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The Windmill (or briefly Mill) is a popular breakdancing move. The breaker rolls their torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest/shoulders/back, while twirling their legs in a V-shape through the air.
His invention of the windmill was a crucial key to the old steam trains as back then, they were mainly powered by water, so the water pumping mechanism (the windmill) helped the advance of trains. Versions of this windmill became an iconic part of the rural landscape in the United States, [ 6 ] Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa ...
Here is an airtrack to windmill – not an airflare [13] Here is an airflare to windmill (not an airtrack) [14] The first video is at least a couple of years older than the second. In the first, little rotation can be seen is in the plane parallel to the floor; the rotation is strictly around the axis of the body.
18th-century allegorical print commemorating C.C. van Uitgeest's invention of the saw mill. Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest or Krelis Lootjes (c. 1550 – c. 1600) was a Dutch windmill owner from Uitgeest who invented the wind-powered sawmill, which made the conversion of log timber into planks 30 times faster than before.
B-boy street performer doing air chair in Washington D.C. The flare is an acrobatic move in which the performer alternates balancing the torso between either arm while swinging the legs beneath in continuous circles. It is a fundamental b-boying/bgirl power move, and in gymnastics it may be performed on a pommel horse or during the floor exercise.
Stabbed windmills transitioning into a back spin.. A spin is a b-boying move that involves rotation of the breaker's body about some axis in contact with the ground. It is possible to perform a spin on virtually any part of the body, but bare skin often causes painful and spin-killing friction with the floor.
In August 1996, Ken Swift was on the cover of Rap Pages, making him the first b-boy ever to be on the cover of a major hip hop publication. The popular article, "Past, Present, Future: Ken Swift The Quintessential B-Boy" portrayed Ken Swift as a pioneer of b-boying and reaffirmed him as a fundamental figure in the hip hop community.
Though b-boy Kid Freeze is sometimes credited with having invented the headspin, the first known footage of the move is seen in the 1933 film, Wild Boys of the Road. One of the film's protagonists Edward 'Eddie' Smith, played by Frankie Darro, performs a Headspin at the 67 minute mark.