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.
The 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 resultedit
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Issei
W
Pocket
L
Issei
W
Thriller
L
Cheerito
L
Cheerito
W
Issei
W
Roxrite
W
Roxrite
L
Dol
L
Roxrite
W
Skim
L
Focus
L
Focus
W
Issei
W
Lil Zoo
L
El Niño
L
Taisuke
W
Taisuke
L
Terra
L
El Niño
W
El Niño
W
El Niño
W
Tricky
L
Remind
L
Lil G
W
Lil G
L
MN Joe
L
Remind
W
Remind
W
Thesis
W
Thesis
W
Issei
L
Niek
L
Thesis
W
Victor
W
Victor
L
Benstacks
L
Thesis
W
Gravity
W
Gravity
L
Hong 10
L
Gravity
W
Sunni
W
Sunni
L
Bootuz
L
Thesis
W
Kid Colombia
W
Robin
L
Kleju
L
Kid Colombia
L
Kareem
L
Robin
W
Robin
W
Robin
W
Morris
L
Alkolil
L
Alkolil
W
Alkolil
W
Wing
W
Wing
L
Lussy Sky
L
2016 3 vs 3 Crew Battle resultedit
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket
W
Flow Mo Crew
L
Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket
W
Eastside Bboys
L
Foundnation
L
Eastside Bboys
W
Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket
W
Style Elements
L
Knuckleheads Cali
W
Body Carnival
L
Knuckleheads Cali
L
Style Elements
W
Style Elements
W
MF Kingz
L
Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket.
W
Super Cr3w
L
Floor Renegades
L
Navi Crew
W
Navi Crew
L
Team Monster
W
Team Monster
W
Terra, Niek, Lilou
L
Team Monster
L
Super Cr3w
W
Super Cr3w
W
Rock Force
L
Super Cr3w
W
7 Commandoz
L
7 Commandoz
W
Cheerito, Gun, Nasty Ray
L
Winning b-boys: Kuzya, Sunni, and Pocket.
2015edit
The 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]
