MidPoint Rockers

The MidPoint Rockers were formed in 1997, when up and coming hungry bboys from the surroundings of Jyväskylä city decided to take it to the next level. They were a lot of dancers getting busy in parties. In that time many of these dancers, older ones and also the younger ones, kept on practising together. They formed a crew and called it MidPoint Rockers since they were located right in the centre of the country. Original MidPoint Rockers members ware Jani Salonen, Juuso “Noizy-1" Salonen, Jussi “Focus” Sirviö, Pasi Piipponen, Mikko Ahlgren (the teacher and mentor many dancers in that time), Mikko Jaatinen, Jani Kuparinen, Antti Lahti and Karl Lojander.

Besides hard training they rocked circles in local hip hop parties. During this era there was no organized battles or competitions so they would get busy anywhere they found good music. Leading hip hop parties were Da Fixx Mob in Lutakko and hip hop and rnb club called Domino, later known as Blaze. For the new years of 1998 they got a word of a hip hop party in the capital Helsinki. For over 18 years only, some were too young to go, but most of the crew was older so they went. When returning home they were absolutely on fire, they had battled Helsinki City Breakers. Mikko Ahlgren was a story teller type so he’d go through the battle in all details and the younger ones were green of jealousy. They told them they will get their chance later for sure.

1999 was the time. Helsinki Battle, the first strictly bboy jam was organized in Helsinki after the silent years of the 1990s in Finland by Pasi Palonen aka Kool Ski of the Kool Kat Records. Crews from around the country like Funky Floor Artists, High Voltage, Kid Force, Magnificient Moves etc. entered the crew battle at the event. MidPoint Rockers were there too. Competition was done in Battle of the Year style so everybody did a show and the best crews moved on to the finals. The MidPoint Rockers did the show with a live mc, Matti Partanen, a good friend and a gifted rapper from Jyväskylä. MidPoint Rockers made it to the final against Magnificient Moves and after a half an hour final battle they took hope the big W.

After the millennium changed some member moved on to other things with their lives. With the members that was left they joined forces with leading members from Helsinki based crew Savage Feet. In April 22 2002 the Flow Mo Crew was born, which is a story of it’s own.