For those who dont understand, please allow me to try and explain. Breaking, has evolved so much, that its a lot different then it was in the 80s, 90s and even in the 2000s! By 2010, every single move, trick, flip, spin and trend had been seen and played out. There was nothing left to impress the Breakers, thus the scene progressed back to the "FOUNDATION" which was all about the flavor of confidence, musicality and footwork patterns. It became so nuanced, that even the biggest and craziest powermoves, could and would lose to a dancer with a good foundation, form and approach to the music. It's totally understandable that you all wouldn't be able to see the subtle details in the form and original shapes she makes when dancing. You also wouldn't be able to understand the footwork patterns she makes into solid confident shapes while performed on beat. Perhaps it could be our fault for not being able to properlly educate the audience through some standard or objective criteria which is something we can work on for the future. The reason why the large majority of Breakers are supporting Raygun is because we understand the nuances of the dance, artform and culture, and we certainly shouldnt expect non Breakers to get it, especially without atleast trying to educate on what the 5 pillar perspectives of Breaking is: 1. Foundation: as i mentioned earlier 2. Originality: creativity and individuality 3. Dynamics: Difficulty, athleticsm (which non breakers are usually looking for) 4. Execution: having clean form, a smooth style and ofcourse, not making any mistakes; perfection 5. Conversation: Being able to respond appropriately to the opponents moves, style and ideas while trying to "Bust egos" make them lose confidence.
They should have told the judges that, we all saw what happened! They try to bring the underground, pleasant to look at and impressive to the elitist of those who think they are smarter... When so much explanation is needed to understand art, it stops being art and becomes a mockery, like those modern paintings where there is nothing but scribbles.
@@academia_motorsport If we had it your way, breaking would be about who can do the best power moves. They may as well get rid of the music and everything else. BTW, the best breakers have foundation and power moves. So have a think about what you are saying.
We, so ignorant, didn't understand anything about the classic bd either... but there is a difference, we liked it! You can write books to defend Raygun's ugly performance, but it will go down in history for what it is, a hilarious meme
@@sydtopia1 so you say "underground, pleasant to look at and impressive" equals "only powermoves" ? Lol Btw its not "my way" ... 0 points and laughs all around the world
Well apparently actual Olympic judges didn't get your "take" either. In fact they were just as embarrassed as we were. She actually ruined it for any future breakdancing for any future olympics
It's simple really if someone incompetent reaches the top, there is bound to be corruption The qualification event was run by an organisation 'Ausbreakers' she started with her husband. Registrations for the tryouts were only posted on that Ausbreakers website All the women/girls that tried out were from her Ausbreakers group which was created the same month the tryouts were run. Their Secretary was one of the judges
That second freeze she did was alright...not amazing. Bridge freeze are fucken hard to hold. Not that I'm much of a breaker for nearly 40 years now. I got over it when I was 14. And flexible
They are friends. Raygun has defeated Holy Molly at least three times before despite looking like the lesser talent of the two. I believe Holy Molly played a willing patsy role for Raygun to make it to Paris. The videos of their previous battles are on TH-cam.
@@IceManLikeGervinwhy would Molly do that? Pass on a chance to make the Olympics, a once in a lifetime opportunity, for a “friend” who is inferior to you in what you’d be going to the Olympics for. Actually why would anyone do that?
They’re both a disaster. I can hardly believe that Australia doesn’t have better bgirls than this total embarrassment. And you should clearly stay off the molly.😂👌🏻
Molly did couple of more acrobatic handstand moves, but besides that I think Raygun was better. Raygun switched from move to move more fluidly and her performance looked more like dancing.
@@eetuhalonen9902 You are so wrong. Molly had actual footwork and was a level above Raygun. Raygun had mountain climbers and rolled around on the floor. Both no where near an average level of breakdancing though.
I used to help supervise a high school breakdancing club, so that a student with Down syndrome I worked with could practice his moves. This doesn’t remind me of that. He was incredible
That's the most empathetic bullying on the internet I have ever read. Congratulation, you have already disqualified yourself by calling it -breakdancing- Shows every passionate and aware bboy or bgirl of the culture that you have no idea. So, stick with supporting people who face challenges in our society. I guess that's what you can do best👊 Thanks for your dedicated contribution to the lives of others.🙏
This is a total guess, but maybe the ones who take it seriously and are actually pro's at it, just dont want to go to the Olympics, so this is what was left?
@@willielast yeah, that was my theory. But now that I'm trying to find videos on TH-cam of better Aussie b-girls, all I'm getting is Raygun, and then this video. So maybe there really aren't any others? 😅
When I was at uni people used to breakdance in the tavern on the odd Thursday night. It was just a social thing and we were all pissed, but the skill level was decent - certainly higher than what I just watched. Good times! 😁
You know how people say that the Olympics should have one average person per event to show how impressive the actual athletes are? In breaking, they actually do that.
Ya she is honestly not very good, I wouldn't even say the other girl is great either. But the molly girl definitely is the better of the 2. At least we got a funny moment from the Olympics.
Apparently according to a comment above they didn't even know this was going on and they think they had no idea where to look for dancers so just went with checking out universities since that's where the sports people are, but of course this in no sport. Basically, they funked up 🤔
@@annied1827 It's so obvious that the organizer just promoting to those that they intended to invite but not actually digging the real underground pros lol
@@annied1827 If you were an Australian breaker, and everyone knew it was going to be an Olympic sport back four years ago, it wouldn't have been hard to google.
The thing is that the person that got in from the Africa trials from my understanding was about the same standard. We don't know anything about her because she did her normal routine. The same as we wouldn't have known anything about Raygun if she had of worn street clothes and done her normal routine.
@@ImLaughingAtYouuu in breaking repeats work heavily against you. You have to come with new fresh content every round. Repeating the same moves or combo as you did earlier on basically counts as you not doing anything.
This makes sense. You’re just not a bboy and don’t know what you’re watching. I’m not even trying to be rude but everyone there knows repeats are a negative. Creativity and variety matter.
Yeah, I'd be super embarrassed that everyone just watched her throw that last round. She literally just top rocked, did a couple cartwheels, wasn't on beat. She should've won if she dug deep and hit a freeze at the end.
When living in New York City, I have been fortunate to see some amazing dancers in the streets and the subways, watching with amazement the moves and feeling like they look like they defy gravity. I now see this clip and wonder why I did not participate in the Olympics myself. I could have been a contender!
@@hoos3014 I see you have not been on the internet before. They totally would have mocked Molly. The tip of this spear is misogynistic conservative fucks, sitting at home wearing incontinence pants, who are angry that breaking is in the Olympics. Sure we can argue that perhaps the mockery might not have reached the same heights but I don't think we could find a target they wouldn't throw their spear at. Molly is not that much better than Raygun.
But many of Australia's top B-girls are saying on social media that the qualifying process was flawed and locked out many of the country’s best talents. Catherine Tsang, who competed as B-girl Cat for many years but is now semi-retired said there were a number of technical factors that stopped many of Australia’s best B-girls from trying out for the Olympics. The Oceania qualifying event in Sydney in 2023 was a really quick turnaround with little lead time between the announcement and the event itself. Participants had to register with three different bodies to compete and there wasn’t even enough B-girls to fill the top 16 as only 14 spots were filled - all with friends of Raygun. Holy Molly, who Raygun had battled at least 3 times before and won all 3 times despite looking like the lesser of the two (the videos are on TH-cam), seemed like a willing patsy in the qualification process. It is what it is... a manipulated process.
Her “thesis” impregnated some woke nonsense about the decolonization of the break dance culture whatever pile of crap that means and some more of that delusional “new wave feminism” dogsh*t. It’s more of a love letter of a complete narcissist to herself. It’s getting worse each year and it seems like we are at the beginning of the end of this civilization. Look what happend to Romans. History always repeats itself. Humans keep staying in this vicious circle.🤷🏻
😂😂😂 She wrotes thesis about breakdancing, yet doesn't know what moves should be in it, while doing the thing..She's been breakdancing for a long time yet keep leaving off main element/or heart moves in the b-dance 😂
Raygun was The judge that got Molly in this event. Both organizations are partnered so it's possible money had something to do with this and the trade off is to get raygun to the olympics.
