Photo by Steve Believe

In case you didn’t see already, we’ve added a new feature by Bustopher Jonez on how to find and keep the perfect practice spot, along with 10 Practice Spot Dos and Don’ts. There are few places more sacred to b-boys and b-girls than where they practice, and this is a great guide for those of you who aren’t blessed with an already established spot. Click here to read.

We’ve also added Google Ads to the top of every page. If you guys hate them or think that they are intrusive, drop us a comment. As most of you know, we don’t make any money from MTAS and this is just an experiment to see if it’s possible to bring in a few bucks a month.

More Than A Stance is coming up on its second anniversary in April (yes, we’re open to you buying us huge and expensive birthday presents or donating your frequent flier miles), and we’ve been toying around with the idea of updating the design of the site.

We were really lucky to have the awesomely talented Stephanie Foo design the site that you are looking at now, and she will continue to be the designer for our update.

What we need from you are your ideas. Is there something you want to see on the site? Does the navigation confuse you? Do you hate the layout of our blog or features pages? Also, tell us what you want us to keep — we’d hate to change something that’s already working perfectly for you guys.

Give us your thoughts in the comments!

We’ve had some great responses to our latest feature: Editorial: Top 10 B-Boys of the 2000s. Some of you have even posted your own top 10 lists in the comments.

And now, if you click on the names in the lists, you will be directed to either a video clip or MTAS feature. Also, Tyrone sent us an update with detailed explanations for his top 10 picks.

The SWOTTEAM was kind enough to fix the broken links to their free mixtapes too, which we blogged about here.

A few days ago, we asked our readers to send us pictures of their “headspin bald spots” for the chance to win one of CypherStyles.com’s Headspin Hats with Triple Padding.

After looking at all the entries with us, Barry, the owner of CypherStyles.com, told us that he couldn’t live with the guilt of letting some of these guys continue to go bald all because they wanted better headspins. So we’re going to be giving one Headspin Hat to everyone who entered (you can see them above).

Entrants: check your e-mails for instructions on how to claim your prize. Check your spam folder if you haven’t received it yet.

Have you ever wondered who your favorite b-boys would pick as their favorite b-boys? We asked a few of our friends to help us compile a list of the b-boys and b-girls that they consider to be the top b-boys of the last decade, based on whatever criteria they wanted.

Click here to read the results.

P.S. – Did anyone notice that the b-boys in the image on our homepage form the number 10? Yeah, we’re that cool.

Just a reminder that our contest to win a free Headspin Hat with Triple Padding from CypherStyles.com is still open. All you have to do is send us a photo of your “headspin bald spot” to bald-contest@morethanastance.com. We’ll be selecting the winner soon, so get your entries in.

EDIT: Contest is now closed. We will announce the winners on Christmas Day!

For some b-boys, it’s a badge of honor; for others, it’s the reason you never see them without a hat on. Either way, the “headspin bald spot” is no joke. Even Amy Winehouse is a recent victim.

So during the process of reviewing the Headspin Hat with Triple Padding from CypherStyles.com, owner Barry Rabkin told us that he’d be willing to donate one of the beanies to some needy b-boy. He suggested we hold a contest where our readers send us photos of their bald spot, and so that’s exactly what we’re doing.

Send your photo to bald-contest@morethanastance.com and we’ll select the b-boy or b-girl who we determine has the most pathetic bald spot. The winner will receiver one Triple Thick Headspin Beanie from CypherStyles.com and a bagful of our pity.

EDIT: Contest is now closed. We will announce the winners on Christmas Day!

Photo by Tammy Tso

Head on over to our features section to catch our newest reviews. I give the first mixtape by the Deck Brothers a listen, while AlphaTrion takes a look at the DVD for R16 2008. And don’t miss our field test of CypherStyles.com’s Headspin Hat with Triple Padding, brought to you with the help of Fathom and Carnage from Risen From The Ashes.

Check them all out here.

