Freeze (b-boy Move) - Variants

Variants

There are many different variations of freezes. A common naming convention categorizes freezes based on what part of the body is in contact with the ground. First Freezes were chin freaks, Tracks, Splits, deadman freeze, chairs. Thus a "headstand freeze" is done with only the breaker's head touching the ground, and so forth for handstand, forearm, elbow, and shoulder freezes. Also, "one-handed" or "two-handed" can be added to make any name more descriptive. Less intuitively named freezes include:

• Planche - A freeze with your body straddled parallel over the ground, while arms are straight, you use your strength to hold your body weight. A gymnast move made popular by B-boy Junior
• Baby Freeze - The hands are used for balance, with the nearest side of your waist on one elbow and a knee on the other, sometimes swapping leg placement.
  • Airbaby - A freeze with the knee resting on the elbow of the supporting arm.
• Chair Freeze - A freeze while you're laying down arched to the floor with the arm stabbed into the back to support the body.
  • Airchair - A chair freeze without the head or feet on the floor, usually facing the ceiling, with leeway for many leg variations.
  • Elbow Airchair - A chair freeze, performed with hand at the back and that elbow pointed at the ground. Hands and feet are removed from the floor the complete the freeze.
    • Double Airchair/Recliners - An Airchair freeze, having both arms in a stabbed position at the back. Only Contortionists and other extremely flexible individuals could be able to perform this move. It is very dangerous, and is not performed often.
• Handglide Freeze - Similar to the Turtle freeze, except only one elbow is stabbed into the abs, the other is out to the side of the body and is either placed on the ground or held above it.
• Hollowback - A more difficult freeze. It is basically a bridge with feet not touching the floor. There are many variations performed from a handstand, headstand, or on the elbows. B-Boy Junior is known for this move.
• Invert - an inverted hollowback freeze. instead of making a bridge you crunch in your face to your legs so it makes a v shapes as in to "invert" the hollowback.
• O Freeze- a hollowback with an extreme arch the feet touch the bboy's elbows, this resembles an 'O' shape.
• Pike - A freeze with one hand planted on the ground while the entire body is perpendicular to the floor with both feet held high to the air.
• Turtle Freeze - Both arms are bent in front of the chest with the elbows stabbing into either the abs or surrounding area. All the weight is placed onto the hands and the rest of the body is suspended above the ground. See float.
• Birthday Elbow- a freeze on the elbow wherein the bboy's head rests on his hand, the body is horizontal, facing the ground.