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StudentPermalink Reply by Verdigirl of Grateful Hoops on January 17, 2011 at 10:58pm

for me it was kind of fate I think :-)  The gym I belong to had put out the class schedule for the new month (this past September) and on it was a hoop class.  That very same weekend I was at a party and a local group of fire dancers called Burn One (heehee) showed up and a girl started fire hooping.  I was completely amazed and thought wouldn't it be cool if we learned stuff like that in the gym class!  When I went to the first class we were standing around waiting for it to start and in walks the instructor...it was the fire hooper from the party!  I've been obsessed ever since :-)))  Luckily she also makes hoops so I was able to order one immediately and I practice every chance I get.  She and I even get together outside of the gym and hoop and make hoops.  I just made my first performance hoop, it's pink and black glitter tape with white pinstriping and a line of black gaff on the inside for grip.  I named him Cheshire :-) 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Ashash on January 17, 2011 at 11:52pm

That hoop sounds awesome. Got any pics of it?

StudentPermalink Reply by Verdigirl of Grateful Hoops on January 18, 2011 at 2:02pm

meet Cheshire :-)

 

Permalink Reply by Ashash on January 18, 2011 at 2:26pm

Whooooa hehe

Permalink Reply by Erin Estilette on June 30, 2011 at 6:55pm

OMG! That is gorgeous!

 

Permalink Reply by Eva B on July 21, 2012 at 3:46pm

Beautiful! You couldn't have found a more appropriate name for it. Very creative.

Permalink Reply by Brutal Jim on January 18, 2011 at 9:47pm

I became a regular at Schwagstock & got to watch all these amazing hoopers a lot of which I became friends with & decided I wanted to be a bad ass one day too.

Permalink Reply by Kristin Cheshire Chopel on March 3, 2011 at 8:39am

Back at the end of October I was at a desert party near San Diego, and there was a girl in a Princess Peach costume with an LED hoop. It was so amazing, I started doing some research on hula hooping. And that was my introduction. Somehow I had never encountered anything hoopdance related before. Next month, I bought my first hoop and took my first class at Hoopnotica. :)

StudentPermalink Reply by SoulSpun Lyric on March 3, 2011 at 8:20pm

I was at Summer Camp Music Fest last year (my first festie!) and was watching this girl with a LED hoop...was supposed to be watching the band and wasn't. My friend had yelled "did u see that?!" refering to the band and I replied "no I'm watching that girl! it's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I'm going to learn how to do that!". And then began my love affair with the hoop! Stil learning and by no means a pro. I taught myself a bit through watching videos,am currently taking a beginners class and am loving every second of it!! It's not the tricks or moves so much for me as the freedom it brings! a total sense of release :)

Permalink Reply by E McCook on March 9, 2011 at 4:55pm

me? I was surfing the net a year ago and saw Safire's 'love the process' and have been trying to learn ever since... I have made 3 hoops (youtube) trial and error so far. And found this site ... now I am just trying to practice every day! I aspire!

Permalink Reply by Maya on June 21, 2011 at 12:49am

I only started a few months ago...but my friend showed up at this club I frequent with a kiddie hula hoop for me. He seemed to think that I already knew how to hoopdance, but really I'd never even heard of it before.  I hula hooped the WHOLE night at the club that night.  And the next day I started learning cool moves =]

Permalink Reply by Isabella on June 27, 2011 at 2:16am

Maggie Lally,circus performer for Lucent Dossier,and one of Emilie Autumn's Bloddy Crumpets.She is my inspiration to hooping,circus arts,and life.

 

 

(also i apologize if the pic is too  big or doesnt show...i'm a pic noob hehe)

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