"Hiya, Sorry you didn't win! There's still spaces for SWhoop One and SWhoop Two and I'm happy to offer special payment options/plans to the hoop city competition entries. See here for all the ticket…"

"The last time I cried was last Saturday, when I was at a juggling convention (Lestival, in Leicester in England), and at the end of the interval of the show.. my friend proposed to his girlfriend!! He pulled her up on stage and said a few things and…"

"I just bought myself some crystal poi (they so pretty!!) because I occasionally do glow performances and needed equipment for them. I also have a glow hoop from rainbow hoops (in the UK). However, with both, I only really use them for performance…"

"I can get over panic/drunk reactions but what gets me is that the guy filming (and his friends?) are just still standing around laughing when the backyard is on fire. Seriously guys? Call 911 at least?? People like this make me so angry. If I were…"

"I can hoop in shoes (I perform hoop occasionally and when it's fire and outside I obviously have to wear shoes really) but I much prefer hooping without shoes, especially when I'm doing things like kick ups and one leg hooping. I…"

"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,…"

"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…"

"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…"

"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…"

"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!"

"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  …"

"definitly a lighter is a definte must, i found that spining a little faster when you come to bring the hoop up also helps. Basicly start like you would the 2 handed vortex, then spin and pull back up."

"I haven't come across any tutorials for it, but beth lavinder breaks it down beautifully in words in her journal entry here: http://www.hoopcity.ca/profiles/blogs/onehanded-helicopter-move I'm still working on the sustained version…"