@@exploreohio1735 Let's just say she got what she deserved at the Olympics. It would be hilarious if she is going to be the reason why breakdance is going to be removed from the Olympics now
@@Chraanit isn't the reason. The reason why is because the host city of the Olympics gets to chose which sport they want to showcase for their country
@KBX12Gaming that feels like a waste. Los angeles is a pretty great destination for this one. Put a temporary arena in Venice Beach and you have a great backdrop.
@KBX12Gaming it might be the reason why no city would pick it in the future, All everyone talks about is raygun and not any of the medalist this was the first time and it was made into a joke.
damn if i knew rolling around on the ground and scooting like a dog trying to get worms out of its butt could've gotten me a trip to the olympics for canada i'd have done it then just called in sick the day of my event.
You do not even know the bboy that repped Canada in the Olympics without looking it up right now. I am pretty sure, you are just one ignorant freeloader coming out of his hole to join the bullying train.
Molly should have won this battle. She's cleaner, her toprock is better, her downrock is better, has more vocab, better at musicality. I definitely think now after watching this that there was some bias in the judging.
@@Szu-lul if molly won we won't get this meme. So no thank you. That kangaroo pose will be one of the legendary ultimate combo breaker in bboying from now on. 🥵
Australia had no business in the Olympic breaking if this was their championship. They aren't even close to the same skill level as the other nations that competed. The other nations had dancers that are well known, have big followings on YT, many WOD videos, and compete in WOD competitions. Then there is this, whatever the hell this is....
Yeah, I think the IOC and the international BALLROOM organization in charge of Breaking at the Olympics called DanceSport are thes one at fault. If I had to guess why Australia was there it was because they have Brisbane coming up and wanted to try and get on the Aussie's good side. But it's backfired horribly..
she doesn't even breakdance lmao, she just slides around the floor and locks randomly. she has a phd in breakdancing dont forget!! HAHa judges should be fired for this
@@bobvancevance701 Irony is that she has a doctorate in cultural studies. anyone steeped in the culture of this would surely have a better idea of what works and what is just plain bonkers.
@HolidayInGuantanamo I’m sure she could blow us away with the theory and history of it all, just not the practice. She wanted to bring attention to breakdancing in Australia and she managed to do that, even if that involved pissing everyone off to do it 🤣 Case and point, nobody was coming to watch these qualifiers before her Olympics appearance,
There really was no comparison here, this Molly girl was far superior not only in breaking moves but just the her dance ability in general. She should feel gutted that she got shafted here. I 100% think the only way this happened was if there was some sort of favouritism from those judges towards Raygun, there's no other explanation.
It's simple. Molly crashed in round 3, and Raygun had no crashes. It wasn't easy, but I understand why they made their decision. Also, Molly may have repeated her moves from previous battles which loses major points in breaking.
@@Chraan Lol! You're right. She played it safe. What she did was floor work which is also part of the dance. Any other day, Molly world have taken it. This was just an unfortunate turn of events. As far as scoring, crashing loses the most points. However, there should be a balance between staying clean and difficulty. Raygun lucked out this battle.
Molly was clearly robbed here. So if anything comes from this footage, it’s that ray gun is an innocent and two of those judges are guilty of this sin on breaking. Judges, please do the right thing and identify yourselves 🙏🏽🤙🏽❤️
There were 9 judges as it clearly showed at the end. All of them were clearly deluded as Raygun has and had no rhythm or skill whatsoever. She was rarely on beat, spent most of her time rolling about on the floor wrapping her foot around one of her legs, and she couldn't lift her own bodyweight off the floor, which is something you need to pull off the big moves.
Raygun wasn't innocent, she set up this governing body, she's usually a judge on it, and her husband was judging on this panel. He was also her coach at the Olympics.
I was trying to find some explanation why Raygun was considered the best to represent Australia. Sadly I didn't find it in this video. I've seen better performance at shopping malls.
This is what happens when you knowingly lie to your friends or kids by telling them they are so good at dancing, singing, drawing, etc, when really they are HORRIBLE!! 😂
The confidence is what's really killing me. I feel like... she's heard of breakdancing... but never actually seen it before. I know that's not possible since she competes against other dances, but it's the only way to explain how good she appears to think she is at this.
Not only does she compete with other dancers, she's a literal Break Doctor. Has a PhD in breaking, whatever that entails. It's basically her entire life.
Don't underestimate the delusional grandiosity of narcissists. I have one in my family who has been an aspiring singer for 20 years and it's unreal. No amount of constructive criticism ever lands.
She can't do typical bdance moves or important moves 😂😂😂 looks like more hiphop, and for a long time, she's ok with that 😅 (not doing b-dance exhibition)..And even managed to wrote a thesis and stand to represent Australia without typical skills of bdancer 😂
I wish Molly went, she was better in the air, the world is laughing at us and her.. 😅 (edit: not!) Edit : I've done a lot of research and found that Australia's breaking scene just is basically non existent. I dare anyone who is criticising Raygun or wishing Molly went to watch the olympics breaking and tell me they both wouldn't have been outclassed and laughed off stage. Or even just find footage of an actually good Australian female b-girl - it doesn't exist. There are plenty of open aussie b-girl comps online and they are all about the same or worse than Raygun. The real problem is that Australia is a continent and so we got direct olympics qualification rather than got eliminated in an earlier round like the lower breaking standard European and Asian countries. That is the fault not of these b-girls but of DanceSport and the IOC..
I had to search about Raygun because I thought it was a bad joke. She is better in the few videos I saw, but she is definitely not good enough to be at the olympics.
Nah i take it back - I’m glad Ray repped us.. hope she carries the flag at closing… breaking is an art and she has great attitude - hope u blow up from this!
so after watching the other dances in this competition.... austrailia did NOT recruit from the street, clubs, or dance companies. they also have never seen WOD. 🤷🏽♀️
I'm all for inclusivity and being supportive of people, but how has no-one told Rayon that she is not even beginner level. WTF was the decision about here, coz it sure wasn't about the quality of the breaking.
I thought she had some solidly mediocre amateur level footwork but then when she would flip around when she was supposed to go into the windmill or some other big move. I remember people in my middle school in 1983 doing some impressive stuff.
I'm from Australia and involved within the dance community. We have some really great dancers and crews here but what was shown of Australian b-girls has been absolutely atrocious lol. It's really hard to believe that's the best we can muster. Even Molly who IMO was better than Raygun, isn't THAT far ahead of her. CMON LADIES SHOW OUT!
@@yungebola5524 Have you seen salsa? hey i grew up in the 80s watching breakin and electric boogaloo, but honestly, compared to salsa and ballroom its a joke. Its someones backyard drunk amatuer fool around on a piece of lino , VS proper a choreographed routine by professionals. They dont even use the persons name. It like some silly pantomime with baggy pants to appeal to clowns. and i dont even like ballroom.
@@fredfinksI dunno, that seems like comparing baseball and basketball. Sure, they're ball-oriented team sports, but they're different games that require different skills. Similarly, salsa and breaking are quite different, especially because one is cooperative while the other is solo/competitive.
Did they have to pay a fee in order to enter?? Wasn't advertised enough and only a school of breakdance participated? This can't be the best BreakDancers of Australia... I refuse to think that.
As a dancer, whoever was in charge of Raygun qualifying for the olympics should be investigated. The community for breakdance is small in Australia, but it still exists. It seems not everyone was notified about this competition. Therefore, decreasing the chances of so many more Australians that would've loved to participate in this event. But if lets say, they were only able to find these small group of participants I believe she shouldve been beaten by Molly. Breakdancing is difficult and it is a form of expression. As she said multiple times. It needs both technicality and creativity. But in this competition alone, Molly out matched her. She did moves that didnt make sense, her transitions were terrible, her technicality, and her expression were all terrible. Yet she won... There are those with official titles trying to convince us that she was the best in Australia. But that is a big and terrible lie. Have the judges not been to HHI or many more hip hop competitions? If they were real breakdancers there would be no way they haven't seen those competions and see that Australia is filled with amazing passionate dancers. How could they judge so terribly? Even judges from the Olympics couldn't grant her a single point. Which goes to show just how terrible her performance was. Not only that, the world knows the truth. It was terrible. There are things hidden behind her becoming an Australia Olympian athlete. I don't know if it's Nepotism, Bribery, or some kind of deal that caused her to get this privilege. But I know for sure it was some kind of favouritism and manipulation. I hope that instead of hiding behind the closed doors the truth would reveal itself. Because this is downright offensive to so many woman breakdancers and I hope Raygun takes responsibility for her mockery of this art form. Please scout the whole of Australia for the Brisbane Olympics and give another woman the amazing opportunity to truly represent this amazing artistry. I'm excited to see the expansion of athleticism in dance becoming acknowledged by the whole world. Breakdancing is really difficult and there isn't a lot of support that goes towards this dance style. With the sport entering the Olympics, hopefully these dancers and their community will expand and give opportunity to many young hopefuls out there. Please don't mess it up again with this biased favouritism. And don't try to convince us with a lie that we can blatantly see with our two eyes.
