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Hoop With Us in Paradise! (Costa Rica 2013)

This Thanksgiving, trade your sweater for a swimsuit, and a day of cooking in the kitchen for a climb up the side of a waterfall. Give yourself the ultimate reason to be thankful, and join us and ...

Ask A Hooper: How Has Hula Hooping Changed Your Life?

We asked our Facebook Followers one simple question: How has hula hooping changed you/your life? The answers we received were astonishing.   "I found a whole new group of great friends - my ...

"Hooping is My Release": Meet Master Trainer Pamela Crawford

Name: Pamela Crawford Hooping Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Years Hooping: 6 years Hooping Confession: "Because of Hooping I have completed one third of my bucket list!" Find out how much teaching Ho...

Hula Hooping Makes Summer Better

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="715"] Photo: Lisa Richards' 8 year old daughter giving her hoop a whirl![/caption] “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the tw...

The Benefits of Hula Hooping (AKA Why You Should Start Hooping for Fitness Today)

Hoopnotica lays out some of the benefits of hula hooping that are guaranteed to have you wanting to give hooping a try for at least 8 minutes a day. (Keep reading to find out why.)     Hooping...

Why Balance (And Hooping) Makes the World Go Round

Photo: Brenna Rose Fisher, Alberta, Canada

Ask A Hooper: How Many Calories Does Hula Hooping Burn?

  Hooping has been proven to burn over 400 calories per hour by the American Council on Exercise although the calorie-burn from hooping may be as high as 600 calories per hour when other parts o...

Homespun Hooper: From Belgrade with Love!

Recently, hooper Dijana Milosevic reached out to Hoopnotica through Facebook and a new homespun hooping story came to light! Dijana lives in Belgrade, Serbia, where hula hoops are hard to come by! ...

Hooping Inspiration: We are the Music-Makers

Recently, Hoopnotica CEO Melissa Palmer created this beautiful graphic based on a poem by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy's ode, titled, "We are the Music-Makers" describes the a...

Vermont Hoopers: Festival Alert

Hey Vermont Hoopers! Looking for an amazing place to Hoop this weekend? Great music and great people? Check out the friendly gathering. I met the incredible founders of this event and they are s...