The Silverback Open Championships has been an international prize money breaking competition (b-boying and b-girling), with five editions held to date in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014 through 2018. Funded by Silverback Bboy Events, which supports the competitive breaking community philanthropically and through sponsorships, the Silverback Open Championships has been regarded as one of the premier International B-Boy Championships held every year it has been featured, with the most recent edition including 850 competitors from 50 countries. Silverback Open prize money pools have exceeded $100,000, and the event has attracted an international social media following accumulating millions of views. The Silverback Open event has been part of the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation's Pro Breaking Tour and Undisputed's World B-boy Series. The event has featured of many of the best and most well-known b-boys and b-girls around the world and has received praise throughout the breaking community for the high level of competition and for providing a warm welcome to guests and competitors alike.
Silverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Boy results[edit]
Year
Winner
Crew
Runner-up
Crew
2018
Victor
MF Kidz/Squadron
Stripes
Flipside Kingz
2017
Issei
Foundnation
Alkolil
Original Breakers Circle
2016
Thesis
Knuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees
Issei
Foundnation
2015
Victor
MF Kidz/Squadron
Issei
Foundnation
2014
Thesis
Knuckleheads Cali/Massive Monkees
Niek
The Ruggeds
Silverback Open Championships 3 vs 3 results[edit]
Year
Winner
Runner-up
2018
Hong 10, Menno, Vero
Lussy Sky, Beetle, Shigekix
2017
7 Commandoz
Robin, Alkolil, Bumblebee
2016
Kuzya, Sunni, Pocket
Super Cr3w
2015
7 Commandoz
Polskee Flavour
2014
Squadron
Lionz of Zion
Silverback Open Championships 1-on-1 B-Girl results[edit]
The Silverback Open Championships ’16 took place on October 8 and 9 2016 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2016 Pro Breaking Tour's Champions Series. The event was organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $100,000 in cash prize money, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Finals in Los Angeles, as well as a trip to compete at Undisputed in Prague, Czech Republic for the 1-on-1 Open winner. A panel of seven judged the 1-on-1 Open, the 3-on-3 Open and the 1-on-1 Bgirl with two alternates in case a judge happened to be in the same crew as a competitor. The preliminary battles expanded the judging panel to five judges for each cypher.[2]
The Silverback Open Championships 2015 took place on October 10 and 11 2015 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2015 Pro Breaking Tours Champions Series. The event was organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $90,150 in cash prize money, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Finals in Los Angeles, as well as a trip to compete at Undisputed in Marseille, France for the 1-on-1 Open winner. The 1-on-1 Open and 1-on-1 B-girl winners also received a Mackie Freeplay Portable PA Speaker with the optional lithium ion battery allowing for 10 hours of continuous music. A panel of seven judged the 1-on-1 Open, the 3-on-3 Open and the 1-on-1 B-girl with two alternates in case a judge happens to be in the same crew as a competitor. The preliminary battles expanded the judging panel to five judges for each cypher.[3]
The Silverback Open Championships ’14 took place on October 11 and 12 2014 at the YSC Sports complex outside of Philadelphia as part of the 2014 Pro Breaking Tours Champions Series. The event was organized by organized by Silverback Bboy Events and paid $58,400 in cash prize money, a $10,000 Breitling watch, plus trips for several winners to the Freestyle Session World Final's in San Diego. A panel of seven judged the Open 1-on-1, the Open 3-on-3 and the B-girl 1-v-1.[4][5]
Victor
Issei
Alkolil
Niek
Hong 10, 
Lussy Sky, 
Sunni, 
Polskee Flavour
Jilou
AT
Quick
Khalifa
Phil Wizard
Wild Jerry
Dr. Hill
Lil G
Lussy Sky, 
Lagaet
Funky Mindz
Harricane
Tomi
Navi Solution
Lil Zoo
Tricky
Killa Kolya
Blond