And this is a link to a woman she competed against. th-cam.com/video/J_LEVN8LI70/w-d-xo.htmlsi=z3GdJ_SUH4rdITBe Just another example of someone that outmatched raygun levels above in terms of skill.
This comment should be up higher. I just hope they don't sell her history later like "the girl who opened the doors for australian breakdancing scene" in some kind of social martydom. I know for sure Australia has better dancers.
Not casting a wide enough net and Molly doing repeat moves is what got the limp worm into the Olympics. "Ray Gun's" inclusion more or less just organizational incompetence. Regarding the sport entering the olympics, it's not even in the next line-up, which was already decided before the Paris Olympics even begun. Hell, there's an actual conspiracy around it entering in the first place. Who knows if LA is gonna change their minds on its exclusion, it's their event and there's a ton of sports they could demo instead. But I already know who people will blame that on. The public didn't really care about breakdancing until there was drama.
Re: repeat moves rule needs to be eliminated or modified somehow, because as we all know and can see, there IS such a thing as performing the move better, flawlessly versus sloppily. Let ppl perform the same moves and reward the one that performs it better
You are incorrect. I encourage you to read Aja Romano's well-researched Vox article on the matter: "How Raygun earned her spot - fair and square - as an Olympics breaker."
Raygun is look like she is trying to do what other breakers do, but every time it seems this going to be a bit more advanced move all the extremities are touching the gorund. Girl is figthing gravity, and gravity wins every time.
She said she was trying to bring her own style. She lying she knows the moves but can't do them style. I don't feel sorry for her because she wanted ballroom dancing and was sent there to suck and she sucked so much that it's bringing out the truth. She thought she only sucked a little. No it was alot
This was almost a year ago u would think she would have trained for a year and be better she was worse . She didn't do nothing to lead up to the Olympics. she should have got -9 points
she did safe moves. mostly floorwork, some transitions are smooth and cool with good control, but there is nothing exciting nor entertaining, because she don't do advanced moves. and she is slower and weaker than molly. but battle is about performing better relatively. so you can be weaker but your opponent may crash or didn't deliver.
I hope this is all part of a comedy sketch by "Raygun".... A few months after the Olympics she releases a documentary about her journey to the Olympics and how she snuck into the green track suit all the way to Paris
Jokes aside, people are talking about breakdancing and here watching old comps. She kangaroo danced right off the cliff as a sacrifice for the sport…..respect.
I didn't even know breakdancing was an Olympic sport before today, and now I've watched 5 womens matches and the men's gold medal final. They were mostly pretty cool So I guess Raygun is the hero breakdancing needs to grow the event
@@princepanther1612 We didnt know!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 just hope she doesnt let this get to her. the whole world trashing you is not good for anyone's mental health.
This is Australia's best????? You gotta be lying...these girls are beginners..Raygun is trash....I saw better breaking in my hallway in HS...granted I'm from NYC but this is a mockery of breaking.
Nah you're right, this is trash, this isn't the best that Australia has to offer, it just seems to be the best of who actually entered. You know how it is, a lot of BBoys/ BGirls don't think Breaking should be in the Olympic.
Well breaking is banned in our schools and we weren’t set up for competitive breaking across the country until very recently so the culture just ain’t there. As a result you get this..
If you think Molly wouldn't have been just as outclassed and Raygun you ain't watch the olympics breaking. The rest of the world was WAYYYY better than us. The real reason we got exposed so bad is because we have no scene and the whole contient immediately qualified. If we were some European country we would have been outclassed before the olympics and you never would have heard of us yeah..
@@George2647g I just told my wife I felt bad for Australia when I thought she was a fraud. And now I feel worse for Australia because I see she got there legitimately. It's the Jamaican bobsled team all over again.
For those asking why Raygun didn't "score" any points at the Olympics, please allow me to explain. Firstly, unlike other sports, the system used at the Olympics had no points or scores. Yes I know that sounds wierd, but let me explain. The system used (which I have my own opinion about) works differently than a point system. It does not tell you how well someone did. Yes I know, that sounds strange. There are three things that the "Level A" system tells you. 1. Rounds won 2. Judge votes 3. Criteria ratings. The most important thing is "Rounds won". Each side takes a turn (called a round), and each of the judges, subjectively chooses who they think won. Whomever the majority of judges choose as the winner of the round, wins the round. I guess you can call this a point, but we call it a round. The battle can be extremely close and amazing, but whomever wins a two out of three rounds, wins the battle (match). Now, for the round robin qualifications, sometimes, two or more people win the same a mount of Rounds. So they determine who advances, by the total amount of judges votes. Raygun had the hardest bracket. The three other girls are global champions. She did not win a single vote. However, there are other contestant who also didnt win votes, but did very well, (not saying Raygun did well either) Now when a judge casts their subjective vote, they need to touch atleast one of the 5 criteria. The criteria is on a slider, which they slide to the left or right, and depending how much the judge thinks they won that criteria by, they can slide the criteria lever even farther to the left or right. So this does not tell you how well someone did in the criteria, but rather how much they won or lost by. (Yes I know that is kind of weird for the Olympics) Therefore, when you ask why didn't Raygun score any points, it's because there really are no points to score, just win votes. If you want to see how well the judges rated her according to the criteria, I believe each of the judges criteria is up online somewhere, perhaps on the Olympics website. From what I heard but haven't seen, Raygun was rated higher than her opponents in Originality, but wasn't enough to win her a single vote. Once again, I'm not trying to gaslight or convince anyone anything about Rayguns performance at the Olympics. I. Just trying to educate non-breakers how the criteria and Olymoic Level A system works since everyone is asking why Raygun didn't score any points
You mean you've never seen that ancient Greek pottery depicting the Olympics of Athens ...baton twirling, synchronized swimming, and whatever this shite is
Google "Deterritorializing gender in Sydney's breakdancing scene: a B-girl's experience of B-boying", that's Raygun's breakdancing PhD thesis. Btw she's been "breakdancing" for 16 years...
Sounds like a really cool and intentional individual who has a slightly different old school style than what’s super popular on TikTok so everyone thinks it’s ok to shit on her even though she earned her place as an Olympian bgirl 👍
@@abasslinelow You knew what? Something that feeds into your pre-existing narratives about woke/anti-woke?! If you can find me a video of an australia breaker on youtube who is clearly better than Raygun and equally as good as the other women who competed in the video I'd give you $1000.. . Too bad it's impossible because Raygun is just a reflection of Australia's sub-par breakdancing culture for women. No matter who we sent we were going to be clowned at the competition no question. The real conspiracy is why were given a continental position rather than forced to go through Asia or Europe before the olympics.. I'm sure there's plenty of european countries or asian countries with bad breakdancing but we never saw them because they were eliminated early. We should have been eliminated early too. It's the fault of the IOC and World Dance Sport who gave us a direct qualitification when we were so bad - they likely did it because they wanted breaking in the 2032 brisbane olympics.. But it was so bad this entirely backfired yeah.
Watching Raygun from the memes, I must say I expected worse here. She did an OK routine. Good footwork with standard vocabulary. Nothing weird or ridiculous as she later did in the Olympics when she doubled down on “creativity”. Molly was unimpressive either. Clearly more athletic than Raygun and with a sharper top rock, but she lacked blending moves with the beat of the music, specially in the first round. She transited through several handstands and high freezes, none of them executed according to plan. Wondering if that was the best Oceania could offer.
Looks to me like the Olympic routine was improvised, possibly with entirely unrehearsed moves. But having seen two of the three battles in this championship... I don't think her Olympic performance was actually below her ability. And having seen footage of her husband breaking, it appears to be a communicable disorder.
How TF did Molly not win this round? I know next to nothing about break dancing but even I can tell her moves are cleaner, more coordinated, and more like break dancing than whatever rAyGuN is doing here. I’m more angry about this than I should be lol
Nah, experts who I trust say Raygun had 'cleaner' moves.. To which I say better at cleaning the floor?! But yeah, if you know breaking apparently Raygun was better yeah.
