Comment by Meghan Yahner on January 24, 2012 at 7:06am

yesss yesss yesss! i too take breaks from work, helping my family out or just wanna hoop in the parking lot/driveway quite often. i constantly have people stopping and watching asking me how i learned. if i'm even a part of the circus or something! it's awesome to see their reaction when i say "i just watched videos offline, and no i do it for fun". people just can't seem to understand how that works haha.

Comment by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on January 24, 2012 at 8:25pm

Lol - I know what you mean, Meghan.  Everyone who sees me with my hoops thinks I'm either doing it competitively or professionally (or both).  I just want to bust out laughing - me?  Middle aged, overweight me, a competitive/professional hooper?  I love it - people see the hoop, not the body rocking it. ;)

Comment by Andy on March 23, 2012 at 9:14am

Hooping must be addictive. I am normally pretty shy, but give me a hoop and I can be the biggest showoff in town. Adults generally tried to avoid me thinking I am something weird  but the kids in the park are just so amazed by what grandpa can do. It's too bad most kids here in Taiwan don't know how to hoop. Spend too much time studying and not have fun like children should. I guess.

Comment by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on March 23, 2012 at 1:51pm

Thanks for the comment, Andy. :)

Maybe you can start a hoop community there, Andy, or connect with an existing one.  It's a fun way to get exercise and stay healthy, so perhaps you can persuade people to try it by pointing that out.

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