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Inconsistency in blogging has been due to school, training, and finding myself.  The usual

Lots has passed.

First and foremost, the trip that changed my life

California.  The golden state.  Sunshine and smiles.  The place everyone wants to be to party and relax.

I had other intentions.

The Numskulz and myself were invited out to our family's jam, the Freakshow 10 year anniversary.  It was an honor to be invited and I truly wanted to attend.  The only problem was that I was stuck in Chicago.

Then something hit me.  If I wanted bboying to be a part of my future, to leave my mark, to inspire, to achieve greatness, to live glory days,  I had to start making moves.

It was like a sign from God, I got an urge to just drop everything and go.  It was like He said to me, sometimes, you just have to forget about everything and live life.  School, work, gymnastics, friends, and everything else was immediately put on the backburner.  The only thing that was on my mind was going out to represent myself and my crew.  Following my heart.  Beginning to follow dreams.


As plans were arranged, I was fortunate enough to have my crewmate Juambat tag along with me.  It is inspirational to me how much he has grown as a bboy and as a person.  To watch someone come from simply a friend to a crewmate, and watch his passion for something he already knows very well expand, to see improvements and joy in accomplishments, to know I had anything to do with it is truly a reward.  No less than 8 months ago he had no idea what bboying was really about, and then now, as we flew on the plane, I turned to him and said, "We're doing it.  We're pursuing our dreams.  All those times we watched others dance and dreamed of traveling all over doing the one thing we love the most.  It was all finally beginning to come into fruition.  "This is the start to something beautiful.  We're  LIVING. LIFE." I said to him as I drifted off to some Armin Van Buuren on the flight to LA.

After we arrived, we met up with our Freakshow family, and prepared for the jam.  The state of California is beautiful.  I loved the way the land is and enjoy the weather.  The greetings and bonding was superb.

Then came the jam

As we came into a new scene we had never experienced before,  we were intimidated of the west coast scene at first noticing the vast amount of heavy hitters.  Then as we were cyphering, we realized we may never see most of these people again, and just began to go all out, be free, be one with the music, lose all sense of care and awareness, and DANCE.

Throughout the jam, I was able to reunite with some of the pioneers I had met previously, cypher with some of the best this dance has ever known, and represent what we are about.  Getting to see this amount of talent and getting to battle with lots of people you've seen online and been inspired by was truly sublime.  I realized we had made the decision coming out here.  Our battle went well, we ended up befriending our opponents afterwards and meeting them, exchanging stories and philosophies on the dance.

After the jam, we received some of the most inspirational life talks I have ever heard from the legends and people who have inspired me.  Roxrite, Crumbs, and the rest of the great people we met dropped mines of gems on us and provoked us to continue on what we are doing.  Though we received much positive advice, we got reality checks too.   Freakazoid impaled into my head, "You can get a normal job and train casually, or you can work yourself to the bone and get to experience everything bboying has to offer.  Get paid to do what you love, travel the world and this beautiful dance and culture can be your life" Dash and Miraj added "We're only saying what we are because we care.  We want you to be the best you can be.  Push all the way to the top.  Achieve the next level"

And in that motel room, that was it.

It sparked motivation to train like never before.

The day I returned, I trained harder than I ever had, accomplished multiple new moves that had scared me before, I was a totally different person with a totally different mindset,  and the fire that was set underneath me is still burning right now.

Now, I just have to keep adding the wood.