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Freestyle Chat / Re: Samsung MOTG Freestyle World Championship - Official Results!

« on: Mar 05, 2011, 12:11: PM »

Congratulations to Petike from Hungary

on winning The Samsung MotG Freestyle World Championships 2011. This was our first time organizing this event in the Middle East and it was DOPE! He has the title and is going home with a check for €5000 and the title. We would like to also thank Sean (France) as runner up. He went home with a SUPER Sized 40" LED Flat screen TV from Samsung. We still don't know how he will take it on the plane as carry on luggage???? Big shouts out also to Rene (Germany), third runner up.

We would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that has supported this event, the process, the movement and anything else connected to us making this happen. We would like to send out a special thanks to Samsung for backing and believing in us with this project. We would like to thank all the freestylers that participated and went into their own pockets and traveled to Abu Dhabi to be a part of the event R.E.S.P.E.C.T! This was the first time in the UAE. We had a lot of challenges putting this together but what is important is that it was a big success ask anyone that attended. Even with the small crowd due to the bad weather (sand storm), it didnt matter. It was a GREAT event and everyone is satisfied. Will be continued... stay tuned.

Official Results http://www.dblsportsagency.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Samsung-MotG-Freestyle-World-Championships-2011-Official-Results.jpg

Ranking from Qualification Round (based soley from their performances) / Jury - Mr. Woo and John Farnworth
1   Yoshi (Japan)
2   Tokura (Japan)
3   Yorok (Egypt)
4   Nam The Man (Vietnam)
5   Petike (Hungary)
6   Yosuke Yokota (Japan)
7   Rene (Germany)
8   Andrey Voronin (Russia)
9   Séan (France)
10   Ammar Freez Fsa (UAE)
11   Otman Djedidi (Morocco)
12   Mohamed Sa'adeh (UAE)
13   Tufcso (Slovakia)
14   Bencok (Belgium)
15   DKP (Vietnam)
16   Andréas (France)
17   Besil (UAE)
18   Abudullah Agami (UAE)
19   Wass (France/Algérie)
20   Nadir (Switzerland)
21   Ali Alsagabi (Kuwait)
22   Bilal Bairakdar (UAE)
23   Mustafa loco (UAE)
24   Wahab (Kuwait)

Freestyle Chat / Re: MotG 2011 - participating freestylers?

« on: Feb 19, 2011, 04:40: AM »

Nam The Man (Vietnam) has confirmed that he is participating in the event!!!

Freestyle Chat / Re: MotG 2011 - participating freestylers?

« on: Feb 18, 2011, 01:22: PM »

We will be VERY lucky if all 26 of these guys will make it. We have a pretty solid list of commitments. All we can do is take the guys word and help everyone as best we can... We have options for a competition with 24 Freestylers and one with 16+ Freestylers with a qualification round. We feel that if the guys on this list went through all the trouble to come to Abu Dhabi and pay their own #$% costs then they deserve the right to be in this competition. Its not complicated, its our way of thanking them for the effort and sacrifice. There will be a local competition for UAE freestylers and we will pick 1 or 2 freestylers from that competition. Its been the same for every other MotG competition. Guys say they are coming and some didn't make it and others did. But there is a BIG difference in costs to Amsterdam vs Abu Dhabi. MotG has never paid for the costs of any freestyler to be a part of any competition. We want a quality competition under the circumstances and want the best man to win. No one will be dropped, they will all get a fair chance and the jury will decide. In past competitions we had even more than 16 freestylers compete.

We respect the community, this is why we are posting this here and we know a lot of people are disappointed that the event is in Abu Dhabi. We are VERY happy with our partnership with Samsung. We are focused on making this event a success and we will see what the future will bring. That's it, nothing more to add...

Freestyle Chat / Re: MotG 2011 - participating freestylers?

« on: Feb 18, 2011, 12:38: PM »

They all told us YES they were confirmed but "confirmed" for us will be on 4 March when we see them in person doing an ATW. So for now to be safe we have the status of committed. Hopefully it will clear up any and all confusion about the event.

Freestyle Chat / Re: MotG 2011 - participating freestylers?

