Juice 2008 Review
Juice 2008 Review (Click for Photos)
Review by Marballz
CNS Crew at Juice 2008
I just wanted to give a quick review on Juice this year and this year is a turning point, in my opinion, when it comes to taking a look at the Alaska b-boy scene. Juice being a yearly event is a good way to see how far everything has grown since the last year and it's easy to bookmark people's progress. There were some competitions that did not take place this year that have been with Juice, like the beatboxing and DJ comp; the new addition of popping, however, I can see staying with Juice, knowing how many people are into popping.
Each year has its moments that seperates it from other the Juice events. This year I saw the newer generation stepping up and they brought heat. It's good to see a newer generation coming, which is happening dominantly in Anchorage, this makes me want to go teach classes or something lol. It's either I've seen "noob" kids that have gotten better since I last saw them, or kids I've never seen bringing heat. At this point, I no longer see it as a scene with one or two dominant crews, but with mulitple crews doing their thing to be on top. It's good to know that the scene is growing in such a way. The only thing I can say I'd like to see more of is more open circle action. Its hard to feel a vibe when nobody is getting down.
The 4v4 b-boy format was new and gave a different energy from other Juice events. The winners of the 4v4 were me and my crew Canned Funk (Me, Figment, JJ and Gio), all from Fairbanks with the exception Gio. The collective skill level of the b-boys that entered has risen the bar than the years before. Much props to EOR for bringing it at the finals, you guys had mad energy and came to win and if you guys did win I wouldn't have contested the decision. Aside from the finals my favorite part was the 3-way battle, which was mad heated between CNS, Yessiam and us for semi-final, a 3-way with another group of men would not compare what happened at Juice.
I wanna give mad props to Jewlz for holding it down for Juice, one of the events I look forward to every year and with new people getting involved, I hope this event grows with the scene. If anyone wants to see footage, I have uploaded my footage of the battles on youtube.
