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<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Robert ''Crazy Legs'' Colon
After I learned about BEAT STREET, I bought a bootleg copy off a friend from school . I was 15, and at the time this film had already been around for 20 or so what years, so I was behind the times in culture by a lot . But to me, BEAT STREET was my ultimate reference as to what a bboy battle was like . The videotape became broken after endless replays of the 24:57 mark on the cassette, which was the exact time on my video where the battle between Rocksteady and New York City Breakers took place . I watched it ten million times, and since Crazy Legs was the star of that scene, I thought he was this eternally undefeated god-like beast of a bboy . Of course at the time we had internet, but we didn't have youtube . And one of the only bboy clips available online during that period was a quick (0:16) footage of Crazy Legs . In addition to that, it was easy to spot Crazy Legs on commercials for various things, so I believed that he was the ultimate word in bboying . Hands down .
My ounce of story doesn't do enough justice, but that's why we got The Freshest Kids .
Where's the evidence of influence ?
I learned swipes watching Crazy Legs, and his creative application of his back flexibility prompted me to base some of my ideas around the same notion . Because of that, I was able to gain a very flexible back over the years, leading to more ideas and also preventing injuries . I also learned some basic footwork foundation watching him, but more importantly, the value of stylizing the basics with <span style="line-height: 115%;">flavor<span style="line-height: 115%;"> .
PEACE OUT
After I learned about BEAT STREET, I bought a bootleg copy off a friend from school . I was 15, and at the time this film had already been around for 20 or so what years, so I was behind the times in culture by a lot . But to me, BEAT STREET was my ultimate reference as to what a bboy battle was like . The videotape became broken after endless replays of the 24:57 mark on the cassette, which was the exact time on my video where the battle between Rocksteady and New York City Breakers took place . I watched it ten million times, and since Crazy Legs was the star of that scene, I thought he was this eternally undefeated god-like beast of a bboy . Of course at the time we had internet, but we didn't have youtube . And one of the only bboy clips available online during that period was a quick (0:16) footage of Crazy Legs . In addition to that, it was easy to spot Crazy Legs on commercials for various things, so I believed that he was the ultimate word in bboying . Hands down .
My ounce of story doesn't do enough justice, but that's why we got The Freshest Kids .
Where's the evidence of influence ?
I learned swipes watching Crazy Legs, and his creative application of his back flexibility prompted me to base some of my ideas around the same notion . Because of that, I was able to gain a very flexible back over the years, leading to more ideas and also preventing injuries . I also learned some basic footwork foundation watching him, but more importantly, the value of stylizing the basics with <span style="line-height: 115%;">flavor<span style="line-height: 115%;"> .
PEACE OUT
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