@@George2647g I have seen other people explain that Molly was repeating too much, which apparently is not good in breaking, so that makes sense. But also a lot of people are saying they didn't really scout enough for breakers and only scouted at universities, so they missed out on a lot of talent!
I can't believe this was the qualifying round for a spot in the Olympics. When you see what other female breakers from around the world are doing & this is what Australia offers up! It's just crazy.
So it turns out that Raygun helped set up the governing body here, and her husband was on the judging panel. Her husband was also the Australian breakdancing coach at the Olympics. Sounds a bit rigged to me.
Bro what? Blue shirt girl wasn’t bad, not enough to maybe place for a medal in the Olympics but with some more rehearsals she wouldn’t have been kangaroo hopping on a worldwide stage 😭😭😭
When it boils down to, yeah. People in general have already forgot most of great Olympics moments last two weeks already. What she did is still ongoing and bringing attention to breaking, for better or worse. I hope for the sport to thrive in a long run.
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For those who dont understand, please allow me to try and explain.
Breaking, has evolved so much, that its a lot different then it was in the 80s, 90s and even in the 2000s!
By 2010, every single move, trick, flip, spin and trend had been seen and played out. There was nothing left to impress the Breakers, thus the scene progressed back to the "FOUNDATION" which was all about the flavor of confidence, musicality and footwork patterns.
It became so nuanced, that even the biggest and craziest powermoves, could and would lose to a dancer with a good foundation, form and approach to the music.
It's totally understandable that you all wouldn't be able to see the subtle details in the form and original shapes she makes when dancing. You also wouldn't be able to understand the footwork patterns she makes into solid confident shapes while performed on beat.
Perhaps it could be our fault for not being able to properlly educate the audience through some standard or objective criteria which is something we can work on for the future.
The reason why the large majority of Breakers are supporting Raygun is because we understand the nuances of the dance, artform and culture, and we certainly shouldnt expect non Breakers to get it, especially without atleast trying to educate on what the 5 pillar perspectives of Breaking is:
1. Foundation: as i mentioned earlier
2. Originality: creativity and individuality
3. Dynamics: Difficulty, athleticsm (which non breakers are usually looking for)
4. Execution: having clean form, a smooth style and ofcourse, not making any mistakes; perfection
5. Conversation: Being able to respond appropriately to the opponents moves, style and ideas while trying to "Bust egos" make them lose confidence.
They should have told the judges that, we all saw what happened!
They try to bring the underground, pleasant to look at and impressive to the elitist of those who think they are smarter...
When so much explanation is needed to understand art, it stops being art and becomes a mockery, like those modern paintings where there is nothing but scribbles.
@@academia_motorsport If we had it your way, breaking would be about who can do the best power moves. They may as well get rid of the music and everything else. BTW, the best breakers have foundation and power moves. So have a think about what you are saying.
We, so ignorant, didn't understand anything about the classic bd either... but there is a difference, we liked it!
You can write books to defend Raygun's ugly performance, but it will go down in history for what it is, a hilarious meme
@@sydtopia1 so you say "underground, pleasant to look at and impressive" equals "only powermoves" ? Lol
Btw its not "my way" ... 0 points and laughs all around the world
Well apparently actual Olympic judges didn't get your "take" either. In fact they were just as embarrassed as we were. She actually ruined it for any future breakdancing for any future olympics
Who’s here after the Paris Olympics? 😂
I'm not. Just stumbled in here. What is an Olympic?
I think its a drug for weight loss.🤔
Desperately trying to understand how did this happen and was the opponent any better. Australia you were doing so well. 😢
The other girl wasn't very good either but raygun just olaine ole stunk.
😂😂😂😂
i refuse to believe this is the highest level of women break dancing in Australia
It's simple really if someone incompetent reaches the top, there is bound to be corruption
The qualification event was run by an organisation 'Ausbreakers' she started with her husband.
Registrations for the tryouts were only posted on that Ausbreakers website
All the women/girls that tried out were from her Ausbreakers group which was created the same month the tryouts were run.
Their Secretary was one of the judges
It is according to your idiot Olympic officials. They must all be put in prison.
Not just Australia anymore. The world they are ranked 1st and 4th.
So the judges of this are the reason the world got to witness the glory of the kangaroo dance at the Olympics.
Same judges as the Olympics
Same panel all nine of them eh? Wow
I wonder how many of the judges the uni professor is friends with? I doubt its a big scene in Australia, she's probably mates with them all.
A gift from the gods
Kangaroo dance?
Raygun's freezes are literally just lying flat on the floor, but she acts like she's pulling off some insanely difficult move 😂😂
Exactly, lmao. I can see why she qualified, but she wasn't making any new set, so the judges are at fault here.
She spends so much time on the floor she looks like she’s exhausted all the time and cant lift her body weight
And that's literally what b boys did from the Bronx in the 80's
That second freeze she did was alright...not amazing. Bridge freeze are fucken hard to hold. Not that I'm much of a breaker for nearly 40 years now. I got over it when I was 14. And flexible
😂😂😂 Yes it was clear, her moves are awkward
Someone in the Australian media needs to interview Molly and get her perspective after Raygun's debacle at the Olympics.
Australian media has already had a field day with it th-cam.com/video/S2O5_0kqCZs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Nq2-45SgSKazw5Yh
@@jeffhatmaker817 I think she would be kind about it
They are friends. Raygun has defeated Holy Molly at least three times before despite looking like the lesser talent of the two. I believe Holy Molly played a willing patsy role for Raygun to make it to Paris. The videos of their previous battles are on TH-cam.
Molly was better but she didn’t have any power moves either.
All in all I think this shows that maybe Aussies should just stick to cricket
@@IceManLikeGervinwhy would Molly do that? Pass on a chance to make the Olympics, a once in a lifetime opportunity, for a “friend” who is inferior to you in what you’d be going to the Olympics for.
Actually why would anyone do that?
Neither are Olympics level but Molly is clearly the better break dancer here
They’re both a disaster. I can hardly believe that Australia doesn’t have better bgirls than this total embarrassment. And you should clearly stay off the molly.😂👌🏻
Molly did couple of more acrobatic handstand moves, but besides that I think Raygun was better. Raygun switched from move to move more fluidly and her performance looked more like dancing.
Honestly, Molly is not great. If she is the 2nd best in Australia, then Australia lacks female talent in this sport.
@@eetuhalonen9902 You are so wrong. Molly had actual footwork and was a level above Raygun. Raygun had mountain climbers and rolled around on the floor. Both no where near an average level of breakdancing though.
@@datBa55 breaking in general isn't “Olympics level.”
I used to help supervise a high school breakdancing club, so that a student with Down syndrome I worked with could practice his moves. This doesn’t remind me of that. He was incredible
This is the best comment ever given on TH-cam.
Shoutout to all the beautiful dawgs out there
That's the most empathetic bullying on the internet I have ever read.
Congratulation, you have already disqualified yourself by calling it -breakdancing-
Shows every passionate and aware bboy or bgirl of the culture that you have no idea.
So, stick with supporting people who face challenges in our society. I guess that's what you can do best👊
Thanks for your dedicated contribution to the lives of others.🙏
NAHHHH 💀💀💀
Isnt that"Get down"s syndrome. ????
I came to see if Raygun was just having a bad day, I guess not.
same
still better performance then what she did at the Olympics :$
@@BlodAxeMoxI think that look the olímpics level and went crazy and decides to be viral then. IDK how she won here?
There's no better on scoring 0@@BlodAxeMox
@@Dogday-b2q She was personal friends with 2 of the 3 judges.
This looks straight out of a "The office" episode
so true.
Underrated comment.
I bet Ricky Gervais would have done a better break dance! 🤣
It’s like watching the danceflloir st your local pub after the beers kickin.
Dwight VS Jim
Wtf? This looks like someone's mom trying to impress her daughter's friends during a sleepover.
And all the girls walk out of the room while she’s still happily writhing around on the floor
This was sincerely awful. I've been to a couple breaking events, and this cannot possibly be the best Australia had to offer.
Pretty sure it can. I didn't realise we had ANY breakdancing. Not surprised it rivals our skill at ice hockey, buzkashi and capoeira.
This is a total guess, but maybe the ones who take it seriously and are actually pro's at it, just dont want to go to the Olympics, so this is what was left?
