We’re having a meet up today at noon behind the hula hoop stall at the Red Deer Market. I’ll be there all morning to hoop if you like, but hopefully we’ll have a nice crew together to enjoy one of the last few days of nice weather I’m sure.
There will be extra hoops there for those that don’t own one.
See you there!
If you have been to our site before, you are likely going to notice a few “minor” details. I put that in quotations, because although they are minor on the surface, a lot of hard work went into the changes. =)
I will 100% admit that I’m an internet geek. I love building websites and blogging, but when you are actually building a website that has a store… it comes with some endearing and some not so endearing qualities.
Slowly, I am learning my way around and basically trying to make the site better for the end user. But it is a process.
If you see anything that is glitchy or have a suggestion to improve an aspect of the site, please let me know. I would love your input to make this a more efficient place for you to visit.
As with all websites and blogs, they are rarely ever completed or finished, but my vision is becoming more of a reality. Sadly (or fortunately) I start work this week (teaching) so I will have less time to tinker, but still plenty of time for hula hooping and hula hoop making.
Happy Hula Hooping!
We are having our regular meet up this Saturday, but please be aware that we are trying a new time and location. We decided it may be better to hold it right at the Market following it closing at noon.
So please come out and join us at noon at the Red Deer Market (at the hula hoop stall). We’d love to have you out! As always, new people are welcome. The event is free and fun!
See you there!
Tomorrow I will be selling some hula hoops for a wonderfully discounted price of $30 a hoop at the Red Deer Market. These hula hoops made a cross province trip with me and got a bit dusty from being strapped to the back of the van. They are still beautiful and function perfectly, but I would not want to sell these hula hoops for full price.
If you are interested in purchasing one of these hula hoops on sale but cannot make it to the market today, leave a comment or send me an email and I will send you pictures of the hoops and send them to you. I will send these hoops via mail for a price of $40 (a $20 discount on the original price!).
This is a great opportunity to pick up a new size of hula hoop for a great price! =)
We have an exciting new announcement to make for HulaHoopers.ca. We now offer gift certificates for people who want to purchase a hula hoop for a loved one, but are unsure what type of hoop and what colours the person wants.
Please visit our Hula Hoops Sales Page for more information.
Come out this Saturday (August 7th) at 2pm to enjoy some hula hooping. It is held at Rotary Park and 100% free. All skill levels are welcomed and wanted.
In saying that, we will not be at the Red Deer Market this Saturday, but we will see you the following week!
Cheers!
I have noticed quite a few questions online lately about how to do breaks and reversals using your hula hoop. I thought I had a nice little selection of tutorials for these, but after looking over my Hula Hoop Tutorial list, I don’t think I do. Right now, I only have the page on Chest Reversals.
Today I’m going to update the Tutorials with a few new ones that other people have found helpful when struggling with this portion of hula hooping. I will fully admit that this is the area that I’m currently working hardest at. It is one thing to stop the hoop and make it go in the other direction, it is a totally different thing to make this look smooth and natural. You have to learn to absorb the hoop and then propel it in a very graceful manner.
My favourite video for teaching you all about hula hoop reversals and breaks is a video by lambdatronic on youtube. He shows you just about every variation of the chest reversal.
Keep an eye on my tutorial page for more reversals and breaks. In fact, I’m going to add a new section so it is easier for people to find. It’s website updating time!! =)
Happy Hooping!
I cannot make the hula hoop meet up at Rotary park on August 7th and have yet to find someone who is in town to host it. If you can make it, please send me an email or message and I will give you extra hoops to take with you. I would hate to have to “officially” cancel it. 
If it does need to be canceled, we’ll just pick up where we left off on the 21st!
Recently, Laura from the Red Deer Advocate came to one of the Red Deer hula hoop meet ups to see what it was that we did and why we were doing it. =) This is Laura article called “That Twirling Groove“. I love the title.
Here is the video that they posted on their Youtube account.
The next meet up is August 7th at Rotary Park @ 2pm. I will not be able to make it, but Dena has promised to come out and host everyone that is interested in attending.
At the Hula Hoop meet up today in Red Deer we got talking about the hula hooping girl that made it through to Las Vegas on America’s Got Talent. None of the people there had seen her skills, so I thought I would post her video here to save everyone the search.
Polina Volchek is absolutely stunning in this video! She has some crazy talent and flexibility!
WOW!
By the way, thanks to everyone that showed up today at the Hula Hoop Meet up! I’m hoping to have some pictures to post on the site soon. You guys are so much fun! =)
