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A Beginners Guide to Hula Hooping

So what is the big deal about Hula Hooping? Distant memories of spinning the circular piece of plastic around your waist as a child in the playground come to mind, however Hula Hooping is the ...

Hoop Types

Whats the difference in hoops

Hoops are generally hand-made and can be made of polyethylene or polypropylene piping, wrapped in a variety of colourful tape or fabric, which is not only for decoration but for grip as well. Generally speaking the ...

Benefits of Hooping

Hooping has many benefits

With the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kelly Osbourne, Beyonce, Liv Tyler and Zooey Deschanel all Hooping to keep in shape, Hooping has become the new fitness craze on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hooping has ...

Hoopurbia takes Hoop dance to Prague

Canadian Hooper Rebecca Halls talks to Radio Prague about the upcoming Urban Hula Hoop Festival, Hoopurbia .

Hoopurbia Brings together dancers, musicians and artists from around the globe and this year is happening in Prague from June 26 ...

Sailors spin right round in hula hoop competition

Sailors at HMS Sultan took part in a Hula Hoop Challenge in Portsmouth UK, seeing how long they could keep the hoops spinning.

They were all fundraising for The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity.

The event was organised by Leading Physical ...

How To Avoid Suffering From Heat Stroke/Exhaustion

As someone that has suffered Heat Stroke I would like to offer you some advice on how to avoid it. As hoopers we often spend long hours hooping in the sunshine, either joining in with or teaching workshops. We leap ...

Hula Hooping makes number 4 in recent poll

Hula Hooping 4th in recent Poll.

A recent poll by Ice-cream giant Wall's has put Hula Hooping in 4th place after it asked 2,000 adults their happiest 1980s childhood memories. Top of the charts was the Sindy doll, followed by My ...