Busan

(Kyle Speaking) At nearly 10pm on Halloween night ... Nick, myself, and 11 boys from the Morning of Owl stuffed ourselves into a rented van and headed toward the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula to the large coastal city of Busan. There was a fairly large breakdance battle that was occurring on the beach down there and both Nick and I were invited to join for the weekend. Some photos from our adventures can be seen below:

Here is a photo of Nick and I in the back back seat. That is not a typo. There were 4 rows of seats in the van. It was snug.


13 boys total. The van was big but not that big. Good thing Pocket can literally fit in your pocket.


Here's Pocket, in the flesh. He's doing one of his signature "what?/why?" poses. He can't speak English that well so he usually just runs around and says "what?" or "why?"


The stage was located on the sand of the beach. There was a large concrete boardwalk area behind the stage that we and all the b-boy competitors chilled at for most of the day. This is a view of the back of the stage.


The beach that we were at sat in a small bay that was connected by a rather large bridge. It was a nice bridge and all......but coming from San Francisco (GGB and BB), I am a pretty tough crowd to impress.


Backstage, there was a large mat of wood-like linoleum that was laid down for a practice area. Nick and I sat around all day and watched b-boys go off on it.



Pocket, getting his stretch on.





Here is a snapshot from downstairs of where we stayed the night before.




Nick and Seung Ju enjoying some afternoon Hite.



In between rounds of the breakdance battles, there was much time to kill. We bought a kite from a an old dude on the beach in order to occupy ourselves.


"Q"



The Van






This is a view of the front of the stage.

This video is taken from where Nick and I watched one of the battles. Sorry about the obstructed view. Just look for the feet flying in the air and you can get the idea of what's happening.