Bboy City, Romeo Navarro’s Annual bboy jam, was back in Austin with a vengeance for an amazing 17th time this April. As usual ( ever since Bboy City 8 ) I was at the Parish nightclub documenting the finals, capturing amazing powermoves and sick footwork from the best bboys and bgirls from around the world.

The beats were sick, the dancing was on point, and we actually finished before 2am this year! Props to United Jungle Brothers for winning the crew on crew battles – everyone has been pulling for United for years and I’m glad they finally took home the championship.

If you want to help me out with bboy names for the captions, please leave a comment and I’ll get the pictures updated ASAP. Also, be on the lookout for more Bboy City 17 photos coming your way soon.

Additional Bboy City 17 finals photos:
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 2)
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 3)

Top Rock Mean Mugging

Crew Routine Flip

Bboy Crisis Airflare

Bboy City 17 – 2 on 2 Routine with Bboy Thesis (close) and Bboy Flexum (far)

Elbow Freeze!

Kip up to freeze

Bboy Thesis – Suspended in Mid Air

Air Freeze

Bboy Mini Headspin Contest

Gravedad Zero Routine

Flares

In an upscale suburb just outside of Kuala Lampur, something extraordinary happens every night. Just around sundown, a pack of wild monkeys descends from the jungle to meet crowds of dozens of people who are more than eager to feed them all sorts of tropical fruits.

The monkeys have been at this for a long time as they are all relatively tame and non aggressive. I even saw several of them eat straight out of peoples’ hands and cross the street casually in front of passing cars. Luckily for me, the monkeys are not camera shy at all.

As we were watching the monkeys, a local Chinese man told me that wild pigs would probably come down from the jungle within the next 30 minutes. Just 1 minute later, about 10 wild pigs appeared as if on cue. This event caused a flurry of excitement, as lookers on showered them with apples and grain and people jostled with each other to get a photo of the pigs on their camera phones.

Monkeys descend from the Jungle outside of Kuala Lampur

Monkeys really do like bananas, it’s not a false stereotype

A young monkey perches in a tree

A mother monkey carries child while eating a rambutan fruit

Mother and Child Monkeys eat Rambutan together

A juvenile monkey on Monkey Hill near Kuala Lampur, Malaysia grasps rambutan in his hand

Monkeys eat rambutan fruit directly from a man’s hand

An adult monkey eats a mango in the middle of the street with little regard for passing traffic

Wild pigs emerge from the jungle on Monkey Hill as onlookers take pictures

A woman attempts to feed wild pigs directly from her hand on Monkey Hill

Pigs are showered by grain thrown by enthusiastic observers

The pigs are more shy than the monkeys, they will not come very close to humans

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia – Monkey Hill from Peter Tsai on Vimeo.

Rachel, a model from Austin, was the very first portrait client at my new photo studio! We took some great natural light head shots and then moved outside for a mini session.

Despite the very cold weather, we got some nice pictures thanks to Rachel’s natural ability in front of the camera. Enjoy the pictures, thanks for stopping by, and as always I look forward to your comments.