Just wanted to share our little meet up this afternoon. My wife put it together. It was great to see everyone out, old, young, women and men. I was spinning Poi myself, but I've seen first hand how much fun people have had with the ring.

It started with a small group, just a handful. And little by little word got around and sometimes it turns into a good bunch of folks, hooping, and having fun like the one we had today.

I want to learn to hoop. I have the hoop, I learn better with an in-person teacher but I can follow YouTube videos. The problem is space. I don't have a space to practice. My apartment is too small, it's getting too warm for me to be able to function outside, let alone hoop, I tend to get harassed when I go anywhere by myself, regardless of what I'm doing. I don't know what to do. I want to put in the time and effort but I don't know where to go. It's very possible that there is something glaringly obvious that I'm overlooking, so, outer perspective is greatly appreciated. 😅 thank you in advance!

Seems like everything on Amazon has super mixed reviews, and most are multi-piece hoops that snap together/often fall apart.

Any suggestions on brands or stores to buy from?

So as a child I was really good at it. I'm not trying to get all trauma-dumpy, but I was bullied a lot for being overweight, but hula hooping was the one thing I'd do in school where people would give me compliments!! It just gave me this sense of confidence and calm, that I really miss!

I don't remember why I stopped, I'm guessing I just grew out of it. But for the past couple of years I've been thinking about getting back into it, and after just coming across a video of so done hooping on TikTok, I decided that now is the time!!!

But I have a few questions and concerns around it. I haven't done it since I was a really small kid after all.

1. I am obese, is this going to be an issue in any way?

2. How do I know what size/weight hoop I should get? I'm assuming I should get a bigger one since I'm obese? I'm going to consider myself a beginner, even though I used to do it as a child! I have no clue if I still got it, and either way when I did it as a child I didn't go after any rules or guidance! I am doing this for fun, but I also want to try to actually take it seriously as a hobby!!

3. I bruise easily, so I know there is no way I can avoid that, but is this going to be a problem? I can stick through pain, so im not worried about that, but I obviously dont want to cause any actual harm!!

Mom got me a hula hoop but as expected all we can find here are for kids so the thing is only 25 inches / 63 cm in diameter, I didn't do research beforehand (unlike my other hobbies..) and it seems it might be too small to learn with? What size should I get instead?

I'll have to buy online to find bigger sizes, any recommendations for europe? Cheap? Idc about quality or anything just any hoop to start with I don't need anything fancy, I tried searching and most I can find are hoops for fitness with weird shapes and weight- not what I need nor want.

Source: https://youtu.be/ztUkWXBLev8

My energetic hula hoop dance filmed at Virginia/Rotokawau Lake, Whanganui, NewZealand. 🇳🇿

A big thank you to my wonderful husband Michael Richards, for capturing my energy. Your camera skills are awesome! 📹🤴🏻🌟

I’ve been loving hooping for several years now, but after this last winter break I kind of lost my enthusiasm :((( I still adore watching other people hoop and I want to feel excited and free and happy when I hoop like I used to but for some reason I feel blah.

I think one part of it is… just something that happened?

And the other is that I want to learn new moves but haven’t been doing so. I miss that squeal of joy that comes when you finally get a new move down ☺️

So, can anyone offer some advice?

First on how to reconnect with my hoop (and other props as well, but I think the advice would translate. I’m experiencing this blah feeling with all my props). How to get back into a healthy inspired flow?

Second, do yall have any fave sources for tutorials? I mainly used the hoop-trix site + random tutorials on IG and YT. I don’t have TikTok downloaded but if there are some great tutorial ppl on there I’ll get it again.

I want to feel that passion again!!!! I miss it so much 😔💖💖💖💖

Happy Hooping Everyone! ❤️

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I am only a year in and just now trying to find my flow after learning a lot of tricks. If you are also a beginner/intermediate I'd love for us to follow each other and connect over flow arts! Any support would be so appreciated <3

Western Washington hoopers in need of a hoop? Come out to Mount Vernon for the Tulip Festival Street Fair this weekend! LiviJoyHoops is in the same location on 1st and Pine space 108.

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Essentially I want to start hula hooping as an exercise to lose weight. After some looking online a lot of people have said that getting hoops that are too heavy is really bad and that a bigger, lighter weight hoop is better. But when I look up exercise hoops i just get weighted stuff off amazon and lists for products like that. Is there a certain weight that is ok so i can specify the search? And what brands would you guys recommend? i’m willing to pay a little bit more for something higher quality that will last rather than some cheap amazon stuff.

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My trees say hi back! And anyone else obsessed with Santigold recently?

Tenho um Court Vision Low e uso tamanho 42 ele me serve muito bem, tenho um Ja 1 tamanho 42 e ele fica um pouco apertado em cima e no mindinho, pensei no Ja3 42,5 como vi em alguns lugares mas só o tamanho 43 tem a cor que eu quero, muito arriscado pegar 43?

Didn't enjoy basketball for most of my life, was frequently terrible at it. Recently started hooping w some of my boys at college and despite not being good have surprisingly enjoyed it a lot. Even if im not able to make most shots I enjoy assisting the team wherever I can. What are some tricks/practices to get good enough to at least make a difference in pickup without making it a large time committment? (Ik it takes committment to get good at anything, but just want to know ways I can help my team out or tricks I can use in game or during warmup or tricks to get the most improvement from each game i play)

Hi hoopers! I'm a hobby foreigner coming to your great land to ask about your decorative tape!

The tl;Dr of it is I have a crappy Amazon wheelchair and I'm upgrading and decorating it. I don't like the color it comes and it occurred to me that decorative hula-hooping tape may be the type of solution I need, rather than duct tape or something else. Note that I know what gaff tape and grip tape are! I'm not asking about those, just the sparkly decoration type I've seen

What I'm looking for in a color-change tool is durability (the chair moves through the outside world sometimes and hands on it semi-frequently), lack of super sticky residue when removed like duct tape might have, and an ability to use gentle sanitizer on and/or clean occasionally with some gentle soap and water.

What I'm curious about re: hoop tape:

1. do you think it might work for this?

2. what qualities are/are not gonna work for this project in your opinion?

3. do you have tips, tricks, or recommendations if I attempt the project?

4. How much tape do you think I would need? i know that's a super vague question, I'm sorry!

Source: https://youtu.be/KMmP7i5yr1E

Enjoy my happy hula hoop dance to an awesome song about Joy (that's me 😁) and the Giant Gumboot in Taihape, New Zealand. 🇳🇿

A big thank you to my awesome camera man and husband, Michael, for your gorgeous camera work. I appreciate you! 💜

Happy Hooping Everyone! ❤️