@@willielast yeah, that was my theory. But now that I'm trying to find videos on TH-cam of better Aussie b-girls, all I'm getting is Raygun, and then this video. So maybe there really aren't any others? 😅
When I was at uni people used to breakdance in the tavern on the odd Thursday night. It was just a social thing and we were all pissed, but the skill level was decent - certainly higher than what I just watched. Good times! 😁
@@democratiekate gosh, you'd have to be pissed to be willing to breakdance on a uni tavern floor! But yeah, that sounded like a really cool uni! 😁
The judges all decided they could do the funniest thing possible and I'm so glad they did
"We trained her wrong as a joke"
@@Th3UprightMan WEEE OH WEEEEE OH WEEEEEEEEEEEE
ah, again with the squeaky shoes
maybe they had a prior grudge against her and hyped her up as an elaborate revenge plot
Nah was apparently just her husband as one of the judges and team selector lol.
You know how people say that the Olympics should have one average person per event to show how impressive the actual athletes are? In breaking, they actually do that.
😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Totally. Worth sharing this view. 😂
I was thinking the same thing; no hate on her, just genuinely appreciative of being able to witness the skill gap. The others made it look so easy
I'm not a break dancer and can literally break dance better
i swear raygunn is doing the same moves over and over.
Same 💩 moves over and over
Ya she is honestly not very good, I wouldn't even say the other girl is great either. But the molly girl definitely is the better of the 2. At least we got a funny moment from the Olympics.
To all the breakdancers of Australia, where were you the day of this competition?! Did they not let you in?
😂😂😂
Apparently according to a comment above they didn't even know this was going on and they think they had no idea where to look for dancers so just went with checking out universities since that's where the sports people are, but of course this in no sport. Basically, they funked up 🤔
@@annied1827
It's so obvious that the organizer just promoting to those that they intended to invite but not actually digging the real underground pros lol
@@imnotzhanhao9951raygun and her husband are the organisers
@@annied1827 If you were an Australian breaker, and everyone knew it was going to be an Olympic sport back four years ago, it wouldn't have been hard to google.
Molly is way better than Raygun, wtf were the judges thinking??
Oral sex
So a popularity contest winner.@@georgebob5933
@@georgebob5933 It all makes sense now!!
Significantly better
@@georgebob5933 is that true? do you have a link? if true that is an outrage
Molly is breakdancing. Raygun is doing something I'd expect to see at an art show, as some type of social commentary.
Molly was bad too
@@c352dyhvyeah but you could tell that it was supposed to be breakdancing 😂
Raygun’s husband is also a breakdancer and her coach and her “style” is very similar to his 😮😬
Interpretative dance of breakdancing? 🤷🏽♀️
She has a PhD in "cultural studies". The title of her thesis was ""the intersection of gender and Sydney's breaking culture"... go figure!
Well - at least after Raygns performance, the floor is nice and clean.
Yeah, but she was a mess.
Underrated comment. 😂
Lmao
LMFAOOO
lmaoo
But look at Raygun's competition, it's her but younger, Australia was destined to be embarrassed by Rygun or Molly.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The thing is that the person that got in from the Africa trials from my understanding was about the same standard. We don't know anything about her because she did her normal routine. The same as we wouldn't have known anything about Raygun if she had of worn street clothes and done her normal routine.
You have to respect how far she climbed to kill breakdancing for everyone
How did Molly lose?! What a rort! Even to the untrained eye you can see Ray Gunn is slow and unathletic
Molly repeated from earlier rounds unfortunately
@@ImxMiLLzx so being better but consistent loses to random but absolute shit?? Makes zero sense, Raygun hasn’t got a clue. Like none
@@ImLaughingAtYouuu in breaking repeats work heavily against you. You have to come with new fresh content every round. Repeating the same moves or combo as you did earlier on basically counts as you not doing anything.
This makes sense. You’re just not a bboy and don’t know what you’re watching. I’m not even trying to be rude but everyone there knows repeats are a negative. Creativity and variety matter.
@@ImxMiLLzx I'd rather see someone repeat clean moves than someone who does cringey random moves.
Everyone in this room is complicit.
Yeah or in on a really elaborate dark joke??? No way anyone watched this and went;”this is definitely what we need to show off at olympics?!??”
This is mind blowing! How on earth?!
Molly must be pissing herself right about now😂
Yeah, I'd be super embarrassed that everyone just watched her throw that last round. She literally just top rocked, did a couple cartwheels, wasn't on beat. She should've won if she dug deep and hit a freeze at the end.
@@Sam-Icy Bro Molly had actual footwork and was definitely a level above raygun. Both not even average skills but Molly was better.
She's awful as well. She was chosen to battle raygun intentionally
I watched every competitor raygun went against and each one was obviously better
When living in New York City, I have been fortunate to see some amazing dancers in the streets and the subways, watching with amazement the moves and feeling like they look like they defy gravity.
I now see this clip and wonder why I did not participate in the Olympics myself. I could have been a contender!
Here to understand why and assign blame to someone.
lmao someone has to take accountability 😂
@@mia-mt9ck its the haters that are the problem. By questioning who should win this battle; you're just splitting hairs over which target they'd pick.
@@jaxjax5489 Nobody would have mocked Molly, a teenager just doing her best.
@@hoos3014 I see you have not been on the internet before. They totally would have mocked Molly. The tip of this spear is misogynistic conservative fucks, sitting at home wearing incontinence pants, who are angry that breaking is in the Olympics.
Sure we can argue that perhaps the mockery might not have reached the same heights but I don't think we could
find a target they wouldn't throw their spear at. Molly is not that much better than Raygun.
@@hoos3014 molly aint no teen lol.
Raygun had the cooler name which makes up about 2 thirds of the points when scoring.
😂😂😂
hahaha
yeah, molly really blew it on the name
Also, her husband is the olympic coach
ok that was funny af lol
This serious looks like your female friend who is hilarious and drunk pretending to be a breakdancer. It's unbelievably bad.
perfect description
unbelievably bad comes close - almost - fucking appalling and an insult to athletes and 'dancers' the world over!
But many of Australia's top B-girls are saying on social media that the qualifying process was flawed and locked out many of the country’s best talents. Catherine Tsang, who competed as B-girl Cat for many years but is now semi-retired said there were a number of technical factors that stopped many of Australia’s best B-girls from trying out for the Olympics. The Oceania qualifying event in Sydney in 2023 was a really quick turnaround with little lead time between the announcement and the event itself. Participants had to register with three different bodies to compete and there wasn’t even enough B-girls to fill the top 16 as only 14 spots were filled - all with friends of Raygun. Holy Molly, who Raygun had battled at least 3 times before and won all 3 times despite looking like the lesser of the two (the videos are on TH-cam), seemed like a willing patsy in the qualification process. It is what it is... a manipulated process.
For someone who wrote a thesis about the breaking culture, she seemed so out of touch of what breaking actually is.
Her “thesis” impregnated some woke nonsense about the decolonization of the break dance culture whatever pile of crap that means and some more of that delusional “new wave feminism” dogsh*t. It’s more of a love letter of a complete narcissist to herself. It’s getting worse each year and it seems like we are at the beginning of the end of this civilization. Look what happend to Romans. History always repeats itself. Humans keep staying in this vicious circle.🤷🏻
Okay, then please give us enlightenment. What actually is breakin'? Give me the truth about the culture I've been connected with for 30 years+.
she's just "slumming"
The degree is in culture, not performance. So she's qualified to watch and explain, but as we can see, not so much to actually dance.
😂😂😂 She wrotes thesis about breakdancing, yet doesn't know what moves should be in it, while doing the thing..She's been breakdancing for a long time yet keep leaving off main element/or heart moves in the b-dance 😂
Roomba should name its next model after Raygun.
That would be an insult to the Roomba.
Molly got robbed lol
Raygun was The judge that got Molly in this event. Both organizations are partnered so it's possible money had something to do with this and the trade off is to get raygun to the olympics.
@@exploreohio1735 Let's just say she got what she deserved at the Olympics. It would be hilarious if she is going to be the reason why breakdance is going to be removed from the Olympics now
@@Chraanit isn't the reason. The reason why is because the host city of the Olympics gets to chose which sport they want to showcase for their country
@KBX12Gaming that feels like a waste. Los angeles is a pretty great destination for this one. Put a temporary arena in Venice Beach and you have a great backdrop.
