Tommy Baker

In a brand new trend to the already exploding basketball freestyle culture comes a basketball tricks competition.

It was a very close competition with many rounds having to be repeated due to the high level of tricks and performances from all the competitors. In the end Tommy managed to win the the title along with the first prize of $2000.00. The event was sponsored by Red Bull. Look out for more Streetgodz competitions in the future, and watch this blog for some extended video footage of the event… hopefully coming soon

“With Street Godz and freestyle basketball in general, the rules are not conventional to a basketball game and there are no boundaries for them. Their creativity is limitless and with freestyle basketball, there is no time off. It’s as far as the mind can think… The scoring is based on style, charisma, how they get the crowd excited, difficulty of moves, how sharp the moves are and obviously we deduct a lot of points if you actually loose the ball. It’s basically showmanship, we judge on all that.”

Quote from Raphael Edwards (Founder of Streetgodz)

Here is a short promotional clip of the event from Press Pass TV:

You can find out more information about the new Streetgodz movement at the following sites:

www.myspace.com/sgodz

www.bouncemag.com/2007/10/10/streetgodz-freestyle-challenge-rules/

www.slamonline.com/online/2007/10/ballin’-outta-control/

www.dimemag.com/2007/02/24/streetgodz

Also, here is footage of earlier Street Godz competitions:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky1UPI69oe4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzG_KCmCQ4