Gymnastic Best of Best

kurt thomas DID NOT invent flares. Canadian gymnast PHILIP DELASSEL invented them. Kurt Thomas was the 1st to perform them at a F.I.G sanctioned event that's why they got named after him, he however wasnt the 1st do them. (in bboyin terms he bit the move and got the credit )

it's not a video for the suckers

i wna see 90s or 2000s on the pommel horse. imagine how many points that would be in a competition.....lol.

0:34 :O

i don't want to mess with a gymnast when it comes to flares

but i don't think a gymnist would want to mess with a bboy when it comes to windmills, halos, and airflares

let's not fight over whose move is whose
we will do our thing to entertain our audiences
and you gymnasts do your thing to entertain your audiences okay? okay..great!

dude99966
we borrowed your move and made it more creative, can we not be proud about it?

your statement: "Unlike most "bboys" to this day believe that they invented the flare and the circles" cannot speak for any bboy nor anyone. bboys never invented the flares, mr. kurt thomas did!
Unfortunately, some audiences prefer bboy powermoves over gymnastic pummel horse routines...and vice versa.
it take years to just get the hang of bboy powermoves, let alone "master" it.
and so does gymnastics

we took the gymnastic flares and circles into another direction = creativity

our flares (imma bboy too) might not be as clean and well formed as gymnasts, but we were able to use the flare as a guide to create moves like threading flares, airchair flares, anubis/solar flares.

im saying bboys invented a lot more moves associated with the flare move as its backbone. but bboys NEVER INVENTED flares.

the guy who invented flares aka "thomas flares" is the gymnast Kurt Thomas

bboy isn't gymnastics
gymnastics aren't bboying either

let's not mix up these two categories:
bboy is a dance
gymnastics is a sport

bboys knows the dance moves, i do not believe bboys invented the flare, nor the butterfly twist, nor alot of the flips

the original old school breakmoves are windmills, headtracks/halos, and airtracks/airflares

flares were introduced into bboying by, ironically, a gymnist

i have to give gymnist props of having the most "beautiful" flares

wow how hard is it to get your legs as straighten as these gymnast?? please tell me o.o

maybe its me but i think you guys are spelling boys wrong.And i feel bad for each and everyone of those ppl.Thats embarrasing

You think you know everything. Yes! "bboys" aren't very educated, but your superstition is wrong! How is it ignorance? Is it because I see the same moves repeatedly used and think that way?. double backflips,full twists, etc...yes they're hard but they need form. If it's not perfect it's not the move or won't get higher points. Ability because if you can't do it, you can't do it. Worst of all, you lack discipline. Chiding about what you know.

Yeah but look at the difference in strength, difficulty, time invested into it... There is no comparison yet in your previous comments you have made "bboy is like the more perfect version of gymnastics!" I don't see the comparison at all. You also show ignorance towards us when you say things like "I think Gymnastics is just form and ability." I never said you or bboys were stupid you are misinterpreting what I am saying which shows your lack of education.

And how long have you been in gymnastics to learn that double back? And how much help have you had? The only IRONY you see is your comments. I only saw most of your descriptions, but sadly there was no triple back. and Oh you can do a double back which is called kovacs. I can spin on one hand and push off with my hands and land on my shoulders which is also called 1990 transition suicide. When you say other people are stupid, you're just ranting yourself.

Well since you say you've never seen it perform here you go.
watch?v=h45IJnQXKPg
I am able to do the double back tuck which is called Kovacs. Can you do me a favour can you read my comment just a little more carefully before you decide to comment, because you just proved that you are illiterate. It's funny how you don't understand irony. Check ^_^

First of all can you do that? Second I've never seen anyone perform that. I would love to see you do that on a horizontal bar if you can do it like you said then I would love to try if i ever take gym practice. ReCheck yourself. =.=