@KBX12Gaming it might be the reason why no city would pick it in the future, All everyone talks about is raygun and not any of the medalist this was the first time and it was made into a joke.
damn if i knew rolling around on the ground and scooting like a dog trying to get worms out of its butt could've gotten me a trip to the olympics for canada i'd have done it then just called in sick the day of my event.
Not Canada, Australia. The Canadian has real moves.
Considering a Canadian won the BBoy competition, I doubt that lol
You do not even know the bboy that repped Canada in the Olympics without looking it up right now.
I am pretty sure, you are just one ignorant freeloader coming out of his hole to join the bullying train.
The Canadian dude won lol he was actually good
If you were Australian, this comment could have sent you to Paris!
Molly should have won this battle. She's cleaner, her toprock is better, her downrock is better, has more vocab, better at musicality. I definitely think now after watching this that there was some bias in the judging.
She obviously has rhythm too
@@Chamomile369 I agree. RayGun is by no means as horrible as people are saying. She's nice, but in my humble opinion, Molly is better.
@arenasvfx idk if you misunderstood or if I'm misunderstanding, but I was saying molly has good rhythm lol
@@Chamomile369 ah gotcha. Yes. She does 🙂
Really clean performance on the floor from Raygun, I mean the floor is really clean after Rayguns performance.
All I can say is bless her heart
What a southern lady says when they feel bad about the special kid that lives in their neighborhood.
Sorry I forgot to say it in the form of a question.
Thank you judges for the awful bias decision because it ended with the whole world being able to laugh at one of the best memes in 2024.
Both of the are clearly not comparable to the other olympic break dancers. Sure you can argue Molly was better but still dead last in Paris… 💀
@@Szu-lul if molly won we won't get this meme. So no thank you. That kangaroo pose will be one of the legendary ultimate combo breaker in bboying from now on. 🥵
@@Szu-lul😂😂😂 wow, Molly can do a lot than kangaroo moves
Justice for Molly
She was Bad too, not an Olympic level
@@Luis0mxl but at least it was recognizable as break dancing.
@@Luis0mxl She was still better than raygun, which is the whole point of the conversation.
Do try to keep up.
Australia had no business in the Olympic breaking if this was their championship. They aren't even close to the same skill level as the other nations that competed. The other nations had dancers that are well known, have big followings on YT, many WOD videos, and compete in WOD competitions. Then there is this, whatever the hell this is....
I agree with this.
Yeah, I think the IOC and the international BALLROOM organization in charge of Breaking at the Olympics called DanceSport are thes one at fault. If I had to guess why Australia was there it was because they have Brisbane coming up and wanted to try and get on the Aussie's good side. But it's backfired horribly..
Raygun saw a toddler dance, and was like, "I think i've found my calling".
she doesn't even breakdance lmao, she just slides around the floor and locks randomly. she has a phd in breakdancing dont forget!! HAHa judges should be fired for this
Lol.
My 3 year old breaks better then these two
Raechele Gunn does have a PHD. It is NOT in break dancing. Stop spreading BULLSHIT
This was rough to watch.
When they take one semester of black history
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol, it’s the unseasoned chicken of breakdancing
@@bobvancevance701 Irony is that she has a doctorate in cultural studies. anyone steeped in the culture of this would surely have a better idea of what works and what is just plain bonkers.
@HolidayInGuantanamo I’m sure she could blow us away with the theory and history of it all, just not the practice.
She wanted to bring attention to breakdancing in Australia and she managed to do that, even if that involved pissing everyone off to do it 🤣
Case and point, nobody was coming to watch these qualifiers before her Olympics appearance,
@@mattb8412those who can't do, teach
There really was no comparison here, this Molly girl was far superior not only in breaking moves but just the her dance ability in general. She should feel gutted that she got shafted here. I 100% think the only way this happened was if there was some sort of favouritism from those judges towards Raygun, there's no other explanation.
Intresting that there is ZERO comments beyond 3 days ago
can we get an interview with these judges to see wtf they were thinking? molly is clearly way more skilled than raygun.
They clearly got the names confused.
It's simple. Molly crashed in round 3, and Raygun had no crashes. It wasn't easy, but I understand why they made their decision. Also, Molly may have repeated her moves from previous battles which loses major points in breaking.
@@RapOperaCentral Okay but the mop can't crash because it doesn't leave the floor, is that really how points are scored?
@@Chraan Lol! You're right. She played it safe. What she did was floor work which is also part of the dance. Any other day, Molly world have taken it. This was just an unfortunate turn of events. As far as scoring, crashing loses the most points. However, there should be a balance between staying clean and difficulty. Raygun lucked out this battle.
@@RapOperaCentral Is it even right to call this a "battle"?
Molly was clearly robbed here. So if anything comes from this footage, it’s that ray gun is an innocent and two of those judges are guilty of this sin on breaking.
Judges, please do the right thing and identify yourselves 🙏🏽🤙🏽❤️
There were 9 judges as it clearly showed at the end.
All of them were clearly deluded as Raygun has and had no rhythm or skill whatsoever.
She was rarely on beat, spent most of her time rolling about on the floor wrapping her foot around one of her legs, and she couldn't lift her own bodyweight off the floor, which is something you need to pull off the big moves.
Raygun wasn't innocent, she set up this governing body, she's usually a judge on it, and her husband was judging on this panel. He was also her coach at the Olympics.
I was trying to find some explanation why Raygun was considered the best to represent Australia. Sadly I didn't find it in this video. I've seen better performance at shopping malls.
Hell on the sidewalk with a piece of cardboard I seen better breakdancing.
When your husband is the judge and cant tell you the truth, this is how you embarrass yourself on a world stage.
So they totally disproved her husband was a judge. That petition is all fake.
@@valtrex_itch5987 well she still had no idea what she was doing lol. Now she has no excise why she was there
That's been debunked but so has JD Vance having sexual relations with a couch. It's not going away 😂
This is what happens when you knowingly lie to your friends or kids by telling them they are so good at dancing, singing, drawing, etc, when really they are HORRIBLE!! 😂
This looks like a comedy skit
The confidence is what's really killing me. I feel like... she's heard of breakdancing... but never actually seen it before. I know that's not possible since she competes against other dances, but it's the only way to explain how good she appears to think she is at this.
Not only does she compete with other dancers, she's a literal Break Doctor. Has a PhD in breaking, whatever that entails. It's basically her entire life.
@@abasslinelow She's the living embodiment of "Those who can't, teach."
Don't underestimate the delusional grandiosity of narcissists. I have one in my family who has been an aspiring singer for 20 years and it's unreal. No amount of constructive criticism ever lands.
@@4D4plus4is4D8 Your comment wins the video. Oh my God 💀💀💀
She can't do typical bdance moves or important moves 😂😂😂 looks like more hiphop, and for a long time, she's ok with that 😅 (not doing b-dance exhibition)..And even managed to wrote a thesis and stand to represent Australia without typical skills of bdancer 😂
I wish Molly went, she was better in the air, the world is laughing at us and her.. 😅 (edit: not!)
Edit : I've done a lot of research and found that Australia's breaking scene just is basically non existent. I dare anyone who is criticising Raygun or wishing Molly went to watch the olympics breaking and tell me they both wouldn't have been outclassed and laughed off stage. Or even just find footage of an actually good Australian female b-girl - it doesn't exist. There are plenty of open aussie b-girl comps online and they are all about the same or worse than Raygun. The real problem is that Australia is a continent and so we got direct olympics qualification rather than got eliminated in an earlier round like the lower breaking standard European and Asian countries. That is the fault not of these b-girls but of DanceSport and the IOC..
I had to search about Raygun because I thought it was a bad joke. She is better in the few videos I saw, but she is definitely not good enough to be at the olympics.
Nah i take it back - I’m glad Ray repped us.. hope she carries the flag at closing… breaking is an art and she has great attitude - hope u blow up from this!
Y'all still have Bluey and they can never take that away from you
yall need to Step Ya Game Up!
Nah the other one would be memes as well lol
so after watching the other dances in this competition.... austrailia did NOT recruit from the street, clubs, or dance companies. they also have never seen WOD. 🤷🏽♀️
@@kdf333kdf yeah a lot of breakdancers didn’t know this competition was happening
We all got Molly winning this right?
raygun was so bad at Paris, as an American I now want to go to Australia
@@colinmchaney1142 If you get residency you get free health care! (you pay for it via tax system, but you can get sick and not be bankrupted)
As an Australian she's so fking embarrassing 😂 I cringed watching 👀 worse 💩 I ever seen
I'm all for inclusivity and being supportive of people, but how has no-one told Rayon that she is not even beginner level. WTF was the decision about here, coz it sure wasn't about the quality of the breaking.
