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Oral history featuring a group of friends (Anthony Villalva, Ernest Felix, Benny Arias, and Mike Felix) who grew up dancing together in the 1980s. They share their stories of popping and how they remember the emergence and decline of popping in…

Bobby Bliatout was born in December 1976 in Portland after his parents arrived from Laos in 1974 and 1976. He moved to Bakersfield when he was 4 years old and traveled to Fresno often to visit family. After his parents’ divorce, Bobby moved to Fresno…

Photograph featuring Bobby Bliatout and members of Bumz.

Part 1 of 2 of an oral history interview with Aren Hekimian.

Aren “Hecktik” Hekimian is the son of Armenian immigrants who made their way to Fresno after living throughout the Middle East. Once in Fresno, the Hekimian’s moved from South to North…

Part 2 of 2 of an oral history interview with Aren Hekimian.

Aren “Hecktik” Hekimian is the son of Armenian immigrants who made their way to Fresno after living throughout the Middle East. Once in Fresno, the Hekimian’s moved from South to North…

Oral history interview with Brad Chang.

A photograph of B-Boy Pablo of the Climax Crew

Charles "Goku" Montgomery (red shirt) and Pablo "B-boy Pablo" Flores (black sweater) or Climax Crew.

A photograph of Charles "Goku" Montgomery and Pablo "B-boy Pablo" at an event in Germany

Photograph of a Climax/Soul Control crew member performing the first stop of a freeze sequence at the Among Bboys event in the early 2000s

Photo of Climax crew member executing a floor work sequence at the Among Bboys battle Early 2000s

A member of Climax crew executing a floor work sequence at the Among Bboys Jam in Fresno, California

A member of Climax Crew executing a floor work freeze sequence

Members of the Climax/Soul Control crew posing for a photograph at Holmes Playground

Flyer for Hip-Hop at the Park, a multi-element jam held at Fresno's Roeding Park in 1998.

Front of a flyer for Revybe, a 2003 Los Angeles b-boy battle that Fresno's Climax Crew participated in.

Back of a flyer for Revybe, a 2003 Los Angeles b-boy battle that Fresno's Climax Crew participated in.

Back of a flyer for Revybe, a 2004 Los Angeles b-boy battle that Fresno's Climax Crew participated in.

Back of a flyer for Revybe, a 2004 Los Angeles b-boy battle that Fresno's Climax Crew participated in.

Flyer for Urban Combat 4, a multi-element hip-hop jam hosted at Fresno State's Sattelite Student Union in 2003