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231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
Posted:
I love my hoops as much as I love poi and staff and I noticed there was a few other hooping hoppers out there. So I thought HOP needed a hooping thread for us to chat about tricks and share our love for hoops.
I have been hooping for quite awhile now and have mastered quite a few tricks but I still havn't figured how to flick it up off the ground and move it up my legs. I can get it from my knees up but I saw this chic at the a circus and she had the hoops all on the ground and was bringing them up her legs one by one. It looked awesome.
I've got an idea of what I gotta do but havn't quite got it. I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on this?
Thanks
majik
Happy Hooping!
I love my hoops as much as I love poi and staff and I noticed there was a few other hooping hoppers out there. So I thought HOP needed a hooping thread for us to chat about tricks and share our love for hoops.
I have been hooping for quite awhile now and have mastered quite a few tricks but I still havn't figured how to flick it up off the ground and move it up my legs. I can get it from my knees up but I saw this chic at the a circus and she had the hoops all on the ground and was bringing them up her legs one by one. It looked awesome.
I've got an idea of what I gotta do but havn't quite got it. I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on this?
Thanks
majikHappy Hooping!
Live, love, laugh and dance!
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Oh, you're going to have to wait until RBM gets back to the country. She'll tell you all her tricks.
I'm only a beginner. I can make it go round.
Oh, you're going to have to wait until RBM gets back to the country. She'll tell you all her tricks.
I'm only a beginner. I can make it go round.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
SILVER Member
Member
163 posts
Location: glasgow, United Kingdom
Member
163 posts
Location: glasgow, United Kingdom
Posted:
im only a beginner, ive barely made it outside as its forever raining. why they call it bonnie scotland, i will never know!! hopefully they'll let me take it down the juggling club....any tips on making one?? (i have posted this same question on another thread, just in case u get deja vu...)
im only a beginner, ive barely made it outside as its forever raining. why they call it bonnie scotland, i will never know!! hopefully they'll let me take it down the juggling club....any tips on making one?? (i have posted this same question on another thread, just in case u get deja vu...)
enthusiast
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
Posted:
You can send the rain this way if you want we're always needing it in Oz. As far as making one there are many different ways. Check out hooping.org there are heaps of forums on this subject there. The easiest way is to use 3/4 irrigation pipe and irrigation fittings. Then wrap it in colourful/sparkly tape. Size is to personal preference. Happy Hooping!
majik
You can send the rain this way if you want we're always needing it in Oz. As far as making one there are many different ways. Check out hooping.org there are heaps of forums on this subject there. The easiest way is to use 3/4 irrigation pipe and irrigation fittings. Then wrap it in colourful/sparkly tape. Size is to personal preference. Happy Hooping!
majik
Live, love, laugh and dance!
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Oh shizzle.
https://dizzyhips.com/
The vids kids, check out the vids.
Oh shizzle.
https://dizzyhips.com/
The vids kids, check out the vids.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
yay, we have made some gorgeous hoops and enthused a whole office of pooks to play with them 
I have discovered though, that on moving hoop away from my hips, all the wiggle goes out of me and I look suddenly silly. I think it's a pat your head and rub your tummy type thing
NYC, your vids are the beez kneez
yay, we have made some gorgeous hoops
and enthused a whole office of pooks to play with them I have discovered though, that on moving hoop away from my hips, all the wiggle goes out of me and I look suddenly silly. I think it's a pat your head and rub your tummy type thing
NYC, your vids are the beez kneez
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Rock!!!
bet i'll be the first hooping boy in ireland (in public)
Rock!!!
bet i'll be the first hooping boy in ireland (in public
) Love is the law.
BRONZE Member
officially expelled from BYU
195 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
officially expelled from BYU
195 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
Posted:
That video was amazing. I have a few hoops of varying size that I was trying to juggle in and out of each other, but that guy gave me some good ideas
That video was amazing. I have a few hoops of varying size that I was trying to juggle in and out of each other, but that guy gave me some good ideas
"So Miss, I think you win the prize... A mormon egyptologist in a firespinning chat room... that's gotta be a record of some kind"
-NYC
Thanks, NYC,but I quit mormonism now XD
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
Hey kidz ... so nice to see the hoop love growing.
I've got nothing real productive to add today - just blessing the thread. I did, however, hoop for two hours in the park yesterday listening to my iPod. Spring is coming!!!!
Hey kidz ... so nice to see the hoop love growing.
I've got nothing real productive to add today - just blessing the thread. I did, however, hoop for two hours in the park yesterday listening to my iPod. Spring is coming!!!!