Rayon. Lmaoooo 🤣
I thought she had some solidly mediocre amateur level footwork but then when she would flip around when she was supposed to go into the windmill or some other big move. I remember people in my middle school in 1983 doing some impressive stuff.
I'm from Australia and involved within the dance community. We have some really great dancers and crews here but what was shown of Australian b-girls has been absolutely atrocious lol. It's really hard to believe that's the best we can muster. Even Molly who IMO was better than Raygun, isn't THAT far ahead of her. CMON LADIES SHOW OUT!
@@yungebola5524 Have you seen salsa? hey i grew up in the 80s watching breakin and electric boogaloo, but honestly, compared to salsa and ballroom its a joke. Its someones backyard drunk amatuer fool around on a piece of lino , VS proper a choreographed routine by professionals. They dont even use the persons name. It like some silly pantomime with baggy pants to appeal to clowns. and i dont even like ballroom.
@@fredfinksI dunno, that seems like comparing baseball and basketball. Sure, they're ball-oriented team sports, but they're different games that require different skills. Similarly, salsa and breaking are quite different, especially because one is cooperative while the other is solo/competitive.
Molly MUCH BETTER ❗
I wouldn’t go that far lol
which one is Molly and which is Raygun?
@@emoralenis717Molly in blue
@@CarsMeetsBikes she s no big artist, but better than raygun. raygun is no athlete
She crashed in round 3 which is likely why she lost. Any other day, and she might have been in the Olympics.
Did they have to pay a fee in order to enter?? Wasn't advertised enough and only a school of breakdance participated? This can't be the best BreakDancers of Australia... I refuse to think that.
As a dancer, whoever was in charge of Raygun qualifying for the olympics should be investigated.
The community for breakdance is small in Australia, but it still exists. It seems not everyone was notified about this competition. Therefore, decreasing the chances of so many more Australians that would've loved to participate in this event.
But if lets say, they were only able to find these small group of participants I believe she shouldve been beaten by Molly.
Breakdancing is difficult and it is a form of expression. As she said multiple times. It needs both technicality and creativity.
But in this competition alone, Molly out matched her. She did moves that didnt make sense, her transitions were terrible, her technicality, and her expression were all terrible.
Yet she won... There are those with official titles trying to convince us that she was the best in Australia. But that is a big and terrible lie. Have the judges not been to HHI or many more hip hop competitions? If they were real breakdancers there would be no way they haven't seen those competions and see that Australia is filled with amazing passionate dancers.
How could they judge so terribly? Even judges from the Olympics couldn't grant her a single point. Which goes to show just how terrible her performance was.
Not only that, the world knows the truth. It was terrible.
There are things hidden behind her becoming an Australia Olympian athlete. I don't know if it's Nepotism, Bribery, or some kind of deal that caused her to get this privilege. But I know for sure it was some kind of favouritism and manipulation.
I hope that instead of hiding behind the closed doors the truth would reveal itself. Because this is downright offensive to so many woman breakdancers and I hope Raygun takes responsibility for her mockery of this art form.
Please scout the whole of Australia for the Brisbane Olympics and give another woman the amazing opportunity to truly represent this amazing artistry.
I'm excited to see the expansion of athleticism in dance becoming acknowledged by the whole world. Breakdancing is really difficult and there isn't a lot of support that goes towards this dance style.
With the sport entering the Olympics, hopefully these dancers and their community will expand and give opportunity to many young hopefuls out there.
Please don't mess it up again with this biased favouritism. And don't try to convince us with a lie that we can blatantly see with our two eyes.
And this is a link to a woman she competed against.
th-cam.com/video/J_LEVN8LI70/w-d-xo.htmlsi=z3GdJ_SUH4rdITBe
Just another example of someone that outmatched raygun levels above in terms of skill.
This comment should be up higher. I just hope they don't sell her history later like "the girl who opened the doors for australian breakdancing scene" in some kind of social martydom. I know for sure Australia has better dancers.
Not casting a wide enough net and Molly doing repeat moves is what got the limp worm into the Olympics. "Ray Gun's" inclusion more or less just organizational incompetence.
Regarding the sport entering the olympics, it's not even in the next line-up, which was already decided before the Paris Olympics even begun. Hell, there's an actual conspiracy around it entering in the first place. Who knows if LA is gonna change their minds on its exclusion, it's their event and there's a ton of sports they could demo instead. But I already know who people will blame that on. The public didn't really care about breakdancing until there was drama.
Re: repeat moves rule needs to be eliminated or modified somehow, because as we all know and can see, there IS such a thing as performing the move better, flawlessly versus sloppily. Let ppl perform the same moves and reward the one that performs it better
You are incorrect. I encourage you to read Aja Romano's well-researched Vox article on the matter: "How Raygun earned her spot - fair and square - as an Olympics breaker."
Raygun is look like she is trying to do what other breakers do, but every time it seems this going to be a bit more advanced move all the extremities are touching the gorund. Girl is figthing gravity, and gravity wins every time.
Yes in the 2nd round she was doing a fake version of the power move called windmills. She's just rolling around mimicking the difficult move
She said she was trying to bring her own style. She lying she knows the moves but can't do them style. I don't feel sorry for her because she wanted ballroom dancing and was sent there to suck and she sucked so much that it's bringing out the truth. She thought she only sucked a little. No it was alot
This was almost a year ago u would think she would have trained for a year and be better she was worse . She didn't do nothing to lead up to the Olympics. she should have got -9 points
she did safe moves. mostly floorwork, some transitions are smooth and cool with good control, but there is nothing exciting nor entertaining, because she don't do advanced moves.
and she is slower and weaker than molly. but battle is about performing better relatively. so you can be weaker but your opponent may crash or didn't deliver.
Raygun was shit in that comp. I wish Molly was representing Australia
Still would've scored 0
It was like she did the same thing but 1.25x speed
but it would have been forgotten the next day, meanwhile this is going to be remembered for a while @@uncokee
I hope this is all part of a comedy sketch by "Raygun".... A few months after the Olympics she releases a documentary about her journey to the Olympics and how she snuck into the green track suit all the way to Paris
Look up Redbull Breaking 2023 and then come back to this lol
If they were the finalists the breaking standards in AUSTRALIA is poor
Jokes aside, people are talking about breakdancing and here watching old comps.
She kangaroo danced right off the cliff as a sacrifice for the sport…..respect.
I didn't even know breakdancing was an Olympic sport before today, and now I've watched 5 womens matches and the men's gold medal final. They were mostly pretty cool
So I guess Raygun is the hero breakdancing needs to grow the event
@@RyantheCanuckpirate Love this comment. Great perspective
@@RyantheCanuckpiratelol no this was the first year and prob last but I def would not have known if it wasn’t for her
Raygun performance was like a Kangaroo caught in the glare of high beam headlights right before it gets hit by a Mack truck.
What the hell were you thinking Australia lol
We did it as a joke…... I hope.
dumb judges send dumb "athlete". I'm thinking australia moyt be kanna dumb
@@princepanther1612 We didnt know!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 just hope she doesnt let this get to her. the whole world trashing you is not good for anyone's mental health.
Please forgive us. The embarrassment is real.
This be me in the sheets when I can't get to sleep.
There is no way that these 2 are any country's best. They are not even break dancing. This looks more like toddlers in tumble class.
here after watching the Olympics.. I was sure I'd see a better performance from Raygun.. I was wrong..
Is floor mopping a new olympic sport?
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😂😂😂😂😂
This is Australia's best????? You gotta be lying...these girls are beginners..Raygun is trash....I saw better breaking in my hallway in HS...granted I'm from NYC but this is a mockery of breaking.
Nah you're right, this is trash, this isn't the best that Australia has to offer, it just seems to be the best of who actually entered. You know how it is, a lot of BBoys/ BGirls don't think Breaking should be in the Olympic.
Well breaking is banned in our schools and we weren’t set up for competitive breaking across the country until very recently so the culture just ain’t there. As a result you get this..
I’m Aussie I’m dismayed. Sorry I seen better in Melbourne on the street. Girls doing flares
well it is Australia. it doesn't have that urban vibe of NYC. Its more like little house on the prairie in the outback
@@Lupi33znice 👍 stereotyping Breaking
that was actually shocking. either one or all of the judges definitely went home with a brown envelope
@@George2647g Nahh...
