Crew

Floor Burnin'

Floor Burnin' crew was founded in 2000 by Blaze and Eddy.They start to train bboying ( breakdance )  in a local Café in the city of Weert with some old school friends (Davy, Geert, Rene, Jordy, Bennie, Voltage and Hans). After a while we began joining competitions with some bboys from Sittard with who we trained in the past already. People began to notice us as a crew and we started to put Weert on the map. At the same time DJ 2-hype and Sapo joined our crew. DJ 2-hype spinned records at our training sessions and graffiti artist Sapo started bboying too.

After 2 Years (2002) representing hard we decided to focus on the future of the crew by training young crew members in the ages of 14 years. That same year our pupils already won the regional finals of the Dutch championships.

In 2003 the old school members made their first showcase with a duration of 12 minutes. We created our own choreography, music and styling for  the show. We did several shows in the region Weert and the crowd where enthusiastic. This was for us a reason to start in 2004 with a new showcase based on the 2003 showcase only done by the younger crew members (around 14 years old) and only 6 minutes duration. This show was based on the Terminator movie “Rise Of The Machines” our show was called “Rise Of The Bboys”.

For the old school crew members the year 2005 was the final chapter regarding doing competitions. We decided to put all our experience and energy in our younger crew members, to give them a jump start in bboying.

Since 2006 this crew from the city of Weert (The Netherlands) is on its way to becoming a household name on the European B-Boy scene. The most striking feature of this crew is that it consists of 20 dancers aged 8 to 20. Floor Burnin’ competes in both national and international battles and showcase competitions.

Floor Burnin’s Battle Of The Year/Showcase History......

In 2004, Floor Burnin’ took part in the official preliminary to the World Championship, the Battle Of The Year. In the preliminary, B.O.T.Y. Dutch Elimination, Floor Burnin’ came in fourth with the show ‘Rise Of The B-Boys,’ which meant they qualified for the Benelux preliminary in Haaksbergen, The Netherlands. There Floor Burnin’ ended up with the best 8 of the Benelux, and that with a crew with an average age of 14.

Later on that year the crew managed to win the price for best showcase in Holland (Dutch champion best showcase). The competition was organised by "Spin Off" and took place at the melkweg in Amsterdam.

On 28 May 2005 Floor Burnin’ managed to make it to 3rd place on Battle Of The Year Benelux in Brussels, with an even younger team, aged 11 on average. Their show ‘X-MEN’ impressed the jury, the audience and the other crews, which created respect for this young upcoming crew.

One year later, on 30 September 2006, Floor Burnin’ made history.........

It started in Amsterdam on 1 April 2006. Floor Burnin’ managed to win in the category Best Showcase B.O.T.Y. Holland and qualified for the Benelux preliminary which took place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on 30 September.

In previous years, Floor Burnin’ had already made a good impression at the Benelux preliminaries because of their good shows and unremitting team spirit. This year, the hard work of the dancers and their trainer Blaze was finally rewarded and the crew won the Benelux qualification, which took place in a crowded Tivoli in September 2006.

Floor Burnin’ won after first qualifying with their show ‘On The Run,’ a show that really said it all. And after that they beat two other crews in the battle round, which meant they had won the title Battle of the Year Benelux 2006.

Winning this title meant that Floor Burnin’ was the first Dutch crew in 16 years to qualify for the Battle Of The Year World finals. On Saturday, October 21 2006, Floor Burnin’ from Weert, Limburg in The Netherlands represented their country at the official World Championship Break-dance in Braunschweig, Germany.

Eventually Floor Burnin’ took 8th place in the Battle Of The Year World Finals on 21 October 2006. Floor Burnin’ thereby reached the highest place ever of all Benelux crews that have taken part in Battle Of The Year. And with an average age of 15, Floor Burnin’ is also the youngest crew ever to compete in the world championship.

On 14 April 2007, at Battle Of The Year Benelux 2007 in Brussels, Floor Burnin’ managed to win the prize for Best Showcase for their show ‘Feel The Panic,’ and also reached second place in the battle round.

On 12 april 2008, Floor Burnin' managed to win for the third time in a row the prize for Best showcase, with their show called The Panic Returns. This show is a restyld version of Feel the Panic. The Panic Returns has new choreografies, new beats and  2 new Floor Burnin' members in it. Also Floor Burnin' reached second place in the battle round at Battle Of The Year Benelux in Amsterdam.

On saterday 30 May 2009  Floor Burnin' participated at B.O.T.Y. Benelux in Brussels. Floor Burnin’ whom in 2006 as first dutch crew ever represented for Holland at the World Finals of Batlle Of The Year, participated this year with a brand new team with an average age of 14 years.

In the prelim every participating crew had to show their showcase, were the top 4 crews of this showcase round were then to battle eachother to see whos the best crew. Floor Burnin’  made it in the top 4 ranking with their spectakular show  “X-men The Last Stand”. During the battle rounds Floor Burnin' danced hard in the semi finals and ended eventually in the third place. Floor Burnin’ landed with their showcase “X-men The Last Man Stand” also on the third place.

B.O.T.Y. Results:

2004:
4th place B.O.T.Y. Dutch elimination Haaksbergen The Netherlands.

2005:
3rd place B.O.T.Y. Benelux Brussel Belgium.

2006:
Winner Best Showcase B.O.T.Y. The Netherlands / Spinoff Amsterdam The Netherlands,
Winner B.O.T.Y. Benelux Utrecht The Netherlands ,
8th place B.O.T.Y. World Finals Braunschweig Germany.

2007:
Winner Best Showcase B.O.T.Y. Benelux 2007 Brussel Belgium,
2nd Place B.O.T.Y Benelux 2007 Brussel Belgium.

2008:
Winner Best Showcase B.O.T.Y. Benelux 2008 Amsterdam The Netherlands,
2nd Place B.O.T.Y Benelux 2008 Amsterdam The Netherlands.

2009:
3rd place B.O.T.Y. Benelux 2009 Brussel Belgium,
3rd place Showcase B.O.T.Y. Benelux 2009 Brussel Belgium.