Freestyle
The Five Biggest Takeaways From the Youth-Centric Nextball Freestyle Competition
Proving that freestyle's future is in good hands, the under-18 only Nextball freestyle competition featured some of the sport's brightest up-and-coming talent. From the tournament's unique layout to names...
Urban Hype
The Roundup: The Biggest Upcoming Freestyle, Futsal, and Street Football Events
FOMO is real. Stay up to date with our monthly Roundup series, which highlights some of the biggest and best freestyle, futsal, and street football events across the globe.
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Editorial
The Adidas v. Nike Scorecard: How Adidas is Outperforming a Giant by Going Back to Its Roots
The race to be the biggest sports brand in the world has been a long, storied battle. It seemed like the contest was over after Nike established its empire and won...
Spotlight
King of the Sits: Jak Gregory’s Return to Freestyle
Freestyler Jak Gregory, most known for his iconic sit down style, has been out of the freestyle game since 2010. However, the UK native has made a dramatic return.
Urban Hype
Finish 2016 on the Right Track With These Upcoming Football Events
2016 is about to come to an end, but there's still a few weeks to finish the year doing what we love. Football! Here are some upcoming freestyle, street ball, and...
Freestyle
Zimbabwe’s Grassroots Push to Establish a Vibrant Freestyle Football Community
With an ambitious freestyle association and passionate leader, Zimbabwe is quickly developing a blossoming freestyle football scene. While it's not quite there just yet, you should not be sleeping...
Street Football
Malaysia’s Multi-Talented Zeem Ahmad is on the Street with All-Around Game
We were first introduced to Zeem Ahmad as he was preparing for the recent Pannahouse Invitationals that took place in Denmark. Copenhagen Panna House founder Kristoffer Liicht spotted the Malaysian baller...
Spotlight
Meet the Fagerli Brothers, the Powerhouse Norwegian Duo and New Face of Freestyle
Ever wonder what it's like to walk in the shoes of a world champion? Well how about two? Meet the Fagerli brothers, a Norwegian duo who are individually ranked number...
Freestyle
Top 9 Tekkers: The Thanksgiving Edition
The end of November is a wonderful time for Americans. We spend time with family and stuff our faces with an amazing feast. However, after all of that food,...
Urban Hype
Adventures at Super Ball: An Inside Look at the King of Freestyle Events
UK freestyler and Urban Pitch contributor Steve Gray gives us an insider's look at his time at Super Ball, the biggest and best freestyle event the world has to...
Urban Hype
The Roundup: The Biggest Upcoming Freestyle, Futsal, and Street Football Events
FOMO is real. Stay up to date with our monthly Roundup series, which highlights some of the biggest and best freestyle, futsal, and street football events across the globe.
With...
Videos
Top 10 Tekkers for the End of the World
Even as the world nudges closer and closer to what seems like inevitable, mutually assured destruction, we footballers can still count on the beauty of the game and its unifying...
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: Four-Time Doubles Routine World Champion Clem Keym Gets In His Creative Zone
In the summer of 2007, French freestyler Clem Keym's mother signed him up for a summer camp. What seemed like an innocuous move would change his life forever. It...
Freestyle
Epic Skills Debuts an All-New Judging System and International Competition in Luxembourg
It was an event of firsts at the Epic Skills freestyle and street football competition, whether it be the first international freestyle tournament to hit Luxembourg or the first...
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: The Netherlands’ Jasmijn Janssen Keeps It Fresh with Inspired Moves and New Tunes
Dutch freestyler Jasmijn Janssen is hard at work toward her goal of breaking into the top 3 of female freestylers in the world. She's been the Dutch champion for three years...
Music
DJ Diveny Takes Us Around the World with His Freestyler’s Playlist
The beauty of freestyle football is it only requires one thing: a ball. DJ Diveny is one of the most unique freestylers in the game, and has followed his...
Spotlight
From Everest to the Sahara: How Freestyler John Farnworth Conquered the World’s Most Challenging Terrain
A freestyle OG that's not afraid of any challenge, John Farnworth has freestyled his way across the Sahara Desert and up to Mount Everest's base camp. We get to...
Urban Hype
The Round-Up: Coming Up in Street Football, Futsal, and Freestyle
2016 is rapidly coming to a close, so let's check out the remaining street football, futsal, and freestyle events for the year, as well as a few events in...
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: From Chicago’s Hamza Bounouader
This edition of the Freestyler's Playlist comes from Hamza Bounouader, a co-founder of Chicago Freestyle, who describe themselves as USA's number one freestyling group. A native of Morocco...
Urban Hype
The Round-Up: 2017 International Street Football and Freestyle Events
Present-June 25: Neymar Jr.'s Five, Local and National Qualifiers — Various
The global 5v5 tournament created by the Brazilian superstar will be hosting local qualifiers in 53 countries from now...