TEAM1 (winning team): Guy Dupuy, Kenny Dobbs, Porter Maberry, Michael Purdie
TEAM2: Jonathan Clark, Sir Issac, Rafal Lipinski, Justin Darlington

THE HISTORY

The first between the legs dunk in a NBA contest was done by Orlando Woolridge in 1984: He went baseline, wrapped the ball around his back and then between his legs and dunked. The dunk was rewarded with a score of 48 but quickly forgotten.

1 year later, a high-flying 14 year old from the bay did the dunk but with a lot more height and power in high school. A couple years later, that same kid had Dick Vitale jumping out of his chair when he did it during the NCAA dunk contest. Months later, the confident NCAA dunk champ said on draft night that if he gets into the 1994 NBA dunk contest he's winning it. He did get in it and he did win it. He also did his trademark dunk which had Dominque Wilkens comparing the rookie to himself and Charles Barkley saying "it might have been the best dunk he ever saw." The dunker was Isaiah "JR" Rider and his version of the between the legs dunk was called the "Eastbay Funk Dunk."

Since then we have seen many players - from Kobe to Vince Carter to Jason Richardson - win the NBA dunk contest with improved variations of the dunk: Off 2 feet, Reverse, With 2 Hands, Over a person. Then the evolution of the Eastbay was taken to new heights when a generation of pro dunkers made a name for themselves on YouTube and across social media by doing variations of the dunk that fans of the dunk and aerial artists like Rider never imagined was possible.

On October 24th 2014, Eastbay celebrated these dunkers and the evolution of the Eastbay Funk Dunk by hosting the first Eastbay Funk Dunk contest.

8 of the world's best dunkers - from Canada to France to Poland - gathered at The Halloween Classic Tournament at the American Sports Center in Anaheim, California to participate in a the event. An event that remixed the format and rules of
the traditional contest to make dunk contests feel fresh again. The biggest change was having the 8 players split up into teams of 2. Then those 2 teams had to go through 3 unique rounds: A freestyle round, a D.U.N.K round (the dunking version of H.O.R.S.E) and a Eastbay Evolution round judged by none other than the Eastbay Funk Dunk inventor Isaiah Rider.

THE RESULTS

In Round 1, Team 1, made up of Michael Purdie, Guy Dupuy, Kenny Dobbs and Porter Maberry,  became the crowd and favorite of the judges - Rider, streetball legend The Professor and NBA2KTV host Rachel DeMita - with a set of creative dunks highlighted by 5'5 Maberry jumping over one of his teammates.

In Round 2, Team 2, made up Sir Issac, Lipek, Justin Darlington and Jonathan Clark won the round with a bunch of dunks never seen in a NBA contest including a reverse split dunk and handstand dunk by Olympic hopeful Jonathan Clark.

Jon Clark with a dunk you have never seen before #EastBayFunkDunk Contest | Live Stream: https://t.co/YK4a59rLhl pic.twitter.com/W0mRfNrPx0

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In the final round, Team 1 pulled off a pair of Eastbay dunks over a bunch of kids while Team 2 missed a 360 Eastbay over a bunch of people - which might have been enough to top Team 1 if they were able to pull it off.

Guy Dupuy with the sick eastbay #EastBayFunkDunk Contest pic.twitter.com/P3Ki2BVFXs

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All 4 winners on the winning team won $2,500 each and the judges favorite on the losing team (Sir Issac) was also given a $2,500 prize. The remaining 3 players each won $750 for their participation. As a bonus, Eastbay also gave every participant a pair of Yeezy 350s which sells for a "few dollars."

Aside from a great show, the fans were able to get autographs and take pictures with the players and celebrity judges.

It was a great event which just like the Eastbay Funk Dunk in 1994, will only get better and more spectacular as the evolution of the dunk and the dunkers that do them continue to push the limits of dunking.

Thank you to @Eastbay, the dunkers & judges of the 1st #EastBayFunkDunk contest pic.twitter.com/2pg2XyJh2B

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EASTBAY FUNK DUNK SWEEPSTAKES

You can also enter the #EastbayFunkDunk Sweepstakes that ends 11/7. Shoot a video of you doing your best Eastbay Funk Dunk (Size of the hoop does not matter). Upload to twitter/instagram and use the #EastbayFunkDunk hashtag and if selected, you could win your entire squad new shoes for the upcoming season!

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It was dunk heaven at the Phoenix 3on3 event this past weekend as dunk legend Kenny Dobbs hosted the "King of the Dunk Game" dunk contest along with former NBA slam dunk contest winner Isaiah "JR" Rider.

The participants included recent 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown winner and "Sin City Saints" actor Myree "Reemix" Bowden, ?last year's dunk contest winner Sir Issac (with an extra inch or two on the mohawk), former LA Showdown winner Michael Purdie and 5x Showdown winner Werm.

Despite some pretty insane dunks, including Myree windmilling over a guy on a chair and 5'10 Issac jumping over a 7 footer, ?it would be 1 footer Werm who beat out the 4x Houston Rockets Blacktop Winner Sir Issac in the finals for the title.

Both Issac and Reemix will be throwing down some crazy dunks during the weekend of May 2nd when we host the 2015 Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach. If you can't make it out, the game and festivities will be televised.

Also in May, Issac will be defending his Blacktop title in Houston - the event was originally scheduled for this month but was rained out.

BONUS VIDEO: ?ISSAC WINS THE 2014 PHX 3ON3 CONTEST

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I had the pleasure of joining former NBA dunk champion Jeremy Evans, Dunk legend Darryl Dawkins and dunk phenom Myree "Reemix" Bowden" as a judge for the Dallas Sprite Showdown contest this past weekend. ?Besides convincing Jeremy Evans to be the Russian Judge, the highlight of the event was watching arguably the best dunker in the world (Kenny Dobbs) face off against arguably the highest jumping dunker in the world (Issac White aka Sir Issac). ?Kenny Dobbs, who won the 2012 Showdown finals at All-Star weekend with a blindfolded between the legs dunk over 3 people, left with another trophy and check to add to his dunk showcase but Houston dunker Sir Issac made the most noise that day especially with a between the legs over a person elbow dunk that was so powerful that it caused a screw to pop out of the rim.

This would be Issac's 4th time competing in the contest and amazingly his fourth time finishing second. ?Issac isn't doing anything wrong in the contest. His problem is he keeps showing up to contests where near unbeatable legends show up. ?He lost to Air Up There in a contest that Vince Carter in his prime could not of won. He lost to Werm who has won 4 times in 4 different cities and this time he lost to internationally known and Red Bull commercial star Kenny Dobbs.

Issac isn't internationally known yet but if you ask anybody that plays ball in Houston Texas they can tell you about how they saw the 5'10" freak posterize somebody at a local court and the following video is a sample of posters that Houstonians have been seeing for a while (skip to the to the 40 second mark to see some nasty posters).

I don't know if he is the "highest jumping dunker in the world" but on this day even the Russian judge had a hard time arguing against the claim.

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