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Exploitation era (1981–Mid 1985) The Winter Season of b-boying
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or music The Winter Season of b-boying (Mid 1985–1990) - As a predictable result of Mainstream exploitation, there would no longer be a thriving bboy environment in the majority of the country (mainly the USA). Real bboys were left alienated by those who considered it to be a passing fad. The funk styles were also getting dissed. Corporate America no longer used the bboy in its ads. Mainstream America no longer supported a larger environment for the bboy. This had truly become a barren land for b-boying across the USA. But this was only in a widespread, mainstream sense...There were many True Skoolers who never stopped dancing throughout this period, including in Europe. For them, widely popular or not, b-boying was just another part of them.
1985:
October 25
  The movie KRUSH GROOVE comes out. Its a Hip Hop movie focusing on the music.
1986:
(Month & Day??)
University of Munich art professor, Peter Kreutzer, forms the Euro Graffiti Union. Soon after, he starts organizing Hip Hop jams in youth centers all over West Germany, which leads to the popularity of b-boying again, during a time when nobody seems to care about it.
(July 19)
 UK Fresh, in London, UK, at Wembley Stadium (room/space? edition? times? format? content? producer?)
April (Day?)
Bboy Storm (of Battle Squad) sets a Guinness Book Of World Record for most windmills.
1988:
1989:
March 17
The movie ROOFTOPS comes out. It features NYC youth doing "Combat", a fictional street-dance fight resembling, and based on, Capoeira & various Hip Hop dance styles. The "Combat" sequences were choreographed by Jelon Vieira.
1990:
June (Day?)
The first annual Battle Of The Year event (actually/originally called "The International Breakdance Cup"), by Thomas Hergenröther, in Germany, at the Freizeitheim Döhren (An der Wollebahn 1, 30519 Hannover), starting at 7pm+. Only shows, no battle competition yet.
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