The 2007 Hoopies: It's Time To Cast Your Ballot!
Welcome to the 2008 Hoopies, Hooping.org Magazine's first annual awards celebrating greatness in our community. We'd like to remind everyone that if you're a hooper you're already a winner! Nominations for the 2007 Hoopies opened on January 1st, 2008, and closed on January 11th at 9pm Pacific Standard Time. More than 400 nominations were submitted. The results were tabulated and your top five nominated finalists in each category were presented. Where there were ties, and there were several, more than the customary five finalists were included on the ballot.
Voting opened on Monday, January 14th and closed on Friday, January 18th at 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. Your 2007 Hoopies winners will be announced on Monday, January 21st, 2008. All of our nominees presented below are linked and we invite you to view our nominated videos, songs, groups and individuals. Without a doubt, 2007 was an amazing year in the world of hooping and we're proud to present your nominated finalists:
1. Event That Promoted Hooping To A Larger Audience:
Of the many events that took place during 2007, our readers narrowed down these five as being the most significant in carrying the hooping message to others.
Burning Man
HeartFM's UK Ad Campaign with Hoopgirl
Hoops For Haiti
Hoopnotica on Good Morning America
World Hoop Day
2. Oustanding Newbie Hooper (Started in 2007):
New hoopers have an advantage over those of us who have been around awhile, a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips. These five hooping "newbies" have already made their mark and are ones to watch in 2008.
Chika "Hooplur": Los Angeles, California
Coehlo: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deanne: Tokyo, Japan
Theory: Bloomington, Indiana
Victoria: Birmingham, Alabama
3. Oustanding Hoop Instructor:
With many classes being taught, these five nominated finalists rose above the rest this year.
Jon Baxter: The Hoop Path: Carrboro, North Carolina
Christabel "Hoopgirl" Zamor: San Francisco, California
Keaton Talmadge: Hoopnotica: Los Angeles, California
Natasha "Silverstar" Young: Hoopsie Daisy: Berkeley, California
Rayna McInturf: Hoopnotica: Los Angeles, California
4. Outstanding Hooping Tribe Member:
Hooping.org Magazine's Hooping Tribe is a great place for hooping discussion and community. Moderated by Xta Giles in Vancouver, British Columbia, the following nominated finalists went above and beyond in being outstandingly tribal.
Ann Humphreys: Carrboro, North Carolina
Beth Lavinder/Williams: Smithfield, North Carolina
Caroleeena: Raleigh, North Carolina
Geoffrey / Vicious Von Loop: Calgary, Alberta
Natasha: Dayton, Ohio
5. Online Hooping Video of the Year:
With a much larger tie on our hands, we narrowed it down to these nine top online videos of 2007.
Guggenhoopin: Video by Hoopnotica of Los Angeles, California.
Her Birthday Hoop Vlog: Video by Hooper in Los Angeles, California.
Im Rachem Des Jaguars: Video by Sharna Rose of Maidstone, England.
Insatiable Zombie Love: Video by Grace Face.
Isolation Solution: Video by Nicolas Longuechaud in Paris, France.
Mix and Yoshi: Video by Mix and Yoshi in Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan.
Pink Light: A Tyler Jensen video of the Nordeast MPLS Hoop Troop, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Omas Hooping in Berlin: Video by Laura Scarborough in Austin, Texas.
Spiral: Hoop Dancer: Video by Jim McGuire and Vivian "Spiral" Hancock, Seattle, Washington.
6. Best Hooping Song of 2007:
Hooping goes to another level with the right music and these five hoop tracks were singled out as the best of 2007. If you have iTunes, clicking the song link will take you directly to each listening page. If you don't have iTunes you can download iTunes here. For best results open iTunes prior to clicking the links below.
Make Me Sweat from the Make Me Sweat Single by Basement Jaxx
Verbing The Noun from Underground Communication by Bassnectar
Hoola Hoop from Ragga Ragga Ragga 2007 by Macka Diamond
Just Fine from Growing Pains by Mary J. Blige
Boyz from Kala by M.I.A.
7. Hoop Group of the Year:
Bay Area Hoopers: San Francisco, California
Groovehoops: New York, New York
Hoopaholics: Sydney, Australia
The Hoop Path: Carrboro, North Carolina.
Hoopgirl Allstars: San Francisco, California
whirlyGirlz: Portland, Oregon.
