P-Trix - 1998 ITF US Finals

The legend himself P-Trix (Patrick Arreola) gets loose at the 1998 ITF US Finals, his first major battle before winning the American DMC championship a year later.

[@jxconvert8234]

I don’t think a lot of people really understand how advanced this was for the time. Definitely groundbreaking work

[@MichaelShum]

a game-changer for sure

[@djzacone1]

I think that related to today it's even more advanced. Now technology helps a lot and djs don't have to strugle with jumping needles like we use to do back in the days. Now the only limit it's the creativity

[@jpsgalia]

Loved his little crab between the juggles. P-Trix rocks !!!

[@MichaelShum]

interesting to see an earlier version of the classic itzowheezee juggle

[@jpsgalia]

Michael Shum totally agree!

[@djdeus]

Michael Shum he had a very basic version of it as well when he first debuted it at a battle called 911 in Southern California

[@rcayabyab8994]

IMHO, his original patterns sounded much better musically. The boom bap doubles with the backcueing are incredibly catchy; one of the very reasons why he and the late great Swift Rock influenced me juggle wise.

[@captinweestain526]

P trix is so smooth, glides.

[@grahamgramy1131]

Every juggle he made up, has about 30 patterns. He would pick the best patterns!!!

[@mfknrmxthebangmessiah6012]

jasmine ridley he just keeps pulling them out on he first juggle too. Shit is crazy!

[@djdeus]

Ptrix can still hang with the best nowadays. Hey Michael, do you have the prelim round footage for all DJs? I would love to archive my Bubbling routine from that battle.

[@MichaelShum]

djdeus unfortunately, this is the only routine from the eliminations ive got-but im positive ill run across the tape at some point 🙂

[@soulskratch]

Hey michael! Like Deus i am interested in the other routines from the prelims too..it would be great if you found them...sup Deus!!

[@djdeus]

Goose! I thought you had the prelims?

[@soulskratch]

@@djdeus so the videotape that i have is the original copy they sold in 98-99... but it looks like the video uploaded is different because the original videotape didnt have the text on screen..hehehe.. i want my group home sup star routine documented..

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

So this battle was won by Develop, wasn't it? Then he decided not to compete in the World Final, because he would have been using the same routines in the Beat Juggling Final, which he'd also qualified for, right? Infamous competed in the Advancement World Final instead, so does that mean Develop and Infamous both finished ahead of P-Trix in this battle? I never had the tape, although I did offer to buy a copy from the chubby kid with the glasses, who is sat behind P-Trix, many years ago, after he'd uploaded some of it on here. He didn't want to sell it though.

[@MichaelShum]

yeah develop won this one-defeating infamous in the finals, even though infamous was announced as the winner. i think develop beat p-trix in the semi-finals with the "you can't get fresher than this" juggle. not sure who the other semi-finalist was-either nando or ixl?

[@JMJC1]

I still have this tape along with many others, and the man in the glasses is Goose. Oh and J, would I be correct in thinking you were known as b** s****?

[@MichaelShum]

UP&UNDER85 hit me up ive been trying to get a hold of the full eliminations and finals !

[@JMJC1]

@@MichaelShum I may make a quick video to show you my video collection, would that interest you?

[@MichaelShum]

UP&UNDER85 hells yeah it would interest me

[@wadupNEEM]

p-trix was so ahead of his time it's not even funny.

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

Yeah. I remember when I first saw him at the '99 US DMC Final. I'd just spent the last year trying to master Craze's new style of juggling, then P-Trix comes along with his weird open-fader juggling, and I was sat there thinking, 'Back to the drawing board!' Seriously, if, like me, you were battling back in the golden era, these guys would seriously stress you out, because you had to master all the new styles that came out, in order to stand a chance of competing.

[@MichaelShum]

i don't think anyone in the US much less UK ever mastered p-trix's juggling style

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

Plus One was doing some open-fader stuff in '00 and '01, I think.

[@jigejige]

Hi, what's name of the first beat?

[@soulskratch]

Sound clash by Shabaam Sahdeeq

[@MichaelShum]

a great beat

[@jigejige]

@@soulskratch thanks!

[@soulskratch]

Theres another story to this battle why there are prelims...do boy was supposed to be in this battle...

[@MichaelShum]

can u explain this story more? what happened to do boy (i know 98 was the last year he battled before he quit entirely)

[@JMJC1]

That would have been interesting. An established NY battler against all those young upstarts.

[@soulskratch]

@@MichaelShum So there were three heats for the advancements :west,east and south. They would take top 3 from the east..top 3 from the west and top 2 from the south . Top 2 from the South was Infamous (winner) and J-Storm. The east heat resulted with Do-Boy (winner) Develop and IXL. At 1998 west coast eliminations was held in LA. They had to end the battle because they started the battle late and venue wanted to close up . The semis was supposed to be P-Trix vs Deus and Me Vs Nando. So they decided to have the 4 of us fly up to the to the bay area the next weekend for the US Advancement Finals. We were supposed to finish the semi pairings and determine the top 3 from the west before the US Finals. The losers of the semis would battle for 3rd place. From what I remember Do-Boy was supposed to come and they waited all the way up to the battle that was held on a sunday night. He didnt show up after all. So they decided that the 8 of us perform a small set to determine seedings for the US Finals.

[@MichaelShum]

wow thanks for this info-i wonder what happened with do-boy

[@soulskratch]

@@MichaelShum from what I can remember. ( we e-mailed each other).. He went to an ivy league school..and maybe he focused on his career in engineering/business.. he was a sharp guy!!! i remember he was CEO for Friendster in early mid 2000's... you can find him IG too...the 5th Platoon guys could probably give you a better answer.. wonder if any of them are here?