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Dancers’ ABC: I = IBE

troj — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:43:35 +0000

The Notorious IBE (international breakdance event) was founded in 1998 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Between 1998 and 2006 the event took place in the Nighttown Music Theatre in Rotterdam. In 2008, after a two year break, the festival moved to the city of Heerlen in the South of the Netherlands. Today, the IBE is an annual 3 day festival, gathering more than 10.000 visitors from all over the world. Unlike many other hip hop dance events, the IBE is set up as a 3 day festival.

Highlight of the festival is the “All Battles All”, a special program in which the top dancers of countries or continents are being selected to compete in a 3 story arena without judges and time limits. In recent years the All Battles All featured teams from the USA, Korea, Japan, Russia/Ukraine and Europe. In 2011 the Latin American continent was represented for the first time by a team with dancers from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela.

The festival‘s visitors can watch or participate in about 35 dance programs in 10 different locations called “Cyphers”. Each year, the IBE invites world renowned dancers (breakdancers, lockers, poppers, house dancers), DJ’s, photographers, video editors and special guests from the international dance scene.

The program includes dance battles, workshops, talk shows, dance shows and music performances. The IBE entrance ticket gives free access to all “Cyphers” and activities during the event.

The IBE is commonly known for presenting special dance programs like “Seven2Smoke” and the “Longest BBoy Move Battle”. In recent years the “Trukendoos XL TrickBattle”, the “Footwork Battle” and the “Powermove Battle” have grown in popularity.
Since 2008 IBE is hosting the European Finals of the UK BBoy Championships. With 80 crews participating, it’s the biggest Breakdance Crew Battle in Europe.

YOU BETTA RUCK DOWN

troj — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:55:33 +0000

check out sean p and his pnc rockness monstah backstage at this year’s splash!-festival in germany. unfortunately they don’t show parts of their show which, despite heavy rain, was packed and off the hook but as you might now – heltah skeltah is all about entertainment even off stage.

sean price is wearing our k1x chopped tag zipper hoody!

ye – ye – yeya!

troj — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:15:41 +0000

k1x proudly presents one of the flyest dancers out there and a brandnew members of the k1x shorty fam: YEYA fom stockholm. she is young, gifted – her dance style is unique and off the hook! YEYA is teaching dance classes all around the globe. watch her newest video straight from the tropea dance festival in italy. dance hard – don’t embarrass our products.

Click here to view the embedded video.

MEET SPLASH! FESTIVAL’S SECRET HEADLINER

troj — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:16:31 +0000

yes, it rained. yes, stage-time was very late on the very last day and yes, it was not the main-stage. but what happened that night should be a lesson to every concert-/tour-promoter and –presenter out there: olli banjo moves the crowd like no other. everybody who was there knows what we’re talking about. thank you olli for a sensational live-experience and of course for reppin’ our gear in front of thousands. extra shouts to dj flo and dan orange for doing the same.

olli is wearing our k1x shimmy shimmy ya college jacket and the k1x tag tackle 93 tee.

HEADS: DIZZEE RASCAL

troj — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:11:20 +0000

uk’s top gun dizzee rascal got busy at the infamous slash! hip hop festival in germany last weekend. we caught him red handed in our “hot soup” tee …

www.dizzeerascal.co.uk

WIN TICKETS TO THE HIP HOP “OPEN AIR FRAUENFELD”!

troj — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:07:03 +0000

50 cent, lil wayne, n.e.r.d., young jeezy – this summer, hip hop’s crème de la crème will gather in (a formerly) sleepy town of 22,500 souls in switzerland. hands up for frauenfeld.

and to make sure the hungry crowd goes home satisfied, “open air frauenfeld” has invited k1x warrior harris and his pals dj pfund 500 & dj sweap (“ab in club soundsystem”) to tear down the winston freedom tent on opening night, right after the game and mr. kanye west warmed the place up.

wanna go? then enter our frauenfeld sweepstakes! k1x and our friends at kickz.com will raffle off 3 x 2 three-day-passes (July 10th thru 12th). all you have to do is write an e-mail containing your full name, address and phone number to gewinnspiel@kickz.com and keep your fingers crossed. we’ll announce the winner here july 6th. good luck!

BRIANS’ 1ST TIME IN GERMANY

tseitz — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:56:26 +0000

not only master p. was about some k1x-sh*t at splash!-festival ’08. check out saigon in an interview about his german dj, the industry, his position in it and the big homie.

come on, man – put the album in our shelves!

SAIGON RIPS IT UP!

tseitz — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:28:26 +0000

whoa! peep these fabulous live clips of da yard father saigon performing “pain in my life” and “don’t do that” at legendary montreux jazz festival recently. da greatest story never told is about to be revealed…

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