"Happy Birthday fellow Hooper! Hope it's a good one :)"

"can we say "inspirational/motivational/awe-inspiring hooping poster?!" lol. I love this!"

"Right now I belly dance and Im still in the early stages of hooping. But I plan to learn poi, fire dance (I'll be ordering my first set of fire toys in january so I can get used to them -unlit of course) including fire belt, fans, poi, Dont…"

"haha, maybe if you're built like the Rock or John Cena then maybe you could do some tricks with the weighted hoops, lol."

"I have also heard that these hoops with "massaging ridges" hurt you and bruise you. Plus it would get boring...I mean obviously you couldn't move around with them, just waist hoop and maybe hip or chest hoop....boring! LOL"

"oh, I can definitely see how they would. Thanks. =)"

"i heard these hoops hurt your back. i personally do not have one...but herd they can hurt you"

"Ohh... hee hee! Roughly 39" which puts it about 2" above my belly buttom while standing. Thanks for the tubing advice. I want a lighter hoop but don't want to go so light that I get frustrated. I am about 3 hours north of Memphis. I…"

"Yep! When I asked about diameter.. I meant the size of your hoop across ;-) Yeah, the psi is usually marked on the tubing. You might do well with 100psi 3/4'' .. it is a good intermediate size, and light enough for off body stuff. You…"

"Thanks for the info! My hoop is 1" I don't know the psi. It is taped up & I don't know if it would be marked on the tubing under the tape. I went to Lowe's today. They had lots of tubing and all those connectors made me…"

"Tasha, I think you could definitely gain this sort of benefit for belly dancing with the 160psi hoop. You could have one and use it occasionally for this, and then have others to learn other technique! It's all about variety :-) Lisa: The…"