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Permalink Reply by Hoopmomma on March 30, 2011 at 1:04pm

I like hooping in skirts as well as other things. I just wear cute hot pants/boy shorts underneath because I don't worry where it is going to fly. I would have issues in long skirts but not mid thigh. I have come to love skirts and dresses. They are so free and flowing.

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Permalink Reply by Scunshine on March 30, 2011 at 1:54pm

The only issue I've found with skirts is occasionally they'll catch in a barrel roll and flash my undies, ha ha. with the right material you can leg hoop in a flowy skirt no problem.

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TeacherPermalink Reply by Hoop Cubed (Heather Says) on March 30, 2011 at 1:56pm

I've tried to hoop in skirts, but they seem to fall down lol! Yoga pants are always best for me.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Cervola on March 30, 2011 at 4:35pm

I find skirts make it more difficult to move the hoop back up, unless they are fitting skirts.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Brindley on March 30, 2011 at 4:43pm

I enjoy hooping in skirts no longer than knee length. I've tried hooping in long skirts before, but I always manage to get them all tangled up in the hoop :P

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StudentPermalink Reply by Missina Lee on March 30, 2011 at 8:21pm

I don't wear pants as a whole, so my hooping is always done in a skirt. Mostly I like ones that come just above the knee so I can still do step throughs and one leg hooping. Long skirts are still great to hoop in, but I find you are just limited with what you can do with your legs. So long as it isn't slippery material though, it doesn't affect knee hooping or anything though!

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Permalink Reply by Agillustration on April 3, 2011 at 1:48pm

i liek to hoop in  skirts  but i  find  personally   its  alot  harder for me  to  do   one legged hooping,  and  step throuhgs.  sometimes ill tuck my  skirt up  but   eh. still looking  for a  good  solution

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StudentPermalink Reply by Psyche*of Hooper's Art and Soul* on April 3, 2011 at 6:34pm

I tend to have a more "flowy" flow, so my favorite thing to wear is a tiered flowy skirt. It looks awesome when you spin!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kym Spins on April 4, 2011 at 8:07am

What I am wearing usually affects how I hoop - more so from the feeling I get when wearing it than what restrictions it may create. In skirts it's all about sustained spinning - and they really are dramatic for performances. I'd say as long as you have some shorts underneath it's all good! Some flashing CAN happen if your hoop decides to play a trick on you and bring your skirt up behind you!

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Permalink Reply by Molly'oop on April 4, 2011 at 11:45am

I've been having problems with hooping outfits since day one.  I like to hoop in dance/yoga pants, things that are meant to stay put while you move, but I love wearing skirts!  I recently started wearing a one-piece bathing suit while I hoop...if it's hot, I can just hoop in that, and if I want to wear something over it, it can fall down or flip up without exposing my butt!  Also, shirts can ride up and get tangled and I get frustrated having to pull them back down mid-hoop...totally takes you out of the moment.  So the bathing suit definitely solved a lot of problems!  I really wanted a leotard, but didn't really have the funds, but then realized that bathing suits are kind of the same thing (but with fun patterns!)  I like to put the skirt over the bathing suit and sling it low, it also just looks really cute.

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Permalink Reply by Ariel Hensley on April 4, 2011 at 12:10pm

This is a useful topic for me! Since we're just heading out of winter, I've been wearing more pants than usual, but in warmer weather I wear skirts almost exclusively. It hasn't been a problem for me yet because I haven't advanced to leg hooping and step-throughs and that sort of thing yet, but I hope to make that progress soon.

I am not terribly self-conscious about people seeing my underwear, but maybe I should save others the embarrassment and wear hot pants or something. Anyone have recommendations for where to buy under-skirt shorts? I can't think where to begin to shop for them!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Missina Lee on April 4, 2011 at 12:18pm

Ariel, I just got bicycle shorts at Walmart, around $10 or something like that. They work well under skirts because they are form fitting and no pockets or extras. They are that "slippery" material.. so if you are wearing a cotton skirt, it doesn't bunch of when you walk. :)

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