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
Why is it so quiet around here? Everybody's out hooping, I suppose??
Why is it so quiet around here? Everybody's out hooping, I suppose??
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
*hoopywiggle*
*hoopywiggle*
Love is the law.
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
Hey Ado-p. How's life treating you?? When are you coming back to NYC so I can give you your engagement hoop? Or am I gonna have to lug my butt over there??
Hey Ado-p. How's life treating you?? When are you coming back to NYC so I can give you your engagement hoop? Or am I gonna have to lug my butt over there??
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
*Franticly makes throat slashing, faux pas avoiding motion with finger*
You should lug your butt out there. UK needs HOOPS.
*Franticly makes throat slashing, faux pas avoiding motion with finger*
You should lug your butt out there. UK needs HOOPS.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
*doesn't understand the funny American man's flapping*
I have a cupboard full of hoops, and no time to wiggle with them at the moment
Maybe if I moved the breakables I could do it in my room...
I learnt lots of new tricks when NYC was here though, and Bluecat was getting all fancy combining two hoops with his poi
A favour to ask of you Reagan - can I play with a fire hoop if I make it out for PDF and promise to practice lots before and tie my hair up and stuff? Please?
*doesn't understand the funny American man's flapping*
I have a cupboard full of hoops, and no time to wiggle with them at the moment
Maybe if I moved the breakables I could do it in my room...
I learnt lots of new tricks when NYC was here though, and Bluecat was getting all fancy combining two hoops with his poi
A favour to ask of you Reagan - can I play with a fire hoop if I make it out for PDF and promise to practice lots before and tie my hair up and stuff? Please?
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
I think she'd force you if you didn't ask.
I think she'd force you if you didn't ask.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
I still have to ask nicely
what stuff do we need to turn the last two here into fire hoops?
and are you going to bring it in April?
I still have to ask nicely
what stuff do we need to turn the last two here into fire hoops?
and are you going to bring it in April?
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
Fire hoops!!! OK, then, I've actually written a thread on how to make fire hoops here - last summer. Let me look it up. It's probably hidden in a confusingly titled thread like "How to Make a Fire Hoop" or something.
As for whether you might play with it - NYC's right - I'd probably force it on you even if you didn't ask, but I so appreciate you asking nicely. And YES - you MUST wear your hair up and covered. I've singed my locks too many times already (although, honestly, I like my hair a little mussed.)
It's quite scary, actually the first time you do it. Despite having been spinning fire poi for two years, I was terrified the first time I lit the hoop. But it's exhilirating and oh so sexy. OK - I'm rambling. Let me go find that thread .....
Fire hoops!!! OK, then, I've actually written a thread on how to make fire hoops here - last summer. Let me look it up. It's probably hidden in a confusingly titled thread like "How to Make a Fire Hoop" or something.
As for whether you might play with it - NYC's right - I'd probably force it on you even if you didn't ask, but I so appreciate you asking nicely. And YES - you MUST wear your hair up and covered. I've singed my locks too many times already (although, honestly, I like my hair a little mussed.)
It's quite scary, actually the first time you do it. Despite having been spinning fire poi for two years, I was terrified the first time I lit the hoop. But it's exhilirating and oh so sexy. OK - I'm rambling. Let me go find that thread .....
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
this is all becoming rather exciting
i found this
https://www.ssww.com/product/?sku=W5039&sourceid=qIqiQkB1OkLFAmrsWKkJ
(no idea if its any good or even slightly usefull)
and this
https://www.sharp-baton.com/cart/details.asp?ProdID=66
this is in fact the third time i;ve posted the last link. im just so excited. im gonna make huuuugeee one was thinking T connectors. Staff Hoop!!! Cross Hoop!!! Hoop!!
rmb... engagement hoop? (arent i already engaged in the states? 
)
im on the way. pick me up at the airport?
this is all becoming rather exciting
i found this
https://www.ssww.com/product/?sku=W5039&sourceid=qIqiQkB1OkLFAmrsWKkJ
(no idea if its any good or even slightly usefull)
and this
https://www.sharp-baton.com/cart/details.asp?ProdID=66
this is in fact the third time i;ve posted the last link. im just so excited. im gonna make huuuugeee one was thinking T connectors. Staff Hoop!!! Cross Hoop!!! Hoop!!
rmb... engagement hoop?
(arent i already engaged in the states? )im on the way. pick me up at the airport?
Love is the law.
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
my hoop (Holly) has a new purpose in life
she's taken up residence in our office and whenever it all gets a bit much for someone, they stop what they're doing, move the furniture out of the way and have a good hoopy-wiggle.
