“Breaking is so exhilarating,” B-girl Roxy tells the Women’s Sports Alliance. “To actually do it or learn a new move is such a personal achievement and there’s no more rewarding feeling.
“Well, other than maybe having a child!”
Roxy laughs after finishing that sentence, before an abrupt stop as she drops the phone to free an extra hand and stop her excitable two-and-a-half-year-old son, Leo, from diving head first off the bed.
“He’s fine, don’t worry I’m happy to talk,” she insists after the rapid recovery. “As you can tell he’s quite crazy, but he’s a product of me so I shouldn’t expect any different!”
Roxy, whose full name is Roxanne Milliner, exudes passion, particularly when talking about her son and her love for breaking – a competitive form of break dancing, which was born out of 1970’s hip hop culture in the USA – which will make its Olympic debut next year.
She has also long demonstrated a multitude of skills – a world junior champion trampoline star before switching sports, appearances in major music videos, high-profile commercials as well as leading brands, the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony AND she holds two Guinness World Records for headspins.