Bboy Simon

Abdul takes the cake ! Bboy Abdul killed it on the floor this year in Mumbai, winning the Redbull BC one India qualifier and a fancy red sports bike! He has one of the most natural and playful styles  that I have ever seen. He's come a long way from when I first met him in 2007 at  his high school R.N.Poddar school, Mumbai where I usd to teach kids breaking. He used to call me "Simon Sir" due to which the name stuck on till today. ( after being crowned the winner of Red Bull BC one India)  (This picture was taken in 2007 at the center where our crew used to practice.) Check out the footage below:

Performing in Stuttgart Hauptbahnnof with German B-Boys Treeky , Tony , and Jenso 

"Before joining Roc fresh , he sure had goals and knew the path as to where he wanted to head ..but now that he has a crew he is pretty focused an understands responsibility. He is learning what a crew is all about .He is learning  fast ! As far as his skills go, he is getting better day by day" - Bboy Bunny (Roc fresh Crew) Qualifier Round at BC1 india cypher :)After all those ups and Downs You Gotta Do your Thing :)REPRESENT # ROC FRESH Posted by Karan Shelar on Monday, June 15, 2015

Been breaking in Trinidad alone for a year now since I moved here in October last year. Had to move from my major source to inspiration ( my crew) to mother nature and the thought of being able to Roc Fresh back in Mumbai again someday!  Here I ended up getting down at a colleagues wedding :) Grass sessions On the house!

I wrote this blog entry as a continuation to my last post ;"my introduction to breaking" . Not many people are aware of the fact that the majority of the Freak N  Stylz members  went on to form Roc Fresh . I say this because there are many crews and Bboys who have  come up after 2009 and are progressing  a lot , they may not know the history of Roc Fresh. Earlier the scene as I knew it was  only in Mumbai since 2007 , then I saw Delhi’s scene developing at  around 2010-2011 at a fast pace. Now   there is a breaking scene in other cities like Bangalore , Delhi,  Shillong & the other northeast states, Chennai ,  and more . And when I say  a scene I don’t mean that there was no one breaking in 2007 or before ,  I mean a community, culture or scene as I like to call it, which is noticeable. When Roc Fresh formed I didn’t really feel like I was in a new crew, it was like we were missing some. As Bunny and me were two of the founding members . When I came back from my ill

What made me discover breaking was when I was watching TV at home in Tanzania in 2002. I was watching music videos and came across :Its Like That- Run DMC. I was fascinated with the power moves, and footwork that the dancers were doing on the floor. Of course at that time I didn't know what the dance was called. We didn't have internet either so I couldn't look it up. The combination of the breaking and the music was what got me hooked.  The same year I moved to India, to my hometown Dehradun where I "got down" or was "put down to breaking". I had a friend who liked Hip Hop music whose name was Anand Chopra. He had a big collection of MP3s on his computer and I had a CD case . We would exchange and share music and spend time at his house (he had a much bigger collection at that time). Occasionally we would hang out at the only cafe in town, Barrista which is near Ashley Hall . We would have coffee and since we knew the guys who worked t