Instantly cheering stuff - nothing fancy but can't help but make you smile
so an extra thank you to Reagan from all the postgrads at the CTVM.
my hoop (Holly) has a new purpose in life
she's taken up residence in our office and whenever it all gets a bit much for someone, they stop what they're doing, move the furniture out of the way and have a good hoopy-wiggle.
Instantly cheering stuff - nothing fancy but can't help but make you smile
so an extra thank you to Reagan from all the postgrads at the CTVM.
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Oh, well done RBM, you're down with the Scottish Fly people.
Oh, well done RBM, you're down with the Scottish Fly people.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
enthusiast
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
Posted:
Hello again hoppers
Just found this thread getting lost in the cyber space of hop and thought I'd rescue it. Finally got my fire hoop finished :yay:
it is so beautiful but also very, very hot. much more scary than poi and staff. Also got some fire fans last week. I love new toys!
Hello again hoppers
Just found this thread getting lost in the cyber space of hop and thought I'd rescue it. Finally got my fire hoop finished :yay:
it is so beautiful
but also very, very hot. much more scary than poi and staff. Also got some fire fans last week. I love new toys! Live, love, laugh and dance!
SILVER Member
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
Posted:
omg majik, you're in byron bay. im almost definetly coming up for the next blues fest. will have to meet you.
cheers, pete
omg majik, you're in byron bay. im almost definetly coming up for the next blues fest. will have to meet you.
cheers, pete
"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"
*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Oh the hoops that were wiggled at PDF.
And I've got the prettiest hoop in all the land. Ask anyone.
Oh the hoops that were wiggled at PDF.
And I've got the prettiest hoop in all the land. Ask anyone.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
Well, the prettiest? It is the best glowy - and did you see some of the pics on the PDF tribe? But beauty is in the eye of the beholder dear NYC, and I think my thrashed one hoop is still the fairest in the land.
Well, the prettiest? It is the best glowy - and did you see some of the pics on the PDF tribe? But beauty is in the eye of the beholder dear NYC, and I think my thrashed one hoop is still the fairest in the land.
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Yes yes... true true.
By "best in the land" I meant through my eyes only.
Just like I've only got eyes for mollypoi.
Yes yes... true true.
By "best in the land" I meant through my eyes only.
Just like I've only got eyes for mollypoi.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
Mr Psihoop himself (lovely man) says that if you tape up the dragonfly hoop a bit it gets even prettier
Would UV tape on a glowing hoop be overkill though?
On another note, knee hooping really is much harder with clothes on. Boo.
Mr Psihoop himself (lovely man) says that if you tape up the dragonfly hoop a bit it gets even prettier
Would UV tape on a glowing hoop be overkill though?
On another note, knee hooping really is much harder with clothes on. Boo.
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Naked hooping!
Naked hooping!
Love is the law.
BRONZE Member
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted:
naked hooping! yes! bare legged is the way to go!
naked hooping! yes! bare legged is the way to go!
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
don't forget the jam Reagan!
NYC, are you going to bring the glowyhoop (it Still needs a name you know) over for the summer? Amongst other things we may need it as the glowygoal for raveball
don't forget the jam Reagan!
NYC, are you going to bring the glowyhoop (it Still needs a name you know) over for the summer? Amongst other things we may need it as the glowygoal for raveball
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Oh good call... yes, I'll be bringing the psy.
And then I will SURELY have the fairest hoop in Edinburgh.
Oh good call... yes, I'll be bringing the psy.
And then I will SURELY have the fairest hoop in Edinburgh.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
BRONZE Member
Retro Fyre Wizzard
538 posts
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South Africa
Retro Fyre Wizzard
538 posts
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South Africa
Posted:
hmmm...
i have not Hooped in ages... so this w-end i went and bought 2 hoops... I CAN'T HOOP ANYMORE!
I just can't keep it going! I used to be able to keep going for ages (when i was 2 bricks and 1/2 a marie biscuit high)!Perhaps the plastic hoops are too light! I'm thinking of filling them with sand to weight them! Do y'all suppose that'll help?
hmmm...
i have not Hooped in ages... so this w-end i went and bought 2 hoops... I CAN'T HOOP ANYMORE!
I just can't keep it going! I used to be able to keep going for ages (when i was 2 bricks and 1/2 a marie biscuit high)!Perhaps the plastic hoops are too light! I'm thinking of filling them with sand to weight them! Do y'all suppose that'll help?
Regards
Shu
(Ice-E FyreStorm - Group Manager & Performer)
You know those people your parentals warned you about?... I'M ONE OF THEM! 
Yes, i do bite!!
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