Tag Archives: Hula Hoop Records

Mademoiselle Mittens Spins Heaviest Fire Hooping Record

At the Macarthur Street Primary School fair in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, attendees were witness to something rarer than probably any of them realized. Mademoiselle Mittens, who is a member of the Roy Maloy Carnival Coliseum,…

Andreas Spilly Spiliadis Giant Hoops to Lo Show Dei Record Victory

Earlier this year we told you about the hooping battle of the century. In one corner was Andreas “Spilly” Spiliadis, age 44, aka “the hula hoop man”. In the other corner was Paul “Dizzy Hips”…

Pete Moyer’s Hula Hoop Star Rises on David Letterman

Within days of learning that his YouTube videos were being picked up for an upcoming episode of Bloopers on WGN-TV Chicago and You Gotta See This on the Nickelodeon network, Pete Moyer got the big…

Bangkok Sets New Hula Hoop World Record

2,690 people in Bangkok set a new Guinness World Record for the most people hula hooping. The previous record, held by Taiwan, got stomped by nearly a hundred hoopers at Thai-Japan (DinDang) stadium. Bangkok governor…

Kyle Petersen Sets World Record for Nose Hooping

Kyle Petersen, aka the Brooklyn Juggler, who you may remember hooped with Kathie Lee Gifford on the Today Show earlier this year, has set a new world record this week by nose hooping (also known…

Dessi Espana Remembered

Our Friday Flashback this week honors the memory of a truly beautiful hoop performer, Dessi España. Dessi is seen here performing with the Tower Circus in 1986 in Blackpool, England. Sadly, she passed away in…

Booya Palooza Guinness Hula Hoop Record Attempt Spins Joy

Studio Booya recently invited hoopers to Loring Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most people hula hooping in the same location. The previous record was…

300 Rochdale Kids Set New Choreographed Hula Hoop World Record

As crowds waited for the Olympic Flame to arrive in Rochdale’s Town Centre in the UK, 300 schoolchildren gathered on The Butts for their attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for a choreographed hula…