"i just hate it that a girl who is half-naked and can only do a couple of things with a hoop can garner more attention than a more modestly dressed hooper with a lot of skill. "

"i deleted the comment because there was simple quotation marks that were missed out when i made the post. so instead of continuing the mass hysteria  (lol) about clothing i stopped it there. basically i was made fun of one night because 1. im a…"

"Oh, Kelly didn't call anybody a slut! Sorry for the confusion. There was a post that got deleted/removed. That's the one that sparked the discussion. "

"Right? Plus that's the kind of outlook that makes me feel really uncomfortable taking my hoodie off to hoop outside in a tank top & shorts or something. :/ Exposed arms make for easier chest/shoulder hooping, and exposed legs are my…"

"I also had a bad EDM experience!!! I was just learning how to hoop and saw a girl with an LED hoop and wanted to learn more I thought I would approach the hooptress. I told her her hoop was awesome She looked me up and down and said "It's…"

"i agree with you"

"I wish I could tell you.  I tried for years to expand fire eating, but could not.  Only Penn Gillette has come up with a new move in the last decade.  Fire breathing, on the other hand got expanded by trying new and crazy ideas, like…"

"LOVE this! :)"

"I love hooping and love sharing it with other people and teaching the young girls who don't hoop much yet and I love helping someone when they ask me for advice. but what I think would rely help is remembering who you were before your hoop, I…"

"Really? Nearly ALL of the girls you know are fake competitive bitches? Sounds like you need to find a new crowd. What about all of the women here? That is a pretty offensive, stereotypical statement to make.  The female friends in my life are…"

"I'm very curious, how would one be able to understand practice for the sake of tech. What would be the "steps" to being able to understand tech for practice not for the sake of putting together a performance or developing a new trick,…"

"hhmm this is very interesting. I'm going to Kinetic Fire this weekend. I intend to bring this topic to the flow vs. tech. discussion there. Hopefully there are some hoopers that will discuss this further with me in person."

"Artists do not care what people think of what they wear. Do they even care of what they are wearing? Radical self expression look it up"

"nowhere in her post did she call them sluts. i personally agree with kelly. i feel like the girls who wear minimal clothing often cheapen the art of hooping. it should be about what you can do with the hoop and how you interpret the music, not about…"

"This was very helpful! Drilling down with the hoop up will definitely make sure that the wicks are straight! One extra thing:  Taking 1.5 inch pieces of wooden dowel and threading them into the tubing (with a straightened wire coat hanger or…"

"I have personally helped two of my best friends start hooping. I love that they look to me for help and since I've had them to hoop with me I myself have grown so much! Not only is hooping rewarding, but getting to share this with people I love…"