Name: Nedelciu Bogdan-Adrian

Date of Birth: 26th of November 1999

Place of birth: Arad, Romania

Height: 1,73m

Weight: 67 kg

Crews: Burning Souls/Style of Control

Active since: May 2009

Known for: Footwork

I was born in Arad, Romania, a small city in the western side of the country, close to the border with Hungary.

I have an older sister, I was raised by my parents and grandparents together and I had a really nice childhood. Can't really complain about anything. My parents did a great job. I was always a competitive kid and liked sports or any kind of movement.

Before started breaking, the most common extra-curricular activity was football. Every Romanian kid in those times went to football practice. Of course I tried that as well but I came across a coach that bullied us a lot so after 3 sessions I quit.

After this experience, I didn't want to start anything else because I thought all the coaches are the same as the football coach. My mother found some flyer with breakdance classes and convinced me to go there. She managed to do it because the teachers are the same age as my older sister.

I liked breaking at first because of its freedom but I felt at some point that it's kind of difficult and wanted to quit.

My mom didn't let me quit, she said I need to finish the initiation course which was 6 months and then I can decide if I wanna continue from there.

So, as you can see, if my mom let me quit, i wouldn't be here right now lol.

I didn't took Breaking as serious as I take it now when I was a kid. It was something I enjoyed doing and I had nice company. We were the first crew of kidz in Romania between all the other grown-ups which was cool.

In 2014, I started to think Breaking as a carrer choice as well, not only as a hobby. I started that with some small objectives like winning the last kidz battles of my carrer and trying to qualify for Red Bull BC One Romania 2014.

Most of the crewmates at that time laughed at me because I was only 14 and Romania had a decent quantity and quality of breakerz at that time.

In that year, I managed to win Back in Action, which was the biggest breaking battle in Romania.... and got myself a spot into the top 16 of Red Bull BC One Romania.

After that, I realized that if I wanna get to the highest level of breaking, I have to think of step-by-step goals.

1 year later, in 2015, I started teaching with one of my crewmates Speedy in the same place where we were practicing.

We did that because we wanted to share what we know, grow the community and earn some extra cash. I realized that I have to invest a lot of money in order to grow and to reach the level to get invites.

I think every kid that loves breaking wants to be like the BBoys or BGirls that he/she watches on YouTube.

But how do we do that?

For me it just happened at some point.

Until the 9th grade or 10th in highschool I wanted to be a lawyer but after I started competing on bigger competitions and started teaching I realized that if I pursue this road, I'll be able to make it.

At the age of 18 I moved out from my hometown to a bigger city in Romania, Cluj-Napoca. I started university there as a plan B but in 2 years I managed to make a living out of breaking.

And then, at some point I just realized that I'm a full time breaker

First of all, breaking has offered me a lot in all these years. So, my biggest goal is to give back to the community and to the new generations at least a little bit more than what I've received.

Secondly, I always wanted to be the best in the world as a kid. This never changed. I'm on my way there and it's getting closer.

I don't wanna be cheesy, but my biggest achievement is that I wake up every day happy with who I am and what I'm doing.

If we talk carrer-wise, I'll list some important achievements down below:

• 3 times Footwork World Champion (Check the Style, World Battle,Unbreakable)

• Balkan Champion (BOTY Balkans)

• 4 times National Champion

Lead by example

There are a lot of people in the breaking community who inspired me and helped me grow. I think it's always important to shout out your mentors, teachers, OGs etc.

Siko - my 1st breaking teacher ever when I started in 2009. Now we're crew members and I can smoke him anytime so he did a good job hahaha. Even though he left when I was 12, he's the man who showed me the first breaking moves and guided me towards my own style. Bobo and Bughi deserve a shout out as well, even if they don't break anymore.

Goofy - He was my 1st 2v2 international partner when I was a teenager. At that time, he was maybe the best Bboy in the Balkans and we made a lot of noise together. It meant a lot for me to team up with him in that period, because my crew didn't travel that much back in the days


Patrick Grigo - I got my 1st internationa paid gig in Austria because of him. He judged me in Croatia one time, when I won a qualifier for King of the Kidz and Eve Dance Festival (his event), around 2015. He opened a lot of doors for my international breaking carrer. The most important was that I won a wildcard in Battle of the Year Central Europe 2017.


Apache - I used to watch Apache on YouTube and real life in the finals of Outbreak IBE, winning FreeStyle Session Europe and battling Squadron in the semifinals of FreeStyle Session World Finals and maaaaaany more. If you told the 15 years old Beat that he would battle with Apache together, he would go crazy for sure hahaha. Apart from that, his breaking expertise made me from a good bboy to a great bboy. He deserves much more credit and respect in the scene.

Focus and Poe One - I took a lot of workshops from top tier BBoys/BGirls, OGs, local cats and so on. The workshops that helped me the most were the ones from Poe and Focus. I bought 2 or 3 courses from the BBoy Dojo and they changed my life. Poe's creativity and chambers workshop as well. If you have a chance to attend their workshops or buy their online classes, DO IT!


Of course, last but not least, I have to give a big shout out to my parents, my crew and all my loved ones for supporting me since day 1.