Alex Mendoza, otherwise known as Alex17, puts together one of his freestyle combos: The L.A. Swag. It's a fitting name coming from this one-time U.S. Freestyle Champion who has been getting the attention of companies like Adidas, At&T, and the MLS, who apparently want...
I know it makes the visuals look cool, but why are all of these Nike videos from Amsterdam filmed on wet concrete? Did it rain the entire week they were there or did an assistant hose everything down before they filmed?...
The Los Angeles Football Club, L.A.'s newest MLS team, has been storming the City of Angels like Tony Montana. And I'm not talking about the busted old Tony at the end of "Scarface" either. No, I'm referring to the young, brash, and desperately...
Multiple Guinness World Records holder, including for most headers in a minute and most ATWs in a minute, and decorated freestyle champ Laura Biondo makes "The Clipper" seem deceptively easy. The trick actually requires a lot of finesse and touch, of which the Venezuelan-born Italian...
There's a reason why it's called "The Beautiful Game," and a large part of that is because it comes from the streets. Pelé grew up in poverty, and would stuff a sock with newspapers or use a grapefruit for a ball,...
Have you been introduced yet to Keisuke, aka freestyle10k? This kid has a ridiculous flow, and he's only 16! When I was his age, I was just trying to pass with my left foot. I know Japan has a lot of strange,...
We've seen some amazing street footballers, but now it's time to really turn up the heat with a countdown of some of the greatest canines in street ball from around the world! Fame, glory, and riches are always great incentives for...
Street ballers and police usually don't get along, but fortunately this takes place in Denmark, where apparently the five-o are willing to get their panna handed to them by street ballers. And oh hey, they happen to be legends.
Seriously though, Jeand Doest and...
Over 100 soccer teams descended upon Las Vegas this past week for a 5v5 tournament that offered cash prizes and an all-expense paid trip to Bangkok, Thailand. The amateur event produced by World Soccer 5s USA was open to male and...
We asked Kristoffer Liicht of Copenhagen Panna House to demonstrate the move he used on the boss himself, Séan Garnier, during a past panna competition. Liicht is a panna stud with humility and a passion for the game. He's competed against nearly all the...
In this edition of pro athletes dressing up like old people, Cristiano Ronaldo schools unsuspecting normals in a town square of Madrid, Spain. On any given day, the Real Madrid striker and international fashion icon would be swarmed by...
Y'all know Palle, right? As in the guy the "Palle Around the World" move is named after? Anyhow, Rickard Sjölander, aka Palle, shows how he manages to juggle football and dad duties in this day-in-the-life vid.
I have a feeling his baby...
Here's a pretty sweet video by Yosuke Yokota, the seriously skilled freestyler best known for his second-place finish to Séan Garnier in the 2008 inaugural Red Bull Street Style World Finals, held in São Paulo, Brazil. It's good to see he's still...
If Caitlyn Schrepfer was a Destiny's Child, she would be a mix of Beyoncé's hard-core talent, Kelly Rowland's unassuming cool, and the good-news optimism of Michelle Williams. Schrepfer is quickly becoming one of our favorite freestyle superstars, and we're not alone, as evidenced by...
In a much-anticipated release, LAFC revealed their new crest and colors early this January, preceding the club's upcoming inclusion into the MLS 2018 season and the building of a 22,000-seat soccer stadium in downtown L.A. As part of the release, we...
Séan Garnier — the myth, the legend, the deliver of painful pannas — recently dropped in on our UrbanFutsal LA facility for a private film session. It started off friendly — he chatted about his upcoming travels around the world...
Popular street baller Jose "Chikawala" Perez demos "The Cobra" for the Nike FootballX Skills series, and the move, to put it lightly, is not user-friendly. The Long Beach footballer is a standout talent with some serious street cred — he's been a...
Mexican freestyler Jovanny "Gio" González, or Big 'Fro, as we like to call him, has been cleaning up on the freestyle scene with impressive wins in the 2015 calendar year. While hanging out at the North American Freestyle Soccer Championship, held in...
Recently, UrbanFutsal LA (sister company of Urban Pitch) partnered with the culturally down folks at LAFC and sponsor Heineken to host a day of graffiti, music, bomb food, and of course, FUTSAL! What could be better than combining them all for a unique, raucous...
SoCal's top street ballers descended upon Long Beach this past November for Nike's #WinnerStays tourney and honored the dead by tearing up the court. Keeping in step with Cali's Xicano roots, the event took place on Día de los Muertos, and featured...
