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Permalink Reply by cassandra thomas on October 10, 2012 at 3:33pm

i don't name my hoops...but i want to now! haha i love this, and no i don't think it's weird at all. i guess i just call my hooplas random things, but now i wanna name them mwahaha

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Permalink Reply by Mariah Hoffman on October 10, 2012 at 8:50pm

me too!! 

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kacie Knight on October 10, 2012 at 4:28pm

I've only named an LED hoop. I loved it so much I called it "love". It was a beautiful white, blue and uv purple stobe.... I sold it after I had to downsize, but I miss it.

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Permalink Reply by Moonshadow on October 10, 2012 at 4:43pm

I've named all of my hoops, although i do name a lot of inanimate objects.  But I don't think it's any weirder for a hooper to give a name to her hoop than it is for a stoner to give a name to his pipe.  It just gives you a closer bond to the hoop if you name it.  My favourite hoop, my LED, is called Rainbow Dash. 

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Permalink Reply by Mina Bear on October 10, 2012 at 9:47pm

ive never named a hoop, but i am terrible with naming things lol i cant even think of names for pets!

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Permalink Reply by Lauren Bowman on October 11, 2012 at 12:00am

the biggest one with the polka dots, silver, and rainbow colors (my first hoop) -Biggie 

the green, blue, and green/blue tie-dye fabric hoop - Bruiser (very heavy and has knots where the fabric was tied and it causes bruises all the time) 

black/blue cow print with green accents hoop - Snuggles 

pink, black, and brown fuzzy hoop - Animal

solid yellow/green hoop - Toddles 

black, electric green, and metallic green hoop - Cutter

LED hoop - Muse

sparkly pink(sorta looks red in the picture), black, with pink and green accents twin hoops - Pixies 

sparkly pink(^same tape^), black, with white accents mini twin hoops - Bonkers 

first hoop I ever wrapped myself. isn't in picture above because a friend is borrowing it. - Slinky 

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StudentPermalink Reply by Scully on October 11, 2012 at 9:15am

Yes absolutely I name my hoops...

 

It's kind of funny but the one I use most frequently is the only one of my 5 that doesn't really have a proper name. I have pretty much started thinking of it as NoName.

 

If you hoop with people you know naming hoops can help a lot because it gives a frame of reference for the tools you are using. IE I can't do breaks with Guybrush translates to PSI, tubing diameter, hoop material and hoop size. If you tell someone you just hit yourself in the face with Slowpoke they know your brain might be addled by the biggest heaviest hoop you own.

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Permalink Reply by Inge van Balgooij on October 11, 2012 at 9:47am

I recently bought a hoop from a a lovely woman who names all her hoops, and mine was called 'High and deep'. So appropriate for me in so many reasons, and I only learned the name of it after I chose it! Very cool.

Also, I secretly giggle at the thought of giving my hoops 'normal' names like Jeffrey and Sarah. But maybe that's just me. Imagine going to a party and begin asked: Are you bringing someone? Yes, I'm bringing Jeffrey! ... Cue me and my hoop on someone's doorstep, hilarity ensues. Or awkwardness. <3

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StudentPermalink Reply by Rika on October 11, 2012 at 11:55am

Name them?  Hell, I even talk to them.  I do have a tendency to personify anything and everything, though.

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