[T-Stunna]

Now if a form of this thread was posted before im sorry i couldnt find it in the search bar. But my question to yall the bboy.org community is what were you like before bboying/bgirling entered your life?

for me I fell in love with Breaking in the spring of my Sophmore year in High School. Before that I was a jockish type you could say I played Football, Wrestled and ran Track, listened to media rap, Rock, Heavy Metal, and Grunge. I hobbies were backyard wrestling, drawling comics, and writing stories. But even with those outlets i still didnt feel like i found the thing for me....until i found and started understanding Breaking. My whole outlook on society changed NO LIE lol. you know your a bboy/bgirl when even when your body is aching and you feel like you cant even walk and youget a call from your buds telling you theres a session that day and you give all you got to go and dance your ass off for the love of the scene and culture. I love this stuff and imma be breaking well into my kids futures :P

How about yall? original question sorry for ranting

[Freydom]

Wow, well..

I was a runner, I wasn't too fast. I was around average. I was a cross country runner, skinny, yeah.. I was about 5'5 at 92 pounds. I had an okay time, I ran 3mile races all the time; my PR was 19:23, and it was all good. That was my freshman year. I used to be a big time gamer, explaining why my weight was so low, and pretty much I got into bboying. I loved writing, and I listened to Muse a LOT. Then when I started bboying everything changed. My music style (all I really listen to these days is hiphop..), my way of life, a lot of things.
I like this culture a lot too; it helps you get out there, meet new people, make even more friends than you have, and best of all, it's a really respected hobby in society. A lot of people respect b-boys, for what we do because they know it's hard as hell and they appreciate that.
My whole sort of perception of music change. I always listen to the beat meticulously these days, whether it's a classical song or a hiphop beat. Music just changed dramatically since the start of my b-boying.

I honestly can't imagine how i'm going to look when I turn 40. I promised myself i'm going to have flares down, and then keep them for the rest of my life. I'll teach my kids how to be b-boys too if they want. But for now, it's just something I do. It makes me, me. Before b-boying I didn't have anything that was something I loved to do; until I found b-boying. I had musical talent, seeing how I played for a lot of wind ensembles and stuff, and I still do pick up and play a bit for my church for special service events. I think that's why I love toprock so much.

You know, I never imagined that i'd be a "dancer." B-boying is a dance, and that pretty much makes me a dancer.
I never thought i'd be who I am today if I looked in the mirror on March 28th, 2008.

[flappinwang]

Before breaking, I played music. Trombone, guitar and piano.
I played lots of games, too bad I didn't have the up-to-date games.
Like when the PS2 came out I would still be playing PlayStation.

That reminds me I still need to bust some caps rite now.

[cHo¢KoLaTe]

I Was Livin La Vida Loca@!@!!!1211shiftone11

[Bboy.Nivram]

Before breaking I had no confidence I stayed to myself mostly. was a successful Track runner and played on the sorriest football team on the world with tsunna! was trying to learn bmore club dancin but gave up! Mainly played Video games (adventures and fighting) DBZ, God of War, Call Of Duty, Dynasty Warriors, Devil May Cry! and of Course Madden!

[giovannile07]

I liked Star Wars a lot and it was part of my life like everyday, still love it. I played a lot of games and I didn't do much, but stay on the computer. I listened to mainstream hip-hop, which I thought was gangster and cool. Haha, yeah it was a fail life I didn't do anything with my life.

[Syrenz]

yea there was actually a thread just like this like 3-4 weeks ago I think the vast majority was video games, here just found it What did you do before BBoying?

[Rubix]

Originally Posted by giovannile07 I liked Star Wars a lot and it was part of my life like everyday, still love it. I played a lot of games and I didn't do much, but stay on the computer. I listened to mainstream hip-hop, which I thought was gangster and cool. Haha, yeah it was a fail life I didn't do anything with my life.

exact same.. except for the star wars lol.

oh and i wasnt tht good at skool either.. but bboying taught me to be focused.. like learning a move and stuff.

my mom asked me to put tht much effort into skool, and so i did.

bboying has changed my life in so many ways.. and i hope tht God keeps blessing this culture.

[giovannile07]

Originally Posted by Rubix exact same.. except for the star wars lol. oh and i wasnt tht good at skool either.. but bboying taught me to be focused.. like learning a move and stuff. my mom asked me to put tht much effort into skool, and so i did. bboying has changed my life in so many ways.. and i hope tht God keeps blessing this culture.

oh dude agreed same i started doing way better in school and i was much more wiser or sagacious at least people said so that's why my name is b-boy plato. anyways, yeah i did alright in middle school. (first semester/second semester i think) 6th grade - 3.75/3.8, 7th grade - 3.33/3.33, 8th grade - 3.4(?)/3.4(?) 8th grade i forgot what it was, but when i started b-boying in 9th grade i got 4.0 both semesters. i also started talking to girls more easily, wanting to hang out with them.

[Rubix]

Originally Posted by giovannile07 oh dude agreed same i started doing way better in school and i was much more wiser or sagacious at least people said so that's why my name is b-boy plato. anyways, yeah i did alright in middle school. (first semester/second semester i think) 6th grade - 3.75/3.8, 7th grade - 3.33/3.33, 8th grade - 3.4(?)/3.4(?) 8th grade i forgot what it was, but when i started b-boying in 9th grade i got 4.0 both semesters. i also started talking to girls more easily, wanting to hang out with them.

same dude except im still at like 3.75

and yeah the girls is true. i gained more confidence.. and im apparently very modest.

but im still to shy to dance in front of them XD

[Emagination]

I didn't really dance at all.
I rejected dance because I was afraid of what people would say
but later on I said screw this.
Started c-walking then got into this. xD

[Bboy-Snark]

props to you! ignore the haters :P they wont be talking shit when your doing airflares to airchair hops! xD i'd say i started breaking around half way into my freshmen year mostly myself lol because i had the same issue as emagination :S but eventually lol i just started going to sessions with bboys in my school and i started learning a lot more stuff probably the best thing i would say is getting over the fear of looking stupid while toprockin everything before bboying i was pretty much a gamer kind of guy not exclusivley but theres nothing else to do but im pretty sure dancing is the best thing i've ever done

[wormwood]

Take a look at my profile stuck for local contacts but on my profile it sums up what I want to do with the influences I have from breakin' and Hip Hop PEACE!

[bboy-sexiness]

ummm basically I was a gamer and I played rep hockey.
I also played the trumpet and would stay on the computer for long periods of time.
I got into bboying by watching korean crews primarily rivers crew.
Once i saw Born's orgasmic footwork I decided to learn how to bboy.

Now, i usually listen to hip hop and I'm doing slightly better in school. I would have to say that bboying is a part of my daily life now

[giovannile07]

Originally Posted by Rubix same dude except im still at like 3.75 and yeah the girls is true. i gained more confidence.. and im apparently very modest. but im still to shy to dance in front of them XD

hahaha i'm sort of still shy talking to them, but i can dance with them if they want to like at my party three girls tried dancing with i was like cool, but uhh how do i do this? because they were in like a circle hahaha. if they want to i would definitely dance with them, but when it comes to talking to them at school out of class it's hard and all the girls i like are always out my class. it's especially hard to approach them when they're with a group of friends like this one girl i know she hangs out with a girl group at lunch, so it's hard for me to talk to her haha.