Comments on: R16 Korea B-Boy Competition

By: Seoul Subway Challenge: Line 5 - Farsickness: A Travel Blog

Seoul Subway Challenge: Line 5 - Farsickness: A Travel Blog — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:49:33 +0000

[...] access to some of the stadiums used for the 1988 Olympics. I saw 2NE1 in concert and attended a B-Boy competition at the Gymnastic’s Stadium near to the station. A little farther away, Olympic Park becomes [...]

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:00:13 +0000

It was really, really cool. I never realize Hyunwoo was a b-boy, but I haven’t looked at anything from TTMIK for months…

There’s some cool graffiti in Hongdae, actually. But yeah, that’s about it in Korea :/

By: Waegook Tom

Waegook Tom — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:50:44 +0000

This sounds like SO much fun! You’re right about the conformity thing – I LOVE seeing Koreans who look a bit different and don’t rigidly follow the trends here. Plus, B-Boys are totally sexy (Hyunwoo Sun from TalktoMeinKorean is a b-boy too but he’s married, dammit).

Loving the graffiti, too. That’s something you rarely see in Korea, even if it was for an exhibit.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:22:39 +0000

A Starcraft tournament sounds so Korea. That is pretty awesome.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:34:58 +0000

This looks like an awesome and quirky thing to do. I went to a live Starcraft tournament a couple months ago. I mostly didn’t understand what was happening, but it was still rather fun!