Finger Breaking can be tracked back to 2004 when Lilach Chen aka “bgirldeedee” started practicing her b-girl moves with her hands and decided to record and upload her new finger dancing videos to youtube in 2005 and has had over 35 million views since then. She now is a very respected leader in the Finger Breakdance community and has worked with many major brands like Sony Ericsson and Red Bull where she was a judge of their first Red Bull BC One FingerBreakin’ competition held in Seoul, South Korea November 30, 2013.
Red Bull used Finger Breaking as part of finger breakdancing competition in over 10 regions around the world called Red Bull BC One FingerBreakin. Red Bull sent out starter boxes that had a pair of finger breakdance shoes, a can of Red Bull, a mini cardboard boom box, and the box turned into a stage. Red Bull went as far as making tutorial videos aka The Tricktionary which teaches moves such as the toprock, helicopter, applejacks, slides, windmills and even the worm! The contestants would make their own cool and original finger breakdance video and record them using their phones or computers in order to be able to upload them to YouTube. There was bracket style voting and the winners from each region were flown out to the 2013 Red Bull BC One Breakdancing Competition in Seoul, South Korea. The winner, Differ Kim (who is no rookie to the breakdance world) was crowned at the competition and given a prize pack which included a gold Finger Breaker Trophy.
Finger Breakdancing allows anyone with hands the ability to learn and perform breakdancing moves and tricks without having the risk of injury that real breakdancing has. Finger Breaking is fun for all ages and you will catch yourself doing it everywhere that music is playing.