« on: Feb 18, 2011, 12:24: PM »

LIST OF COMPETITORS:

1 Andrew Henderson (England)   Committed
2   Andrey Voronin (Russia)   Committed
3   Arnaud Séan Garnier (France) – 2008 World Champ   Committed
4   Crazy Legs (Saudi Arabia)   Committed
5   DKP (Vietnam)    Committed
6   MichRyc (Poland)    Arranging
7   Moslo Freestyle – Crasso (Colombia)   Arranging
8   Mustafa loco (UAE)   Committed
9   Otman Jdidi (Morocco) Committed
10   Petike (Hungary)   Committed
11   Rene (Germany)   Committed
12   Szymo (Poland)   Committed
13   Tokura (Japan)   Committed
14   Tufcso (Slovakia)   Committed
15   Wass (France/Algérie)    Committed
16   Yorok (Egypt)   Committed
17   Yoshi (Japan)    Committed
18   Yosuke Yokota (Japan)   Committed
19   Takanori Kobayashi / Nori (Japan)   Committed
20   Andréas (France/Serbie/Chile)   Committed
21   Bilal Bairakdar (UAE)   Committed
22   Mohamed Sa’adeh (UAE)   Committed
23   Soufiane El Marnissi – Bencok (Belgium)   Committed
24   TOTTI (Saudi Arabia)   Committed
25   Nadir (Switzerland)    Committed
26   Ammar Freez Fsa (UAE)   Committed
27 Nam The Man (Vietnam) Confirmed

Freestyle Chat / Freestyers trip to Amsterdam

« on: Apr 25, 2009, 01:28: AM »

There was a post here some months ago about a large group of Freestylers planning a trip to Amsterdam. Well we are still planning some things for our next freestyle competition and we would like to know if this is still happening and who is coming. We have a busy international schedule this summer and want to plan thing out properly. Can anyone give us and update on this "if" ist stil happening

MotG

Freestyle Chat / Re: When is the next motg and how much is it for a ticket?

« on: Jan 26, 2009, 08:06: AM »

both of them are ours for the clarity. Admins

Freestyle Chat / Re: Anyone Know what date motg is ?

« on: Jan 26, 2009, 01:46: AM »

You guys tell us??? There are soooooo many freestylers but not all are up to par. We have done invitations in the past to try and get the best, "masters" of that given moment in time. But as you know some of the top guys dont want too or cannot compete for whatever reason. Maybe they feel they stand to lose too much "if" they Lose or contract obligations. Anyway we can only respect the next man's choice. But there are still some true gladiators out there... MotG is for those gladiators, the hungry guys looking for that chance to show the world they are the best and want to earn your respect. With the current climate and all the competition on the freestyle market, things tend to get tricky and [what we HATE] political. We would love to have a competion that is open for everyone but we have limited time, limited slots and it needs to stay interesting "as an event" for the spectators. The best man will win anyway and if some new kid comes out of no where and wins then just "maybe" he DESERVES it. Take SEAN for instance, he has only been freestyling for 3 years (that is incredible)! But he won the Red Bull competition. He told me he was going to do it a year before and all i can say is SALUTE and respect! That is heart and ambition.

We have seen posts here about our competition and yes we do it every 3 years. The scene is exploding at the moment and us being the pioneers of it want to ensure that there is a certain quality and respect level. Doing a competion every year in our opinion kills the essence of the a True MotG competition. There are a lot of new freestylers with new tricks and techniques but if you look at 2003 ---to---2009 is there "really" that big of a difference in the true skill set. YES AND NO! Abudulla, Mr Woo, John F... in 2006 - these guys are all still relevant today if they "want" to be. All they have to do is update their techiniques, create a nice show, be entertaining and luck also plays a part because skills they have! So its up to you guys the next generation to step up and show that there can be a TRUE yearly competition. Mostly what is happening is everyone is remixing someone else's move anyway. The world cup and the olympics are every 4 years and that is where we want to be. Freestyle has grown enormously and hopefully one day it will be considered as an olympic sport but we are some ways away from that. MotG created a platform for freestylers/street ballers. There are so many competions and there will only be more in the future. When we started this in 2002 we told everyone this would happen and many didnt believe us but look now... The success of the Red Bull competition shows what marketing dollars and exposure can do. We love and embrace what everyone is doing. The more money RB, Nike, Puma, Adidas and any other multinational invests on street football the better! That is the commercialization of the movement, we just hope it doesnt kill it. You have to realize they see a movement. Street football can be compared to hip hop, it will live and grow based on what is created and how much money is made. Once people start making money and eating from it then it will go commercial and it will change. End of the day its fun, sport but also business and we would love for you guys to be able to live from freestyle / street football for the rest of your lives. This why we do this. But it all starts with Love and Passion for the game!

By the way we will be having our 2009 competition with an (international preround) in AMSTERDAM and the final with the last [xx] will be held in another country tba. We will announce the dates soon. Now you know.

Motg