8. Fire Hooper of the Year:
Barry Clement: Atlanta, Georgia
Brandon Huston: Portland, Oregon
Julia Hartsell: Carrboro, North Carolina.
Kamala Mathis: Los Angeles, California
KC Van de Merkt: Chicago, Illinois
Vivian "Spiral" Hancock: Seattle, Washington
9. Male Hooper of the Year:
Adam Grieve: Madison, Wisconsin
Barry Clement: Atlanta, Georgia
Jon Baxter: Carrboro, North Carolina
Karis: Los Angeles, California
Stefan Pildes: New York, New York
10. Female Hooper of the Year:
Ann Humphreys: Carrboro, North Carolina
Christabel "Hoopgirl" Zamor: San Francisco, California
Lynn Knickrehm: Boise, Idaho
Rayna McInturf: Hoopnotica: Los Angeles, California
Sharna Rose: Maidstone, England
Vivian "Spiral" Hancock: Seattle, Washington
Comments
You go HoopGirl
Posted by: Brandy Donovan | January 14, 2008 2:20 PM
xoxox
Posted by: Mollie Hogan | January 14, 2008 3:11 PM
Go Kamala!
Posted by: Cela | January 15, 2008 9:20 PM
deanne toyko rules she is the best
Posted by: Kerry McNeill | January 16, 2008 1:25 AM
Nice
Posted by: Nicholas Jong | January 16, 2008 3:10 AM
Sharna Rose always an INSPIRATION
Posted by: jenny brown | January 16, 2008 8:17 AM
This is so wonderful. I wish I knew about it I would of nominated OUR hoop troupe THE KAIVALYA HOOP DANCERS based out of Denver, CO! These girls ROCK ROCK ROCK and are so kind and giving to the hoop community! Unlike other hoop troupes we know, who only want to charge money, instead of spread the hoopla.
Posted by: GroovinMegzz | January 16, 2008 12:22 PM
Good Luck Kamala: you're the best.
Posted by: Monty | January 16, 2008 12:26 PM
Best of luck Rena and Karis!!
Posted by: Diane Gilbert (Peaches) | January 16, 2008 6:26 PM
DEANNE ROCKS!!!
Posted by: Sarah McNeill | January 16, 2008 6:27 PM
Deanne in Tokyo is one of the sweetest, most positive and optimistic people out there!
Have you seen her sexy tatami hoopage?
She rocks!
Posted by: Sigsy | January 16, 2008 7:52 PM
Yay Kamala! My favorite Hooper and more!
Posted by: Britt | January 17, 2008 12:51 AM
Deanne Tokyo
Sending you good vibes.
Proud of you
Posted by: colleen tonking | January 17, 2008 1:51 AM
inspire with fire!!! wooohoooo!
Posted by: jodettedawn | January 17, 2008 6:52 AM
Adam ROCKS with a hoop. I've seen him at several venues and he's always a terrific showman and helpful to newbies, especially kids.
Posted by: Jim | January 17, 2008 12:09 PM
Adam's a terrific hooper and a worderful representative of the hooping community. He practices his hobby at many venues and is instrumental in getting kids involved.
Posted by: jim | January 17, 2008 2:33 PM
You guys rock... wow, what a beautiful experience to share with all of you. Thank You!!
Posted by: kamala | January 17, 2008 6:41 PM
Deanne Toyoko is the best hooper and also has the looks to go with the body for hooping
Posted by: Jack McNeill | January 17, 2008 10:06 PM
Wonderful, an honor to be nominated along with many other talented folks. Just wanted to add, especially proud of my Hooping Video nomination, as (is incorrectly referenced) I spent many hours creating/editing it myself as my first video edit project ever. My friend Jim did contribute some footage, but it was a long labor of love for me, and it's nice to know it's appreciated whether it wins or not. thanks everyone, and good luck! Also, for accuracy's sake, I'm a modern-day gypsy and have been out of Seattle for almost a month, back on the East cost now...
Posted by: Spiral | January 18, 2008 9:50 AM
We love you Kamala. Thanks for the regular doses of inspiration.
Hope
Posted by: Hope Mueller | January 20, 2008 9:00 AM
YAAAAAAAAY KAMALAAAA lol hey im gonna try ta come to those advan poi workshops
Posted by: Kevin Shapyro | January 24, 2008 8:24 PM