Red Bull Street Style World Finals
With the Soccer World Cup just a couple of months away, I wasn’t all that surprised when I came across the Red Bull Street Style World Finals, also being held in Cape Town from Saturday April 24th to Wednesday April 28th. This is only the second time this event will ever be held, the first was in 2008 where representatives from 45 countries battled it out for the title of World Street Style Champion.
A two day qualification phase will allow the 56 countries signed up for this year’s tournament to battle it out in a head-to-head battle. From within groups, individual battles follow the format: 3 minutes, 2 players, 1 ball – where each player or freestyler has 20 seconds to knock the socks off the judges before passing it back to their competitor. The top two freestylers from each group will go forward into the finals where they will have to prove to the judges why they should be crowned the Red Bull Street Style World Champion for 2010.
Judges for this tournament need to score participants according to their ball and body control, creativity and style in combination with the music. The panel of judges – which will include former Juventus, AC Milan and Barcelona midfielder Edgar Davids – will be called upon to maintain the world class standards set in Brazil back in 2008.
The Red Bull Street Style World Finals will take place at the Castle of Good Hope, tickets can be bought at Computicket. I think this is going to be quite a unique event, one which I will certainly be attending, come along and check it out too.
By Candice
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