The Great Link 4/22/11

Hooping.org takes a look at
what you wear to hoop and what it means.

--How often have you been overwhelmed by a new trick or combination? Gyropulse urges you to simplify your spin to get a handle on confusing moves. (Gyropulse)

--"Certain career choices are fundamentally incompatible with being meaningfully engaged on a day to day basis with a young family." A fascinating TED talk on the reality of work-life balance - without all the fluffy magazine advice that we've all heard before. Highly recommend watching this one (AntiSpin)

--Get started creating some of those awesome isolation/manipulation moves with Drex's Cateye Tutorial. (Youtube)

--A ridiculous number of juggling and flow art tutorials all in one place. yay! (Street Juggling)

--Do the clothes make the hooper? Lara Eastburn explores the changing hoop aesthetic. (Hooping.org.)

Friday: The Great Link

"Concert-Goer Loses Control of Hula Hoop, Knocks Sound Man Unconscious" - now THAT's a hooping headline I missed this year. Lara Eastburn, erm, 'finds' 9 more hoop headlines you may not have seen.  (Hooping.Org.)

Sean from the Gyronauts are making some tech tutorial videos! Would you like to learn some...pooping techniques. That's poi and hooping...of course. (Gyropulse) 

Want to hear what participating in flow week was like from the inside? Shekinah Spin shares her thoughts on being a participant in Hooping Idol. (Shekinah Spin)

Two girls, 4 mini's, and a beautiful Tokyo backdrop make for an impressive mini's display! Cyndi over at Stay Curious watched the video to help cure her of a spring time cold (Stay Curious)

They're everywhere! Another awesome tumblr of circus arts and seriously amazing hoopers. Where do they get all of these amazing pics? Well, I guess I don't care as long as I get to see 'em. (Riot Hooping)

Basketball + Hoop? Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? This girl has ridiculous moves with both - and looks like she is having a blast! (YouTube)

Friday: The Great Link

If you thought LED hoops were cool now, wait for the era of remote control, fiber optic, and 100 LED hoops (Gyropulse) 

Looking for something awesome to do this summer? You know what sounds like total win? Camping in beautiful Maine while getting to hoop and learn the whole time. (Hoop Fest New England)

This dog is a pretty advanced hooper. Acquire skill via osmosis while wearing this shirt (Hoop Pretty)

Speaking of hoop doggies, if you haven't seen this giddy, pink hula-hooping dog - now is the time to check it out. It's amaaaazing. (KymSpins)

How many hoopers want to secretly (or not-so-secretly) join the circus? Feed the fantasy. (F*ckYeahCircus) 

Way to make the rest of us look bad, BABZ. Oh wait...you have awesome tutorials so that we can all become that good? WOO HOO! Step 1, Shoulder hooping leg reversal. (YouTube)

Work smarter, not harder. An easy way to transition through hoop moves from the Super Hooper archives. (Super Hooper)