Wham-O Hula Hoop
In this week’s Friday Flashback we rewind back to 1977 for this Wham-O Hula Hoop commercial. The ad showed viewers that hula hooping wasn’t just a fun thing to do with your friends in the…
Tag Archives: Vintage
Earlham College Hoopers 1900
Our Friday Flashback for this week takes us to Earlham College in beautiful Richmond, Indiana, USA. The lovely ladies you see here are all part of the graduating class of 1900.
Miss Audacious Turns Back Time
The Vivacious Miss Audacious, aka Audria Larsen of Audacious Hoops, poses for a hoop photo inspired by our piece on Alfred Cheney Johnston and the Ziegfeld Hula Hoop Nudes Mystery. She lives in Grand Rapids,…
Alfred Cheney Johnston and the Ziegfeld Hula Hoop Nudes Mystery
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn digs into a hooping mystery.] by Lara Eastburn Photographs of vintage nudes posing with hula hoops have been cropping up on hoopers’ online radars of late. These are striking images of…
Ninja Hoop Battle
While going all ninja and hooping have been linked by many in recent years, here we have a vintage battle with Godfrey Ho in his role as Bruce Lambert getting all ninja when suddenly, hoops…
Rock-a-Hula Spins Up the Past in London
The French publication Nova Planet has discovered that the hoop is back, although they’re seeing it as decidedly retro and believe that it’s still a big secret throughout Europe. “Martha, Miss Constance AKA Irkles, is…