Hula Hoop Bruising: What it’s All About
by Philo Hagen If you’re an adult taking your first spins at hooping and you’ve devoted a couple of hours of happy hoop time to your newly discovered wonderland inside the plastic circle, chances are…
Join Our Circle as a Team Member
Hooping.org has been spinning the world wide web for more than a decade now and these days we’ve got a pretty wonderful team of hoopers making things happen. We’re currently looking to expand our inner…
Top Ten List for June 9-15 2013
Hello Hoopers! We hope you all had a the hoopiest weekend possible, because we certainly did! And now it’s time for our weekly Top Ten List where we count down the top ten most buzz…
How to Protect and Respect Hooping Images and Video
by Lara Eastburn Every day, hundreds of hooping videos are uploaded to YouTube and Vimeo. Along with hundreds more images of handcrafted hoops and stunning hoop action. It’s how we learn from one another and…
It’s Never too Late to Learn to Hoop
by Marlys Hersey Starting to hula hoop at age 45 may seem silly, frivolous, some vainglorious attempt to recapture youth. Regardless, I’m doing it. Often. And sometimes for hours at a time. Alone and in…
Hooping Videos
Katie Sunshine at The Hangout Festival
It’s no big secret that a lot of hoopers love music festivals, but it’s not often we get to go to the…
Photos
Hannah Hummingbird
Hannah Hummingbird of Hummingbird Hoops spins a hula hoop near the beautiful sunflowers. She lives in Arcata, California, USA. Photo by The…
Tutorials
Save the Hoop When it Starts to Fall
Jess Wagstrom of Jess Hoops is back with a new tutorial intended to help any of you newbie hoopers who are trying…
Hooping Tutorials: Spinning Behind the Back
Violet Ponderosa aka Sara Harrison is here to teach us…
Learning the Lift
Lara Eastburn knows you have an aching can’t-stop-it-itch to expand…
More Articles
Amanda Syryda
Hoopers can’t help but hoop everywhere we go because, well, why wouldn’t you? A wonderful trip anywhere is made even sweeter with hooping and Amanda Syryda of Hip Flick Hoops takes us on a hoop tour of her recent travels, showing us how this is…
Recyclable Sounds and Barbara Francesquine
Are you ready for a fire hooping performance piece from Brazil that isn’t quite like anything we’ve ever seen before? In this video made by Livia Santos, we find Barbara Francesquine and Conrado Pera waiting for us in what appears to be a recycling station…
Nicole Cadrette
Gandhi once said, “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” As we progress through our hooping journey many of us go through a period of time in which we equate pure speed with skill. Sometimes it is the case, but often times it can…
JJ Hula: Morning Practice
One of the greatest gifts you get when you follow a particular hooper is getting to see them evolve and mature in their art. JJ Hula, aka James Fredrickson, gifts us with something a little different from what he normally shares, and as we congratulate…
Surf Hooping with Michael and Shaheen
Surf’s up, let’s hoop! That’s exactly what these dudes are up to as they take to the waves, get on their surfboards for some “manly hooping”, and head out to sea, thanks to a GoPro camera on the surfboard we get an amazing view of…