has taken dwelling the Red Bull BC One World Finals title, having received the competitors beforehand in 2015, when the occasion was held in Rome, Italy.
B-Boy Victor stated on profitable his second title, “It feels like a dream, to be honest. I can’t believe I won again. I wanted to prove to myself that I can do it again.”
The 2022 Red Bull BC One World Final paid tribute to the roots of hip hop and break by taking the competitors again to New York City for the primary time since 2009. Special performances had been placed on by New York legends Grandmaster Caz and Rakim, each artists who had been instrumental within the hip hop motion born out of the Bronx. Fans loved further performances by Queens hip hop duo Black Sheep and revolutionary dance crew, the Jabbawockeez.
This yr additionally marked the primary time in Red Bull BC One historical past that the competitors aired on ESPN+ with a two-hour spotlight recap airing on ESPN on November 13. The full livestream is now accessible on Red Bull BC One YouTube, Red Bull BC One Facebook and Red Bull TV.
