The Silverback Open Championships has been an international prize money breaking competition (b-boying and b-girling), with five editions held to date in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014 through 2018. Funded by Silverback Bboy Events, which supports the competitive breaking community philanthropically and through sponsorships, the Silverback Open Championships has been regarded as one of the premier International B-Boy Championships held every year it has been featured, with the most recent edition including 850 competitors from 50 countries. Silverback Open prize money pools have exceeded $100,000, and the event has attracted an international social media following accumulating millions of views. The Silverback Open event has been part of the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation's Pro Breaking Tour and Undisputed's World B-boy Series. The event has featured of many of the best and most well-known b-boys and b-girls around the world and has received praise throughout the breaking community for the high level of competition and for providing a warm welcome to guests and competitors alike.
Silverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Boy results
editSilverback Open Championships 3 vs 3 results
editSilverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Girl results
edit2018
edit2018 1-on-1 Solo Battle result
edit2018 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result
edit2017
edit2017 1-on-1 Solo Battle result
edit2017 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result
edit2016
editThe Silverback Open Championships ’16 took place on October 8 and 9 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]
2016 1-on-1 Solo Battle result
edit2016 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result
edit2015
editThe 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
editVictor ( ) 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
edit2014
editThe 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
edit2014 3 vs 3 Crew Battle result
editReferences
edit- ^ "Silverback Open 2018 - Battle-Report - 1vs1 Open (Top 32)".
- ^ "Silverback Open Championships 16' – Recap".
- ^ 2015 Silverback Open Championship Retrieved November, 2015
- ^ UDEF Silverback Open Recap Retrieved November, 2014
- ^ 2014 Silverback Open Championships Retrieved 18 August 2013