We’ve always let you know when to get your hands on cheap Pro-Keds, and thanks to a tip from Harold we’re letting you know that you States-side readers can get your hands on them for just $10.35. Click above to go to the sale page.

Also don’t miss our Cypherside Chat with Poe One. It might just blow your mind. Here’s one of my personal favorite quotes:

“Style is an approach. It’s not anything else. They’re trying to say a style guy is a footwork guy. I’ve seen footwork guys with no style.”

Peace, and happy Thanksgiving!

We had to sit on this one for a while because we weren’t sure we–or anyone else–could handle it. Given the delicate nature of the economy and political tensions in the world right now, we didn’t want to throw the globe into a state of fiery spinning chaos by introducing a full clip that would make heads explode from too much rawness. But the time has come.

So, click here here for our interview with the father of hip-hop.

It’s unedited and uncut for your viewing pleasure. Filmed at Street Science earlier this year, Kool Herc discusses his thoughts on the current state of b-boying and hip-hop, thoroughly intimidates us and, as the title of this blog post implies, drops some eye-opening surprises.

To see the final Breakumentary: Old to the New featuring this footage as well as interviews with Focus, Differ, Toyz, Menno, Katsu and others, click here.

Oh, and no making fun of my voice or my usage of the word “sir.” Okay, maybe just a little bit.

If you haven’t already noticed, we’ve been rolling out lots of new stuff from this year’s Notorious IBE.

Click here for the photo gallery, and click here for our Breakumentary featuring the likes of Poe One, Thesis, Ducky and more. Check back soon; we’ll be debuting more exciting stuff in the next few weeks.

As always, if you like what you see, please post and share this at all your favorite b-boy/b-girl watering holes, both online and in the real world.

Much love to all our fans worldwide, and special thanks to all the IBE heads who showed us love.

Everyone at More Than A Stance — and B-boy Baby Bear, pictured above — sends thanks to everyone who’s helped spread the word about our new Breakumentary!

A special thanks to DutchBboy, Key City and angry asian man for jumping on it early. Everyone go check out those sites and click around a bunch!

If you haven’t helped us out — shame on you! Just kidding. We appreciate any and all support we get; it gives us power to do more dope stuff, and we have some really dope stuff coming up soon, if I say so myself. Yeah!

In case you didn’t know, we have a Facebook page. And in case you didn’t know, Ronnie is apparently hot, with a smiley face.

This is the kind of feedback we live for.

We’re looking for Mr. Dus10, who came up with the winning name for our new Breakumentary. We’re not sure what he looks like, but we’re pretty sure that’s him in the picture above.

Anyway, he won a free More Than A Stance shirt and bag. Dus10 — hit us up! If you know Dus10 — tell him to redeem his prize! Everyone else — keep your eyes peeled for more chances to win stuff in the future … !

Hey all. We know it’s been a while since the last features update. But now we’re debuting the new stuff we’ve been working on, and we hope you think the wait’s been worth it.

Did we mention we went overseas for this? A very special thanks to the whole HipHopHuis crew and everyone who showed us love.

The trip was amazing, and accordingly, our content is some of the best and most exciting stuff we’ve ever, ever gotten.

So a special thanks so much to all who have given us props, whether online or in person (especially to Dus10, who will score some free gear for helping us name this project).

A common thing we hear is, “I want to help contribute to More Than A Stance, but I’m not sure how I can help.” Your time has come! It’d mean a lot to us if you could help just by spreading the word in whatever way you feel is appropriate, whether it’s telling a friend or posting up on your favorite b-boy forum. Really. It goes a super long way in equipping us to do bigger and better things for the site — and for you. Sorry, that sounded super cheesy.

Of course, a great place to start is with our brand new Breakumentary featuring Kool Herc, Focus, Menno, Differ and more.

Think of it as a the online version of giving us a soul clap.

Thanks, and much love.

P.S. We’ve started tweeting. Follow us here.