Silverback Open Championships (2016) - Event Recap | Monster Energy

Silverback Open Championships 2016

$100,000 in Cash Prize Money

The Silverback Open Championships ’16 took place on October 8th and 9th 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.

Like all competitions, there can only be one first place winner and the Silverback Open Championships had its well deserving victors in every category. In the 1-on-1 Open battle, Thesis (Knuckleheads Cali) took first place over Issei (Found Nation), in the 3-on-3 Open it was Kuzya / Sunni / Pocket who took first over Super Crew (Ben Stacks, Lil G, Ronnie), and for the Bgirls it was Narumi (Body Carnival) over Bgirl AT (Flomo) in the 1-on-1 Bgirl final.

Prize Money Breakdown

1-on-1 Open Prize Distribution: $45,500 Cash + Freestyle Session World Final Round Trip Flight + a trip to compete in the Undisputed in Prague, Czech Republic

o $15,000 for first place + round trip flight to Freestyle Session Word Finals (November 12th & 13th; Los Angeles, CA) + a trip to compete in the Undisputed in Prague, Czech Republic; $7,500 for second place + round trip flight to Freestyle Session Word Finals; $2,500 for each semifinal loser (3rd-4th) + round trip flight to Freestyle Session Word Finals; $1,000 for each quarterfinal loser (5th-8th); $500 for each Round of 16 loser (9th-16th); $200 for each Round of 32 loser (17th-32nd); $100 for each top 100 loser (33rd-100th).

1-on-1 Bgirl Battle Prize Distribution: $14,000 Cash for the top 8 Bgirl qualifiers (selected from the 1-on-1 Open prelims)

o $5,000 for first place; $2,250 for second place; $1,250 for each semifinal loser; $500 for each quarterfinal loser; $250 for each Round of 16 loser (9th-16th)

3-on-3 Open Crew Prize Distribution: $42,000 Cash + 3 Freestyle Session World Final Round Trip Flights

o $12,000 for first place + 3 Round trip flight to Freestyle Session Word Finals (November 12th & 13th; San Diego, CA); $6,000 for second place; $3,000 for each semifinal loser (3rd-4th); $1,200 for each quarterfinal loser (5th-8th); $750 for each Round of 16 loser (9th-16th); $450 for each Round of 32 loser (17th-32nd).

Judges for the 1-on-1 Open, 3-on-3 Open and 1-on-1 Bgirl Battles:

Swift Rock – Battle Squad (Germany)
Twixx – Massive Monkees (United States)
Dyzee – Supernaturalz (Canada)
Physix – Rivers (Korea)
Moy – Havikoro, Monster Bboys (United States)
Ronnie Ruen – Style Elements, Killafornia (United States)
Renegade – Soul Mavericks (U.K.)
Fever One – Rock Steady Crew (United States)[alternate]
Wicket – Renegade Rockers (United States) [alternate]
Reveal – Killafornia, Rock Force (San Diego, CA) [prelim]
Wicked – Phase II (Chicago, IL) [prelim]
Napalm – Beat Whakz (Philadelphia, PA) [prelim]
Goku – Soul Control / Climax (Fresno, CA) [prelim]
Mike the Cure – Knuckleheads Cali (Los Angeles, CA) [prelim]
Jeromeskee – Massive Monkees (Seattle, WA) [prelim]

The DJs for the weekend were Lean Rock, BlesOne (Knuckleheads Cali), Fleg (Lionz of Zion) and Foxx Boogie (Repstyles) with support from DJ Scream (South Front).

Monster Energy was in the house with free giveaways of Monster Energy beverages and alongside them were vendors from all over the US, providing gear from within the bboy scene.

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