Breaking influence in Gymnastics
Posted on October 9, 2008B-boys and b-girls have long been inspired by the arts, other dances and just about anything to create new moves and styles. From capoeira to contortionism, lindy hop to salsa, breaking has drawn from a variety of places.
Now other arts are drawing from breaking. After learning thomas flares from gymnasts, bboys flipped them and created airflares. Olympian gymnast Morgan Hamm saw them, practiced them and planned to do them in the olympics this past summer:
Unfortunately, he had to sit the Olympics out after an ankle injury so the world wasn’t able to see it.
October 9, 2008 | In Moves |
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