Macleans, Canada’s only national weekly current affairs magazine, is spreading the word that “hooping is back.” Monique Polak writes, “When Montrealer Marie-Pier Jolicoeur needs a break from working on her Ph.D. dissertation, she heads to Parc Lafontaine—with her Hula Hoop. … Nicole Farley, co-owner of the Vancouver-based Pixie Hoops, a company that manufactures exercise hoops and offers classes, says, “When we launched our online store in 2008, we were selling five hoops a month. Now we sell two a day.” Farley says no one is too clutzy to hoop. “With the old hoops, you had to move your body very quickly. The new ones have more momentum.” Farley thinks the dance component helps make hooping fun: “You’re dancing with a partner, only you’ve got a Hula Hoop, not a partner.” Heather Umpherville has done six hooping classes offered by Pixie Hoops in Victoria. … Asked what’s fun about hooping, Umpherville, 26, says, “Everything. It brings out this ridiculous happy childhood euphoria in me.” Full story: Macleans.ca
