Awesome Breakdancing

Dancers Julius “iGlide” Chisolm and Dorian “BluPrint” Hector transition effortlessly from buttery smooth slides to mechanical monsters as they move to the electro-grooves of Legionnaire by NastyNasty.

While the young breakdancer at the start of this clip isn’t half bad, the appropriately monikered 6-year-old Terra upstages his every move, dealing an epic deathblow to her competition. More here and here.

Footage shot by Thomas Edison back in 1898 captures “a preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin” who starts out doing acrobatics but sneaks in a headspin and other classic B-Boy moves.

With the use of a high-speed camera and several unlikely venues, director David Olkarny transforms b-boy Karimbo’s fast-flying brand of breaking into something more like performance art.

Popper extraordinaire Poppin John was kind enough to post this awesome clip of his Soulbotics Krew pal Randm knocking out some of the most buttery smooth waves we’ve laid eyes on.

Yak Films shot NextLevel Squad “bonebreaking” – a freaky combo of contortionist moves and dance – on NYC’s subways. Riders seem unphased – even by the gas masks. Song: Zilla March by B’ZWAX.

An exhilarating montage of some of the year’s best male breakdancers and their acrobatic moves. That shoulder drop maneuver looks hella painful. The song is Invaders Must Die by The Prodigy.

An 11-year-old girl going by the name Spinderella (no not that one) performs a headspin for an unreal 13 minutes, 53.34 seconds. She even has time to play with her iPad and some light reading.

While you already have to be pretty flexible to breakdance, Arthur Cadre takes it to a whole ‘nother level combining his bendy Yoga skills with B-Boy moves in this clip by Alex Yde. Song here.

There’s no shortage of jaw-dropping action in YAK Films’ official recap of highlights from the “All Battles All” section 2011’s Notorious International Breakdancing Event.

Kidrobot’s All City Breakers are inspired by the retro classic green army men and their solid plastic bases. Each figure is offered in four colors and is paired with a boombox to deliver the beat.

Despite the smooth moves and a tune with the words “break dance” sung numerous times, this bizarrely funny scene from an 80’s Bollywood movie contains no actual break dancing.

Former MMA fighter Genki Sudo and the rest of World Order – the guys who made Mind Shift – are back with another zen robot music video. Read Sudo’s accompanying inspirational message here.

We’re always impressed by effortless looking talent, so check out the exceptionally sick moves from a highly skilled international group of B-Boys at their Battle of the Year. (Thanks Adolpho!)

8 year-old Anjelo “Lil Demon” Baligad can dance. In fact, he was good enough to smoke his adult competition at this breakdancing contest. His foe is actually pretty decent, but he’ll never live it down.