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Pure Brecken Badassery… A Week in Review …

Damn yo. This is some more insanity from Brecken. Girls got skills. Pure 3d style hooping. Gotta love it.

Brecken breakin it down at Symbiosis

Brecken tearing it up at Symbiosis. God we had a great time. This was before she moved out here.. Time flies.

Isopop all over the world – Free DVD

I’m amazed and inspired with the amount and diversity of traffic that Isopop has been getting lately. 89 countries in the last 30 days?!? Hooping is huge. This last month, Isopop had more hits from Saudi Arabia than from Australia (Bunny, WTF?!)
To celebrate the growing hoop community and the visitors of Isopop, [...]

Michelle Obama – The First Lady’s Hoop

First lady Michelle Obama hooped it up for health, hula hooped, that is, managing to get in an impressive 142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much. (Oct. 21)
Find the entire article from The New York Times: here

“Mrs. Obama is no slouch in the hula hoop department.”

Rich Porter – Movement Play Performance

Continued…

Thank you Laura Mendes for capturing this! I wrote about the experience of this performance here. Also, check out Anah and Rosie as they break it down.

TheRumpus.net: An Interview with Ariane Conrad

Check out this terrifically entertaining interview of Ariane Conrad, author of The Hooping Book: here
Rumpus: Right! The book. Let’s talk about this book. You and this mortal HoopGirl have written a guidebook to sex.
Conrad: Actually, it’s a guide to hooping, the modern form of hula hooping.
Rumpus: Oh come now. Let’s take a look… “activate the [...]

Flow In the Wasteland

Khan, Lauren and I shot this over the weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve made any videos and it felt great to see the stuff I’ve been developing on film. Khan demos his new found passion, club swinging as well as a bunch of his axial isolations that I am so fond [...]

Spin Matsuri – Japanese spinning festival

Is there a trip to Japan in my near future? I hope so.

Spin Matsuri is a celebration of movement and connection within Japan’s growing Hoop Dance and Spin communities. Dancers, instructors and free spirits from across the country and around the world will come together for three days to share, learn and create. Spin [...]

Christabel on KFOG 6/2/09, The HOOPING Book!

Thank you Christabel for name dropping Khan, Bax and I in the interview. She’s beginning a radio tour promoting her new book Hooping! A Revolutionary Fitness Program. If your in SF, come by the Make-Out Room in the Mission District for her book opening party from 7-10pm tonight. Lauren and I [...]

Malcolm Stewart – Male hoopers represent!

One of the biggest higlights of Hoop Convergence 2009 for me was Malcolm’s workshop. I actually did it twice because I was that enthused. Nearly every person in the workshop invented a move that they had never done before. Malcolm pushed us all to find new ways to move with the hoop. [...]