The Hop Hoop thread

Hello again hoppers
Just found this thread getting lost in the cyber space of hop and thought I'd rescue it. Finally got my fire hoop finished :yay:
it is so beautiful but also very, very hot. much more scary than poi and staff. Also got some fire fans last week. I love new toys!

omg majik, you're in byron bay. im almost definetly coming up for the next blues fest. will have to meet you.

cheers, pete

Oh the hoops that were wiggled at PDF.

And I've got the prettiest hoop in all the land. Ask anyone.

Well, the prettiest? It is the best glowy - and did you see some of the pics on the PDF tribe? But beauty is in the eye of the beholder dear NYC, and I think my thrashed one hoop is still the fairest in the land.

Yes yes... true true.

By "best in the land" I meant through my eyes only.

Just like I've only got eyes for mollypoi.

Mr Psihoop himself (lovely man) says that if you tape up the dragonfly hoop a bit it gets even prettier

Would UV tape on a glowing hoop be overkill though?

On another note, knee hooping really is much harder with clothes on. Boo.

Naked hooping!

naked hooping! yes! bare legged is the way to go!

don't forget the jam Reagan!

NYC, are you going to bring the glowyhoop (it Still needs a name you know) over for the summer? Amongst other things we may need it as the glowygoal for raveball

Oh good call... yes, I'll be bringing the psy.



And then I will SURELY have the fairest hoop in Edinburgh.

hmmm...

i have not Hooped in ages... so this w-end i went and bought 2 hoops... I CAN'T HOOP ANYMORE!

I just can't keep it going! I used to be able to keep going for ages (when i was 2 bricks and 1/2 a marie biscuit high)!Perhaps the plastic hoops are too light! I'm thinking of filling them with sand to weight them! Do y'all suppose that'll help?

Absolutely. If you're using one of those small, plastic children's hoops that you can get in a toy store or something, they are not made for grown-ups and you will have difficulty with them. I make my own, using irrigation tubing - they are about 4 to 5 feet in diameter and weigh a lot more than the toys. For tons of tips and hoop making instructions, check out hooping.org.

thanx rbmnyc...

last night i grabed some 20mm pvc tubing and a couple of straight connectors and made one, just to try it out!

got it right... still think i could go bigger tho, will prolly add a half meter or so onto the circumferance this evening... but will see.

Thanx for the tip tho!

actually - I lied about the size ... most of my hoops these days are under 4 feet in diameter - so I hope I didn't mislead you into making it too big ... (I'm not so good with measurements and stuff.)

the best diameter is one where the hoop reaches between your navel and your chest from the floor.

Good luck and happy hooping. I keep meaning to make a video ... but you know how these things go .... as soon as I have one, I'll post a link here. There's so much you can do with a hoop!

pie are squared!

an idea I just found on tribe.com...

Sparkely Hoops!

no, not of the Wire wool variety, but sparklers wired to the wicks I suppose... would that work?

That'd totally work! Except by the time you'd got the 6th one lit, the first one would be about half gone.

But it's worth a shot.

Yeah - I saw that post too - and I thought - why not just make a fire hula hoop? You could use kevlar, and soak it in lamp oil, and it would last longer and probably look more impressive .....

Ah - but we are ahead of the curve here, aren't we?

I've dismantled my fire hoop (saying I've dismantled Paul would sound odd) and I'm about to try to take it to Ireland with me tomorrow (wish me luck!)

Reagan - you're missing the point... the SPARKLEY bit!