Breakdancing ranks quite low on the list of activities in terms of popularity among young people.
But it has a characteristic that not even football or baseball have: it is an Olympic sport.
“Breaking” will be performed at the Olympics for the first time this month, and as Team USA dancer Logan “Logistx” Edra put it, “We deserve it.”
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Logan Edra, also known as Logistx, performs at the 2023 WDSF Breaking World Championships in Leuven, Belgium on September 23, 2023. (Marco Tacca Pier/Getty Images)
“It's about being present, because we don't know what's going to happen after this big moment in terms of opportunities outside of our scene,” said Edra, 21, in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.
The San Diego native began dancing at the age of 7, and although she attended competitions throughout her life, never in her wildest dreams would she have thought she would go for Olympic gold.
But now that the Olympics are putting Edra's “artistic sport” on the map, she says she feels a “responsibility” and a “need” to win.
“For me, I represent the birthplace of breaking, the birthplace of hip-hop, and we have to win because, at the end of the day, that's going to help the culture,” Edra said. “In Europe and Asia, breakers have more government support. For us it's more difficult because there are many traditional sports that are very popular among young people.
“My team and I here in Miami have a school that is constantly changing and with many ups and downs. I know that life is like that, but I can't wait for the moment when we can have consistent students and know that there is a future here and that there are children who receive what we share, and who can build their own project and share it with the next generation.”
Logan Edra is pictured during the 2023 WDSF Breaking World Championship in Leuven, Belgium on September 24, 2023. (Marco Tacca Pier/Getty Images)
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In a full-circle moment, Edra has been using GoGo Squeez as fuel for preparation—she says it was her “childhood snack,” devouring them long before she started dancing.
“Nutrition: I am a firm believer in promoting and leading a conscious lifestyle and being mindful of what we ingest at a young age. Having the new GoGo Squeez with electrolytes and vitamins makes me vibrate and my inner child is happy,” she said.
Full of energy and drive, Edra says the Olympics have given her and her team “validation” for doing what was once just a hobby.
“What we do know is that this recognition, this attention, and this visibility has really given us motivation in a sense of, I guess, validation that we never really needed. But it's very helpful and it's encouraging, because we can see that incredible opportunities are being presented and created for us to, honestly, stay alive and also be more sustainable and not worry about survival, but thrive as a culture,” she said. “Hopefully, [we] remain as authentic as we can with a level of respect and collaboration with the current opportunities and the great moment we have.
Logan Edra competes at the Red Bull Breaking Championships in New York City on November 12, 2022. (Adam Hunger/Getty Images)
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“I'm happy for all of us and I always try to encourage all of us because there's an entire village that helped raise the people who are involved in this great moment in Paris. It wasn't just us, it was our mentors, our communities.
“It was a lot, but I needed to let it out.”
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