How to Make a Fire Hoop
January 4, 2012 in Europe, Fire, Hoop-Making
Eva, aka The Blue Tornado, explains how she made her awesome fire hoop, which is different than the ones we usually see. She lives in Northern Austria.
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by Philo Hagen
by Philo Hagen
How to Make a Yarn Hula Hoop
December 21, 2011 in Hoop-Making, Tutorials
Sarah “Swift Hoops” Snell writes, “Yarn hoops are warm hugs in the winter time!” In her first tutorial she shares instructions on how to transform a hoop into something a little more cozy. It’s a great winter project to do while watching a movie. She lives in Bordentown, New Jersey, USA.
by Philo Hagen
My Hooper Holiday Giving Plan
December 1, 2011 in Features, Health and Spirit, Hoop-Making
by Philo Hagen
Thanksgiving night I was driving down Santa Monica Boulevard while thinking that I really should have passed on that second piece of pumpkin cheesecake when I saw them. They were in sleeping bags. They were huddled inside makeshift tents. They were lined up down the street and around the corner for as far as my fleeting eye could see. No, they weren’t Occupy Protesters. They were Black Friday holiday shoppers and they had one of those big corporate megastores surrounded. Earlier in the evening, between the turkey and the dessert, my friend had turned on the television and a news reporter was interviewing one of them at some other store somewhere else in America. A middle-aged woman who’d been camped out all day was asked what she was waiting to purchase. Her response, “I don’t know. We’ll know when we see what’s on sale.”
While I’m not one of those who thinks that buying nothing is a great idea when so many of our hoop community friends have small businesses whose very livelihood depends upon us this holiday season, I don’t think anyone can deny that it’s gotten a little crazy. Rather than sleeping on a cold, concrete sidewalk in the hopes of saving a few bucks on items I hadn’t even planned on getting, I decided to come up with my own hooper holiday plan. It seems to me a key part of the very nature of the holidays is to be thoughtful of others, our family and friends, even strangers in need. The greatest gifts I’ve personally received were ones that were given with thoughtfulness behind them and when I think about all that hooping has done for me in my life, and continues to do, this year the plan is to affordably share this gift with others. This year I’m going to be giving a gift that keeps on giving. Read the rest of this entry →
by Philo Hagen
Hula Hoop Repair: How to Fix Your Broken Hoop
October 20, 2011 in Blogs, Hoop-Making
Imei of writes, “I had a little accident. After placing my hula hoops on an unused light bracket that I thought was safe and practical, I forgot to keep the light off the circuit one dark evening about two weeks ago. The result: two perfectly good hoops with three-inch sections melted almost completely through. Luckily, they melted so slowly, there was no damage to either the light bracket (which apparently gets hot enough to melt things over a few hour’s time!), and nothing caught on fire. Since I’m the type of person that hates wasting things and hates unnecessarily adding to the world’s garbage dumps, I felt there was only one choice. I would have to learn how to repair and make a hoop.” Find out how she repaired her hula hoop. She lives in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Cost of a Hoop
July 8, 2011 in Fresh, Hoop-Making, Hooposophy
[This week Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn considers the price of admission.]
I was in a frenzy, biting at the bit, massaging my temples, and banging on my poor, hapless laptop as my google searches went out into the ether and came back, again and again, in vain. It was August 18, 2002, and I would have done anything, would have paid anything for a big, fat hoop. All it had taken was one taste, just a few minutes of blissful joy inside that unusually heavy circle to get me hooked. But I had no idea how I’d get that feeling again. I would have begun to despair, if I hadn’t been so determined. That big hoop I’d danced with at a Summer’s festival in Louisiana had come from somewhere, right? And by god, I was going to get mine.
I don’t remember how many months it took me to finally stumble upon Jason Unbound’s instructions for making a hoop. But it felt like an e…..ter…..ni….ty. After studying Jason’s long-distance gift of grace, I set out upon my mission. I’d estimate that I drove over 300 miles in and outside the city of Atlanta GA until I located the right tubing and connectors. And how long did it take for me to produce a workable hoop? How many pots of water did I boil? How many coils of tubing did I cut? How many rolls of tape ended up in sticky, wadded messes on the floor? How many tantrums did I throw? I don’t even remember now. In my mind, that frantic time is cobbled together like a montage of alchemy in mind. The moment I succeeded, I imagine, was accompanied by Dr. Frankenstein-like glee and the cackling of a madwoman.
The rest becomes a two-year blur of spinning, experimenting, and smiling. After that, giddy excitement at watching the availability of the modern, adult-sized dance hoop slowly grow and grow … and grow. Today, not yet ten years later, there must be hundreds of online stores, local studios, and festival vendors that exist solely to get you your hoop-high faster and easier than ever before. And Jason’s instructions? Still there, like a beacon of light for do-it-yourself-ers everywhere. Read the rest of this entry →
by Philo Hagen
How to Make a Hula Hoop: First Grade Edition
June 13, 2011 in Blogs, Children, Hoop-Making
Anneliese Putzrath decided to teach others how to make a hula hoop for her class project – only she’s only in the first grade. She’s the daughter of Cara Zara and they live in Charlotte, North Carolina. View the full super cute post!
by Philo Hagen
Great Fitness Experiment Hoops It Up
May 20, 2011 in Blogs, Health and Spirit, Hoop-Making
Charlotte Making Hoops
