Niek (Just Do It)

В брейке: с 2002 (с 14 лет)
Команда: The Ruggeds

Titles

- 2006 1st place,
UK B-Boy Championships, Holland
- 2006,
Award ‘Best Dutch Bboy 2006’ (chosen by votes)
- 2006 1st place,
Ruhrpott Battle, Cologne, Germany, (Dutch BBoy Crew)
- 2007 1st place,
RED BULL BC ONE Qualifier, Germany
- 2007 1st place,
Battle de Calais, 3on3, Calais, France
- 2007 1st place,
The Quest 2on2, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2008 1st place,
Talk is Cheap 5on5, Oslo, Norway – also best B-Boy
- 2008 1st place,
Break de Cologne with FDM, Cologne, Germany
- 2008 1st place,
JR-1, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008 participation,
R16 with FDM, Suwon, South- Korea
- 2008 1st place,
UK Champs Qualifier Europe Crew, Heerlen, Holland
- 2008 1st place,
Break 2 Win, Seven2Smoke, Odessa, Ukraine
- 2008 1st place,
Beatz ‘n Pieces 2on2, Warwick, UK
- 2008 participation,
RED BULL BC ONE Paris, France
- 2008/2009 selected,
IBE for team Europe, All Battles All, Heerlen, Holland
- 2009 2nd place
Hip Opsession, Nantes, France
- 2009 1st place,
Evolution Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2009 1st place,
Hip Hop Connection, Pesaro, Italy
- 2009 1st place,
Raw Circles, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2009 1st place,
Vibration Urbainnes, Bordeaux, France
- 2009 1st place,
La new school, Quimper, France
- 2009 3rd place
Evolution 4, Atlanta, USA
- 2010 1st place,
Gettting BSE, Bury St. Edmonds, UK
- 2010 1st place,
Unbreakable Crew, Leuven, Belgium
- 2010 1st place,
Battle VNR, Aulnay Sous Bois, France
- 2010 1st place,
Eurobattle, Porto, Portugal
- 2010 1st place,
R16, Seoul, South-Korea
- 2010 participation,
Red Bull BC One Final, Japan
- 2011 participation,
Red Bull BC One Final, Russia

Profile
Niek Traa convinces with a whole repertoire of outstanding combinations, energetic moves and unlimited stamina. He has a distinct style and is constantly trying to create new moves or at least do old moves with a new twist.

Niek has competed several times at the RED BULL BC ONE. He won the European qualifier in Stuttgart, Germany, in June 2007 but unfortunately got injured right before the RED BULL BC ONE finals in South Africa in 2007 and couldn’t compete. He battled at the Red Bull BC One Finals in 2008, 2010, and 2011, making it to the finals in 2010, where he then lost to Neguin.

Niek doesn’t remember when he saw breaking for the first time, but he remembers watching the “Power Rangers” on TV and then trying to copy a move that the Blue Power Ranger did. He later learnt that it was the helicopter.

Niek started breaking when he had just turned 14. He was taking classes with an ‘old school’ B-Boy who was teaching nothing but backspins. After a few months, Niek heard about B-Boys practicing in Eindhoven. Every Saturday, he journeyed 20 km to practice. That’s where he met most of the B-Boys he would later start his crew Rugged Solutions with. Niek admired the B-Boys on the Lords of the Floor videotape for their originality and diversity, especially B-Boys like Moy, Cloud & Twixx.

Niek loves the Hip Hop culture for its diversity. ”In music and art people are appreciated for being different. That’s the golden rule in Hip Hop: stay true to what you believe in and who you are.” Niek is originally from a really small village in Holland. His background provides him with a different view and mentality. “People don’t expect me to do the things I do. It’s like a magician; you got to bring your stuff in a way that nobody sees it coming.” There is more to Niek than meets the eye!

“Being one of the B-Boys in the RED BULL BC ONE made me set my goals on a completely new level. When I compare myself to other dancers, I compare myself to the top.”

In Niek’s opinion his country is a force to reckon with in the B-Boy scene. He thinks it’s one of the strongest upcoming scenes in the world. There are lots of great events in Holland and even though Holland is not a big country, there are many crews that are getting stronger and stronger. In the past few years, Holland proved to be one of the innovating countries in B-Boying. Niek states, “The scene in Holland starts to mature. There’s a lot of creativity and there are quite some prodigies around.”

For Niek a good dancer is somebody who knows how to express himself. He thinks that if a B-Boy does what fits him and what he feels comfortable with, you can sense it and that makes this person stronger and a better dancer. “Don’t let anybody tell you how to dance. Ignore what other people think of you! And pass on the dance to the next generation so that it will still be here when we are gone!”

Источник – http://www.redbullbcone.com/b_boys/niek