Stay In the Hoop

[caption id="attachment_162" align="aligncenter" width="715"] How to use your BaseLine BreakAway™ Hoop[/caption]

Introducing The BreakAways™, a whole new way to hoop!

Hoopnotica®'s new line of BreakAway™ Hoops come with built-in segments that can easily be removed or replaces to account for your skill level, mood, and learning curve.

The BaseLine BreakAways are the perfect hoops for hoopers who are advancing from beginner to intermediate level. BaseLines start out at 40" in diameter and can go down to 36" in diameter when you remove the included hoop segment. As you may know, the more skilled you become at hooping, the more you will want a smaller, lighter hoop that is easier to manoeuvre. BreakAways take your advancing skill level into account! Now, you can get two great hoops in one and save. Learn more about the BaseLine BreakAways in this great video, featuring Hoopnotica Master Trainer Extraordinaire Pamela Crawford:  

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[caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="715"] Hoopy Earth Day from Hoopnotica[/caption] Giant bubble wands, jewelry adornments, and wind chimes!  These super simple, super fun projects are great ways to re-use your beloved hoops to decorate your house, bring out at parties, or to use as gifts.   #1:  A Giant Bubble Wand What you need: Dish-washing soap, water, a kid's swimming pool, a hula hoop, and your bathing suits! Who doesn't want to stand inside a giant bubble?! #2:  Make A One of a Kind Earring/Jewelry Holder! All you need is some string, netting, yarn or ribbon and your old hoop! You can either weave the string (as shown) or find your own way! Learn how to do the weave here. #3:  A Giant Ribbon Wind Chime! All you need is ribbon and your old hoop! [caption id="attachment_154" align="alignleft" width="187"] Hula Hoop Ribbon Windchim[/caption] #4:  A Circular Pinboard! All You need is some cute fabric, an old, beloved hoop, a stapler or glue gun and some pins! (We know the picture shows an embroidery ring, but why not use the same concept with a hula hoop!?!) #5:  A Circus Tent of Streamers! What you need: your old hoop, streamers, ribbons, fabric and a needle and thread or a glue gun!

The beautiful, immaculately-styled Kelly Osbourne has come out and told the world how much she loves her Hoopnotica hoop and fitness routine! Kelly's hooping advice appears in the April Issue of Redbook Magazine, on stands now! We have to say, we are so excited that Kelly loves hooping as much as we do! So here's a little something for all of you fashionistas and hooping passionistas: this seasons' new hoop kits and hoops; The Positraction Starter Kit; The Total Knock Out Hoop Kit, inpired by Kelly O!

The Positraction Starter Kit(Positraction Full Size Hoop + DVD)$34.99	Total Knock Out Hoop Kit(Night Blooming Jasmine Full SizeHoop + DVD) $59.99

For even more sensational hooper style, check out our new line of stylish hooper-themed shirts and tanks. Don't forget to take advantage of FREE SHIPPING on domestic orders over $75!

Hoopnotica's Tunesday video this week comes from one of our own Hoopnotica Hoopers, Ellen, with a video that pays tribute to one of her favorite cities in the world, Chicago! With two contrasting locations, the urban streets of Wicker Park, and the mystical waterfront of Lake Michigan, this video depicts the scenery of a historic city that is filled with excitement and culture on every block! Go Bears! Song: "Come With Me" Artist: ceo (AKA Eric Berglund, from Swedish electro pop group The Tough Alliance, debuted his solo project "White Magic" in June of 2010.

It's a Hoop Off! Hoopnotica's Brilliant Cameragirl Ellen Phillips followed two hoopers around Venice Beach, in a battle that got the crowd dancing in the streets. Can you bring it? Grab your hoop and jam out to this killer throwback! Song: "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" Artist: Milan feat. Phoenix Music originally recorded by The Four Lads in 1953, released by Columbia Records.

270 lbs Lost in the Hoop: Jen & Keith Moore's Incredible Story Ever wonder if Hooping is an effective workout? Aside from some helpful studies on the subject, conducted by, we have amazing real-life weight-loss and personal fitness success stories like that of Jen and Keith Moore, who, lost a combined 270 lbs by hula hooping. Their story will give you goosebumps...   Jen and Keith Moore has both struggled with their weight their entire lives, from childhood into married and family life. In the video below, Jen reveals that the turning point came when she bought her first Hoopnotica Hoop and DVD and "decided to set realistic goals." By starting out with a commitment to hoop for 15 minutes a day for a month, Jen embarked on an adventure that would change her and her husband, Keith's lives forever...    

MORE: Read what Jen and Keith's eight-year-old Mairi has learned from watching her parents hoop: "Things I've Learned Because My Mom Is a Hooper"

In a few short months, Hoopnotica Master Trainer Pamela Crawford will journey to Haiti and have a life-changing impact on many children's lives. Pamela is partnering with Project HOPE Art to bring self and group expression to the children of Haiti through the art of Hooping. Pamela will teach hooping skills that will culminate in a community performance at the end of her residency in Haiti. This performance and the days leading up to it will be filmed for documentation as part of "Project Express Yourself". As fellow hoopers, we all know that this form of dance and exercise carries many physical, mental and emotional benefits. In dance as a whole, children find ways to use movement for exploration, and to communicate ideas, issues, and their own feelings and thoughts. Adding a hoop to the foundation of dance not only has a fun and memorable impact on their childhood but throughout their life.

Pamela's passion for this project comes from her knowledge that hooping and self-expression are invaluable tools, and she cannot wait to have an impact on these children's lives. But she can't do it alone… The $4250 raised in this campaign will be used to cover the main expenses of executing this project such as transportation, lodging, equipment and filming costs. All PHA team members and Pamela Crawford are volunteering their time, energy and personal expenses into this project. Any funds we may raise above the $4,250 will go towards the greater PHA mission and its Haitian project partners by bringing supplies and materials to those who need it most. PHA is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas which makes all of your donations tax deductible. Click here to find out more and to donate to this incredibly worthy cause! Happy Hooping!

Abbot Kinney 2012 We came. We saw. We hooped. Hoopnotica was out and about this past Sunday at the Abbot Kinney Festival in Venice, CA.  Our street team mingled with the crowd and grooved to the live music all day long. We at Hoopnotica like a good festival and any opportunity to get people hooping with us is even better! As the street team proved, making new friends is super easy with a hoop around your waist and a smile on your face. We even got some newcomers to give it a whirl—from kids to grandmas, from beer aficionados to a group of brave U.S. Marines—and learned that hooping is something they don’t teach you in basic training! (Oh, but they should.) Check out this amazing video of one of our own—Jessica Marie—hooping it up and looking fierce at Abbot Kinney! Song: "La Camisa Negra" ("My Shirt is Black") by Juanes

Happy Tunesday Hoopers!  Our message this week is about working through life's difficulties by "hooping it off". Whether it be workplace stress, excess weight, bad habits, or relationship woes, we encourage everyone to try hooping it off instead of keeping your problems bottled up . (See yesterday's blog post for a little more inspiration along these lines!) This week's tune is an office favorite, but with a twist! As you listen to Florence and the Machine's Shake it Out, remixed by electro POP genius Benny Benassi, find a groove where you can let go of life for a moment and just hoop. The combination of this entrancing song and the priceless footage captured during Hoopnotica's summer HoopJams is sure to make you smile at the very least!  

Do you ever get so busy making a life for yourself that you forget to just live? This week, make it a priority to put yourself first. Let go of your stress, do the things you love to do, and just let yourself be free. If you need a little push, drop what you're doing now, pick up your hoop and let loose for even just a few minutes. You have our permission. :) xoxo, Hoopnotica