freestylers
Off-the-cuff athletes
Freestylers are people who freestyle—improvising rather than following a set script or routine.
The term applies across disciplines: a rapper who improvises lyrics, a skier performing unscripted tricks, a dancer moving spontaneously to music.
The freestylers in the cipher took turns spitting verses off the top of their heads.
Vocal performer or host
- emceeCeremony host
- cypherEncoded communication method
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- rhymesMatching word endings
bars · verses · punchlines · wordplay · delivery · cadence · ad-lib · spitting
Coming apart suddenly
- bboyMale breakdance performer
- bgirlFemale street dancer
- poppingShort explosive sound
- lockingFixing firmly in position
house · voguing · tutting · animation · cypher · battle · toprock · footwork
Sport on wheeled plank
- snowboardingDescending slopes on single board
- BMXOff-road trick cycling
- motocrossOff-road motorcycle racing
- surfingRiding waves standing up
skiing · wakeboarding · halfpipe · slopestyle · kickflip · ollie · grind · tailwhip
MC
Vocal performer or host
rhymes · bars · verses · punchlines · wordplay · delivery · cadence · ad-lib · spitting · battling
breaking
Coming apart suddenly
locking · house · voguing · tutting · animation · cypher · battle · toprock · footwork · powermove
skateboarding
Sport on wheeled plank
- snowboardingDescending slopes on single board
- BMXOff-road trick cycling
- motocrossOff-road motorcycle racing
surfing · skiing · wakeboarding · halfpipe · slopestyle · kickflip · ollie · grind · tailwhip · 360
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
pool · relay · medley · sprint · race · lane · Thorpe · unorthodox · pacing · endurance
- swimmersMichael Phelps, Mark Spitz, fish, shark, whale
- urban subculturesravers, breakdancers, graffiti artists, street artists, b-boys
- extreme athletesdaredevils, stunt performers, BMX riders
- spoken wordspoken word, spoken word poetry, slam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam
- competitive performersathletes, dancers, gymnasts, figure skaters, singers
freestylerscomposers
Creators of musical works
scriptwriters · writers · planners · sight-readers · interpreters
- freestyle danceUnchoreographed rhythmic movement
- freestyle skiingAcrobatic downhill snow sport
- freestyle battleImprovised competitive rhyming
- freestyle swimmingUnrestricted stroke competition