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End of summer breakdancing battle (followed by Naked Bike Ride) hits Rittenhouse, explains they are not flash mob.
Busy day in Rittenhouse Square: End of Summer Jam breakdancing battle followed by hordes of naked cyclists. "Ladies and gentleman: this is not a flash mob." (Plus ancient and great Scanner Boys video)
End of summer breakdancing battle (followed by Naked Bike Ride) hits Rittenhouse, explains they are not flash mob.
Legs fly out, swing under and then around torsos before the pretzel-shaped forms freeze upside down — the breakdancers mocking their opponents in classic battle form. A big crowd comes to watch the tournament made up mostly of local high school students: black, Asian and white.
"Ladies and gentleman: this is not a flash mob," a judge yells out to the crowd. "This is young people in Philly supporting Philly."
And it's not racial violence that has plagued Philly schools either. As a matter of fact, it's the End of Summer Jam, says David Seng, a senior at Bok Technical High School.
"Everyone's coming from all over Philadelphia," he tells City Paper. "We started in Love Park, but people thought we were a flash mob and kicked us out."
By "people," he clarifies, he means the Philadelphia Police Department.
Speaking of which, check out this old BBC clip with lots of Philly breakdancing and hip hop (Scanner Boys) — thanks Sonja.
A few hours later, a horde of butt-naked cyclists came through the square on Philly's Naked Bike Ride. I did that twice when I lived in Portland, but don't have the guts to do it in tough gritty Philly. There were maybe 500 naked people — God bless them. You really put the naked in Naked City.
Kudos to those who don't mind their butt cheeks being plastered across philly.com's highest-trafficked photo gallery. Plus, you're all but guaranteed to get Daily News columnist Stu Bykofksy so excited that he will need a toke of his much-maligned devil's weed to settle down.
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