Urban freestyler
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Urban Freestyler is a UK based urban sport brand, TV channel and media/events company formed in 2005. Urban Freestyler centres around Freestyle Football
and in 2006 pushed the boundaries of urban sport by encompassing activities such as Tennis, Golf, Mountain Boarding and Motorcycle Trials
.
and produced by Brick Lane Films.
The Title is set amongst the inner city streets of London and features performances by Freestyle Football
World Champion Abbas Farid
, Billy Wingrove
, Mike Delaney, Dan Magness, Rob Walters, Faton Gerbeshi, Paul Wood, Joe Davies, Scott Griffiths, Craig Dobson
, Al Johnson and Basketball Freestyler Tommy Baker.
There are also cameo appearances by UK Skater Pete King and London Towers
player Robert Youngblood.
The Urban Freestyler (2006) has a hip hop/reggae soundtrack featuring the Choong Family
, Wordsmith, Genesis Elijah, U Brown
and I-Roy
.
and produced by Brick Lane Films.
The title features 12 different Urban sports:
Football
, Basketball
, Golf
, BMX
, Tennis
, Downhill mountain biking, Breakdancing, Mountain Boarding, Free climbing
, Free Running
, Aggressive Inline and Motorcycle Trials
.
The Urban Freestyler Extreme cast features 14 current or former world champions, including Steve Peat
, Mouse, Geoff Swain, Tom Kirkman, Steve Colley and John Farnworth.
Urban Freestyler Extreme is accredited for filming the first ever Urban Golf Freestyle, Urban Tennis Freestyle and Urban Trials Freestyle.
Freestyle Football
Freestyle football, also known as freestyle soccer in North America, is the art of expressing yourself with a football, while performing various tricks with any part of the body...
and in 2006 pushed the boundaries of urban sport by encompassing activities such as Tennis, Golf, Mountain Boarding and Motorcycle Trials
Motorcycle Trials
Motorcycle trials, also termed observed trials, is a non-speed event on specialized motorcycles. The sport is most popular in the United Kingdom and Spain, though there are participants around the globe....
.
Urban Freestyler, The
The Urban Freestyler (2006) is an internationally acclaimed football freestyle DVD and TV Series, released in 2006 by Duke Video / BBC WorldwideBBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
and produced by Brick Lane Films.
The Title is set amongst the inner city streets of London and features performances by Freestyle Football
Freestyle Football
Freestyle football, also known as freestyle soccer in North America, is the art of expressing yourself with a football, while performing various tricks with any part of the body...
World Champion Abbas Farid
Abbas Farid
Abbas Farid is a British freestyle footballer from Newport, South Wales. Farid is of Pakistani descent.In June 2003, Abbas was named the Freestyle King on MTV in UK's Nike Freestyle competition, becoming the winner chosen from over 30,000 competitors...
, Billy Wingrove
Billy Wingrove
Billy Wingrove is a British football freestyler and semi-professional footballer.-Profile:Wingrove comes from a footballing family, his father, played for Tottenham Hotspur and cousin played for Arsenal....
, Mike Delaney, Dan Magness, Rob Walters, Faton Gerbeshi, Paul Wood, Joe Davies, Scott Griffiths, Craig Dobson
Craig Dobson
Craig Gregory Dobson is a footballer who plays for Kettering Town as a midfielder. He is also a noted football freestyler, having appeared in the DVD Urban Freestyler....
, Al Johnson and Basketball Freestyler Tommy Baker.
There are also cameo appearances by UK Skater Pete King and London Towers
London Towers
London Towers was a professional basketball team based in London, England. They were one of the most successful and recognised British sports teams of the 1990s, collecting many titles in the British Basketball League as well as regularly competing in European competitions such as the Euroleague...
player Robert Youngblood.
The Urban Freestyler (2006) has a hip hop/reggae soundtrack featuring the Choong Family
Choong Family
Choong Family or Choong Fam as they are sometimes known, are a four piece group originating from east London, consisting of Rappers Afix and Nutz P, and Singers Scandal and HT. They are best known for their single "More Murking"...
, Wordsmith, Genesis Elijah, U Brown
U Brown
U Brown aka New Roy, Hugh Brown, Nuroy is a reggae deejay who released eleven albums between 1976 and 1984.-Biography:...
and I-Roy
I-Roy
Roy Samuel Reid better known as I-Roy was a Jamaican DJ who had a very prolific career during the 1970s.-Biography:...
.
Urban Freestyler Extreme
Urban Freestyler Extreme (2007) is a 12 part TV series released by BBC WorldwideBBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
and produced by Brick Lane Films.
The title features 12 different Urban sports:
Football
Freestyle Football
Freestyle football, also known as freestyle soccer in North America, is the art of expressing yourself with a football, while performing various tricks with any part of the body...
, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, BMX
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Downhill mountain biking, Breakdancing, Mountain Boarding, Free climbing
Free climbing
Free climbing is a type of rock climbing in which the climber uses only hands, feet and other parts of the body to ascend, employing ropes and forms of climbing protection to prevent falls only....
, Free Running
Free running
Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as freerunners , use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures...
, Aggressive Inline and Motorcycle Trials
Motorcycle Trials
Motorcycle trials, also termed observed trials, is a non-speed event on specialized motorcycles. The sport is most popular in the United Kingdom and Spain, though there are participants around the globe....
.
The Urban Freestyler Extreme cast features 14 current or former world champions, including Steve Peat
Steve Peat
Steve Peat , nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just plain "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career as a professional downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber by James Lamb...
, Mouse, Geoff Swain, Tom Kirkman, Steve Colley and John Farnworth.
Urban Freestyler Extreme is accredited for filming the first ever Urban Golf Freestyle, Urban Tennis Freestyle and Urban Trials Freestyle.