Spiral hooping at Center Camp, Burning Man '06

I found this before I even started hooping at the end of last year. I remember being completely wowed by this woman, and I find that I still am. I absolutely love the way she moves with the hoop! It's beautiful, inspiring and almost entrancing at times. This may not be her best video (more here), but it is still a favorite of mine, as it was when I was a brand new hooper.



p.s. I may be developing a weakness for youtube...

Flight of the Conchords, Business Time

I love these guys.

Ready to Firehoop!

Since going to Burning Man, my desire to add fire to my hooping has greatly increased. Every time I see someone playing with fire, whether or not they are hooping, it makes me wonder what the hell I'm waiting for! I watched a few people firehoop at Burning Man and I made sure to pay attention to what they were doing and how it compared to my own skill level. Mostly they were doing things I already know how to do, so that gave me some more confidence. There is so much more I can learn and so much more room for improvement of course, but after seeing other folks firehoop who aren't necessarily "performers" I felt more inspired to just do it. If they can do it, so can I! ;-) All I need to do is acquire a firehoop and start practicing with it. Realistically it might actually be a while yet before that happens, but it just feels good knowing that at this point, I could do it. Woot! Now for an inspiring (and kinda hot) video...

Fire Hooping

I'll be doing this one day...

Did I mention I'm going to start hooping?

That's right kids, I think I've found the toy I've been looking for. Pine and I will be acquiring the necessary supplies next week to start making hoops. I'm so excited! I've been spending a lot of time reading about hooping and watching videos. Here's one that, while not very trick heavy, is just sweet and so like me.



Some other cool hooping videos:
hooping at Santa Monica Beach
Bassnectar Jam
Spiral at Earth Dance Festival
Spiral Dance at Burning Man 2006
Hoopnoxious w/ LEDs
The Good Vibe Hoop Tribe
Blindfolded hooping to Old Dirty Bastard (you'll like this Willow ;-)

My hooping links on del.icio.us

Germans are fun. Really...

hehe...