The Hop Hoop thread

http://www.hooping.org/archives/cat_videos.html

Burning Man vid is quite far down the page

word word word! how good is that video from burning man if its the same one im thinking of. was it not on hooping.org?

skulduggery i cant wait to take it along now, just hope it fits in the car! hopefully someone there can show me a coupla tricks!

I get to go wiggle with Groove Hoops today.

It makes Monday's SO much more bearable.

OH MY GOSH I LEARNED SO MUCH IN HOOPING TODAY MY HEAD'S GONNA EXPLODE!

I feel like I gotta write it down somewhere so why not here?

I got a little bit better at hooping the 'wrong way' but I still suck badly.

I got a bit better at waist-neck-hand transitions while vertical.

For the first time ever I wiggled the hoop from my waist to my neck without using my hands.

I got a bit better at hand hooping (using your hands and passing it around your waist rather than wiggling your hips)

And most importantly ... I LEARNED to THROW and CATCH! We played a fun game where you have a partner and you throw and catch it to them across the room (vertically)... We got to the point where we were winging it back and forth without having it do a full rotation (hard to explain) but if you catch it and quickly throw it before it does a full rotation it looks cool. I think my arm is going to be a bit black and blue tomorrow but it was so fun. I totally understand catching it while keeping the momentum (like which side I'll have to catch it on so it keeps spinning)...

I can't wait for EJC to play with you all.

Edit: I've got NICE hooping bruises all up and down my arm now from catching hoops wrong. Luckily I wear long sleeves at work or everyone would think I was a battered boyfriend.

haha, thats quality NYC, props on learning the new tricks. wish there was something similar to go to here in the glasgow. sk

Grass is always greener I guess. I'd give a bunch to have all the poi spinners you guys have over there to be closer to me. The Northeast of the US has a significant lack of poi spinners compared to Great Britan.

Hey NYC: Thanks for posting that Groove Hoops link! Looks like a fun & sexy crew.

I also just managed to wiggle the hoop from my waist to my neck without hands...it's rather thrilling, I must say. Working on keeping it at my shoulders right now, and sticking my arms in and out.

I love love love hand-hooping stuff, there was some crazy sh*t in that vid! That contact roll, and the thing with the elbows, btb! One day...

hey hey hey, i took the hoop to the juggling club it went down a treat, im taking it back next week! cant wait! still, i can only jiggle it round my wiggle but can almost push it up and through me if you catch the drift! hooray! i feel like a pioneer for the glasgow crew! big up myself.

sk

everyone loves a hoop/hoops
If they don't they just haven't been introduced properly.

In my hoopie news (which isn't really that important, but I'll share anyway) I'm trying to learn to hoop the other way (which I think is clockwise, I usually hoop anti clockwise) it feels like I've never picked up a hoop in my life.

Oh yeah. Wrong way sucks. But it is fun to feel like a total newbie again. I've been trying to flip it from 'right way' to 'wrong way' and back as smoothly as possible but, for some reason I can only do it with my eyes closed and if I really concentrate.

yeh smoothly seems to be a problem here. Wrong way comes complete with over exagerated wiggles while I try get the hoop up to my chest and keep it there. Must look strange.

okay I just discovered that hooping topless + hoop rolling over nipple rings = OW. but in a good way.

Am I the only clockwise hooper. Everyone else I know is anticlockwise....why is this?

I know a clockwise hooper so you aren't the only one..but they do seem to be rare

I tried it yesterday for the first time in ages. I found I could do it both ways. Bt then I could just spin the thing.

I can go anticlockwise if I have to, but it feels all wrong.

I'm clockwise when i do try.

Nope I'm not left handed. I think maybe I should have been though. When I started school they insisted everyone wrote with their right hand. I've been told since that it may have contributed to my dyslexia, but I'm not sure that's true.

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