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Y Chromosome Hoopers Represent!

Hooping sometimes seems like it is a very female dominated activity. At times I tell people that as a male hooper I would qualify myself as being in the equivalent of WNBA of hooping. While I find it interesting how many women you can attract with a hula hoop (And before anybody asks, that is definitely not why I got into hooping) I am still often confronted by the question "Are you gay?" in reference to the fact that I am so into hooping.

And then there's the inevitable. No matter how good you Mr. John Hoop Doe gets at hooping, a female with absolutely no inkling of hooping skill is still going to garner more praise then a male hooper standing on his hands, hooping on his neck and juggling with his toes, lets just face it, the female form is held in much higher regards than the male's,now and always, hence Playboy being more successful than ever whilst Playgirl is discontinuing being published.

A quick search of the 567 members on this site so far turns up only 39 dudes, and I kind of think maybe a few of those are girls who hit the wrong button when filling out their profiles, heck my profile still lists my birthday as January 5th, and I'm a Taurus!

But I digress, I just wanted to post this out there for any other guys out there that might feel shy about their hooping, I just want to say fuck that! I am a beer drinking, meat eating, ultimate fighter watching, head banging to heavy metal MAN-MADE-OF-80PERCENT-HAIR, and I am a Fucking-A Hula Hooping Monster! So to you 38 or less other dudes on here, more power to you, and for any guys reading this and thinking about it, there is nothing more manly than a guy who is in touch with and aware of his body.

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Permalink Reply by JeNi on February 15, 2009 at 4:45pm: AMEN!!!! My boyfriend is better than me at hooping... I'll work for a month on a trick and he'll do it in one try! But for some reason he is so self conscious about hooping in public t! I think guy hoopers are SEXY AS HELL... it shows that you are confident in your masculinity :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by helski on February 15, 2009 at 5:14pm: I was wondering where all the boys were in this community! Good to hear from you ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mad Maxine on February 15, 2009 at 10:35pm: Go BOYEEE!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jessica Wagstrom on February 23, 2009 at 1:20pm: Taurus represent!

Right on, I get really excited whenever I see a guy hooping. My friend recently picked it up, and he's catching on so fast...and he's really pumped about it, too! I love it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alli on February 23, 2009 at 1:24pm: Right on! I need to show this to my boyfriend. He likes to pick up my hoop and waist hoop and he tries the beam me up, which he's getting quite good at. =) Butttttt he still won't totally get into it and try to learn new things with me....citing that he feels like a girl doing it. Maybe you can change his mind!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Liz on February 23, 2009 at 4:20pm: Funny how all the replies here are from girls!! My partner doesn't hoop but I am in the process of indoctrinating my 2 sons, check out my pics of them hooping! My eldest son is great, he has a lot of power and confidence, he is gonna bust out and over take me sooner or later! I worry that he will start to think that hooping is girlie and uncool as he gets older, but your post has given me hope Danny!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sandra "SaFire" Sommerville on February 25, 2009 at 12:20am: Right on!

I actually wondered if you guys (and I do mean the guys) would like a group or space for yourselves?

Let me know and I can either create a group or a forum section for the boys. The girls can still play but the focus will be on male hooping. It could have general topics, examples videos, etc. ; )

There are some truly amazing hoopers out there that are male and it's so cool to witness their styles.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Lightning on April 26, 2009 at 4:43pm: Sounds like a good idea. I for one would contribute and I look forward to sharing this space with others.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kristen on February 26, 2009 at 7:26am: Danny, is today's 'Photo of the day' on Hooping.org a photo of you?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Danny on March 1, 2009 at 12:28pm: No, tis not me, I just checked into it, apparently that picture is from a party that was had at McMurdo station, an American Antarctic research center!! Apparently they really know how to party in Antarctica, I was looking at the guys photo stream at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cedartree_13/sets/72157608639561798/

And I don't think I ever found myself going "Gee, it looks like being in Antarctica would be a lot of fun" until just now.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kristen on March 1, 2009 at 12:30pm: Too cold for me but it does look fun!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by spider baby on April 24, 2009 at 11:45pm: i agree..my boy friend picks up my hoops sometimes and got me to make him his own hoop but he thinks it is a girl thing too... it would be so awesome if he would learn with me, because he is getting so far behind me now, and he has witnessed the injuries that happen when learning..maybe he is scared of the pain lol; ▶ Reply to This