Tag Archives: Alberta

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…

Dallas Arcand: Hoop Dance 101

Angelika Gawronski of Shaw TV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently did a profile on Dallas Arcand, the three-time World Champion Hoop Dancer and she learned a lot about the nature and basics of aboriginal/native hoop…

Hooping Tutorials: Christmas Wrap Combo

Babz Robinson of Wild Girl Hoops serves up a slow motion tutorial on a body wrap that Sharna Rose created years ago. Why? She explains, “I don’t see enough people rock this move or at…

Carla Snow Spins Up Weight Loss and a Career in Edmonton

In Canada, hooping culture is growing in Edmonton. In fact, Carla Snow of Flowlab quit her job as an accountant to become a full-time hooper making her own hoops and teaching workshops and hooping classes.…

Mobot: A Cog in the Snow

Mobot steps out into the snow for some winter hooping in this beautiful video. She hoops her way through the crisp, white snow at Mill Creek Ravine and leads us to the expansive frozen Sylvan…

Idle No More: First Nations Hoop Dance Protest

Over one hundred hoop dancers gathered at the West Edmonton Mall for a rally protesting Bill C-45, which was passed by the Canadian Senate last month. In response, the Assembly of First Nations unanimously voted…

Solace

It’s been quite awhile since we’ve seen anything from Solace, otherwise known as Hannah Wiens, and it’s great to have her back in the spin. In this video she delivers quite the emotionally powerful and…