@@George2647g haha read something about that this morning yea. was he actually a judge here or just on the committee or something? bit sus either way
Committee @@mackrevhe goes by bboy Sammy the free or just Sammy
If you think Molly wouldn't have been just as outclassed and Raygun you ain't watch the olympics breaking. The rest of the world was WAYYYY better than us. The real reason we got exposed so bad is because we have no scene and the whole contient immediately qualified. If we were some European country we would have been outclassed before the olympics and you never would have heard of us yeah..
@@George2647g I just told my wife I felt bad for Australia when I thought she was a fraud. And now I feel worse for Australia because I see she got there legitimately. It's the Jamaican bobsled team all over again.
For those asking why Raygun didn't "score" any points at the Olympics, please allow me to explain.
Firstly, unlike other sports, the system used at the Olympics had no points or scores. Yes I know that sounds wierd, but let me explain.
The system used (which I have my own opinion about) works differently than a point system. It does not tell you how well someone did. Yes I know, that sounds strange.
There are three things that the "Level A" system tells you.
1. Rounds won
2. Judge votes
3. Criteria ratings.
The most important thing is "Rounds won".
Each side takes a turn (called a round), and each of the judges, subjectively chooses who they think won.
Whomever the majority of judges choose as the winner of the round, wins the round. I guess you can call this a point, but we call it a round.
The battle can be extremely close and amazing, but whomever wins a two out of three rounds, wins the battle (match).
Now, for the round robin qualifications, sometimes, two or more people win the same a mount of Rounds. So they determine who advances, by the total amount of judges votes.
Raygun had the hardest bracket. The three other girls are global champions. She did not win a single vote.
However, there are other contestant who also didnt win votes, but did very well, (not saying Raygun did well either)
Now when a judge casts their subjective vote, they need to touch atleast one of the 5 criteria.
The criteria is on a slider, which they slide to the left or right, and depending how much the judge thinks they won that criteria by, they can slide the criteria lever even farther to the left or right.
So this does not tell you how well someone did in the criteria, but rather how much they won or lost by. (Yes I know that is kind of weird for the Olympics)
Therefore, when you ask why didn't Raygun score any points, it's because there really are no points to score, just win votes.
If you want to see how well the judges rated her according to the criteria, I believe each of the judges criteria is up online somewhere, perhaps on the Olympics website.
From what I heard but haven't seen, Raygun was rated higher than her opponents in Originality, but wasn't enough to win her a single vote.
Once again, I'm not trying to gaslight or convince anyone anything about Rayguns performance at the Olympics. I. Just trying to educate non-breakers how the criteria and Olymoic Level A system works since everyone is asking why Raygun didn't score any points
As someone who doesn't understand breakdancing, I can judge Moly better than raygun, what's in the judges' brains 🤣🤣🤣
3:23 "... in a couple of minutes, one of them is gonna go bananas..." Sure did🤣
And they sent Raygun to the Paris Olympics for real?
Why the hell was this shit in the Olympics? I thought everyone was joking🤣
Breakdancing is actually cool, but not from these two 😭😭
"Aussies can't breakdance" is the new "white men can't jump"
You mean you've never seen that ancient Greek pottery depicting the Olympics of Athens ...baton twirling, synchronized swimming, and whatever this shite is
@@KasumiRINAthat's my next t shirt
Because France is weird.
Google "Deterritorializing gender in Sydney's breakdancing scene: a B-girl's experience of B-boying", that's Raygun's breakdancing PhD thesis. Btw she's been "breakdancing" for 16 years...
I knew it. I fucking knew it. Once I found out she was a 36 y/o uni professor with a goddamn PhD in breaking, I knew it.
Sounds like a really cool and intentional individual who has a slightly different old school style than what’s super popular on TikTok so everyone thinks it’s ok to shit on her even though she earned her place as an Olympian bgirl 👍
@@Phbalancedshorty she scored 0 all round, stop defending her
@@abasslinelow You knew what? Something that feeds into your pre-existing narratives about woke/anti-woke?! If you can find me a video of an australia breaker on youtube who is clearly better than Raygun and equally as good as the other women who competed in the video I'd give you $1000.. . Too bad it's impossible because Raygun is just a reflection of Australia's sub-par breakdancing culture for women. No matter who we sent we were going to be clowned at the competition no question. The real conspiracy is why were given a continental position rather than forced to go through Asia or Europe before the olympics.. I'm sure there's plenty of european countries or asian countries with bad breakdancing but we never saw them because they were eliminated early. We should have been eliminated early too. It's the fault of the IOC and World Dance Sport who gave us a direct qualitification when we were so bad - they likely did it because they wanted breaking in the 2032 brisbane olympics.. But it was so bad this entirely backfired yeah.
@@Phbalancedshorty🤦
Watching Raygun from
the memes, I must say I expected worse here. She did an OK routine. Good footwork with standard vocabulary. Nothing weird or ridiculous as she later did in the Olympics when she doubled down on “creativity”. Molly was unimpressive either. Clearly more athletic than Raygun and with a sharper top rock, but she lacked blending moves with the beat of the music, specially in the first round. She transited through several handstands and high freezes, none of them executed according to plan. Wondering if that was the best Oceania could offer.
Looks to me like the Olympic routine was improvised, possibly with entirely unrehearsed moves. But having seen two of the three battles in this championship... I don't think her Olympic performance was actually below her ability. And having seen footage of her husband breaking, it appears to be a communicable disorder.
How TF did Molly not win this round? I know next to nothing about break dancing but even I can tell her moves are cleaner, more coordinated, and more like break dancing than whatever rAyGuN is doing here. I’m more angry about this than I should be lol
Nah, experts who I trust say Raygun had 'cleaner' moves..
To which I say better at cleaning the floor?!
But yeah, if you know breaking apparently Raygun was better yeah.
@@George2647g I have seen other people explain that Molly was repeating too much, which apparently is not good in breaking, so that makes sense. But also a lot of people are saying they didn't really scout enough for breakers and only scouted at universities, so they missed out on a lot of talent!
if these people are 100% sober god bless their hearts. It was hard to watch via 2nd hand embarrassment in the fucking olympics.
Are the judges her students worrying about their grades?
I heard that one was her hubby. So he might have a number of things to be worried about. 😂
I just watched the movie Dodgeball. I feel this was a good follow up
I can't believe this was the qualifying round for a spot in the Olympics. When you see what other female breakers from around the world are doing & this is what Australia offers up! It's just crazy.
Are you saying these two were the Australia's finest? That is hard to believe.
Off topic/on topic: why is the music so bad?
its australia, you have to turn the music upside-down to listen properly
TH-cam royalty free music
It's to match the quality of the breaking
Seriously! It sounds like big band it’s awful for this.
Only 7 percent of the country listens to hip hop. They like country music more. The hip hop culture is lacking there.
Raygun is a national treasure and she must be protected.
Like Angry Anderson singing at the AFL Grand Final or Shapelle Corby or ScoMo sh!tting his pants at Engadine Maccas,....
Pigs arse
Molly having the last laugh now.
More like realizing she dodged a bullet.
So it turns out that Raygun helped set up the governing body here, and her husband was on the judging panel. Her husband was also the Australian breakdancing coach at the Olympics.
Sounds a bit rigged to me.
Lies
Who knew Rachel wasnt the problem...its actually the australian style as a whole
If you are telling me Raygun was better than Molly im telling you the comp was rigged from the start, disgraceful
Indian-Australians who are into Bollywood break dancing, please start to participate and save our country's honour next time
Bro what? Blue shirt girl wasn’t bad, not enough to maybe place for a medal in the Olympics but with some more rehearsals she wouldn’t have been kangaroo hopping on a worldwide stage 😭😭😭
Y'all misunderstood Raygun! She sacrificed her own image so the whole world could remember Bdance! Salute to Raygun!😂😂😂
When it boils down to, yeah. People in general have already forgot most of great Olympics moments last two weeks already. What she did is still ongoing and bringing attention to breaking, for better or worse. I hope for the sport to thrive in a long run.
Raygun is like a mom trying to show how cool she is by breaking in front of your friends.
Australia clearly has its own style
I came for the comments, thankyou they did not disappoint😂
You see better breakdancing on a Friday night in... most cities around the world lol
Astounded if this is the best of Aussie who was then honoured to represent the country in Olympics for the world to see. Smh