4/14/09

Adventures in JumpStyle

What might happen if you married Capoeira and Irish line tap, then danced it to thump thumpin' Siberian beats? I can't say for sure; I am not an Ethno-danceologist, but I think it may look a little some thing like JumpStyle.
This gayest craze sweeping Western Europe at the moment is claiming young males by the townfull. A gate way to heroine and glory holes, JumpStep is the least impressive dance I've seen since the Kid & Play or the Tom & Jerry. It is fair to say I would rather watch Rollerbladers jam skate Venice beach than be subjected to this.*



*not true, I watched hours of this and have yet to watch a single Venice blade jam! haha.

JumpForce (seen above) appear to be the poster boys for JumpStyle at the moment. Notice their 24.5 million views on the video counter in just 2.5 years (that's like 27,000 views a day. Could this be the new porn?) . With their crisp classic style, and the unison of bounding Gazelles in love, they have most definitely shown why they are the best around. (They've also proven that Dutch do in fact shop at Ikea).

Another set you do not want to jump to are the Yin and Yang like click of Jekyll and Hyde. They represent the meeting point of Crazy and Sane, Hot and Cold, Strong and Weak, Mean and Sweet, Laughing and Crying, Blue Green and Green Blue and so on.
Newer on the scene J&H bring a fresh prospective and impressive stop-motion animation to the game. I think of their video Freefall as a better Lego Mission Impossible II, which in turn is far better than actual Mission Impossible II).



And with any new sport there is always a group that takes it beyond it's newly accepted realm and turns it into something extreme. These jumpers aren't going to let a few skate decks or bike pegs deter them from making this acceptable shit to do at skate parks, or anywhere else for that matter.




Some of you maybe wondering, where does America stand in the JumpStyle arena. Well, In truth we are trailing somewhere behind the South Americans. Our lone hope rests in the feet of this man - Gold Inferno.
Can he save our country from looking like a bunch of idiots?




Nope.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Consider my mind blown.
Sloan
Closet JumpStyler

will said...

between sexting and jumpstyle i am starting to see why some might consider this the greatest generation ever.

ez said...

It's not parkour.