Hula hoop
World records
Duration
An early duration record for the hula hoop was set by 11-year-olds Paulette Robinson, Charles Beard and Patsy Jo Grigby in Jackson, Mississippi lasting 11 hours and 34 minutes (August, 1960). The event was sponsored by radio station WOKJ. 8-year-old Mary Jane Freeze, won a hooping endurance contest on 19 August 1976, by lasting 10 hours and 47 minutes. The current record is held by Roxann Rose of the United States, who went 90 hours between 2 April and 6 April 1987.
Most hula hoops twirled at once
The record for the most hoops twirled simultaneously is 107, set by Alesya Gouleviche of Belarus, on June 15, 2009.
Hoop running
Records for running while twirling a hula hoop around the waist are:
100 m: 13.84 seconds, by Roman Schedler of Austria on 16 July 1994
1 mile: 7:47, by Paul “Dizzy Hips” Blair of the United States on an unknown date
10 km, men: 1:06:35, by Paul “Dizzy Hips” Blair, date unknown
10 km, women: 1:43:11, by Betty (Shurin) Hoops (US), 30 May 2005; listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Other records
The largest hoop successfully twirled was 13.88 meters (45.55 ft) in circumference, by Ashrita Furman of the United States in September, 2005. The record for simultaneous hula hooping (minimum time: 2 minutes) is for 2,290 participants at Chung Cheng Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 28 October 2000.
In 2000, Roman Schedler spun a 53-pound tractor tire for 71 seconds at the 5th Saxonia Record Festival in Bregenz, Austria.
In April 2008, Team Hooprama hula hooped the Music City Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) to raise awareness for Hooping for Hope.
Modern hooping
Fire hooping
Main article: Hooping
The past few years have seen the re-emergence of hula hooping, generally referred to as either “hoopdance” or simply “hooping” to distinguish it from the children’s playform. An International Holiday World Hoop Day has become the hula hoop holiday celebrating the circle around the world. Every year, in numerical sequence starting from 2007-07-07 and continuing through 2012-12-12 hoopers dance in every city and country to raise money and donate hoops to others who can’t afford them. Modern hula hoopers can be found among fans of jambands like The String Cheese Incident and participants of Burning Man. Many modern hoopers make their own hoops out of polyethylene tubing. They are much larger and heavier than hoops of the 1950s. These hoops may be covered in a fabric or plastic tape to ease the amount of work in keeping a hoop twirling around the dancer, and can be very colorful. Some use glow-in-the dark, patterned, or sparkling tape, and others are produced with clear tubing and filled with plastic balls, glitter, or even water to produce visual or audio effects when used. LED technology has also been introduced in the past few years, allowing hoops to light up at the flick of a switch.
During the recent revitalization of the hula hoop, its uses have been extended to serve as an implement for fitness. A multitude of websites have been created as a result of this revival, many of which provide links to hooping clubs, online retailers from which to buy specialized hula hoops, and information on workout routines.
Within the past few years, some hoopers have taken up fire hooping, in which spokes are set into the outside of the hoop and tipped with kevlar wicks, which are soaked in fuel and lit on fire.
Collapsible hula hoops provide easy transport and versatility: each hoop breaks down into four pieces to later be reassembled.
In popular culture
From Circus Smirkus performance 2006
The hoop emerged in the world of circus in the 1960s, with Russian and Chinese artists taking it to extremes. These influenced contemporary circus artists like Australian circus comedian and hula hoop historian Judith Lanigan, who performs the Dying Swan “a tragedy with hula hoops” using 30 hula hoops. The Cirque du Soleil shows Alegra, Quidam and Wintuk have presented hula hoop acts featuring contortionist and former rhythmic gymnast Elena Lev. The Cirque show Zumanity features hoop performer and aerialist Julia Kolosova.
The sale of the 100-millionth hula hoop by Wham-O is referenced in Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” as one of the most significant events of 1959.
A fictionalized version of the invention of the hula hoop is the center of the plot of the Coen Brothers’ 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy, where it is referred to as (among other things) an “Extruded Plastic Dingus”.
Hula hoops are referred to in the 1958 Alvin and the Chipmunks song, “Christmas Don’t Be Late”. Wayout Toys, under licence to Emson, introduced the Alvin Hula Hoop Doll, which dances with his hula hoop and sings the song based on wanting his hula hoop.
Mat Plendl, an actor who was considered to be the world’s best hula hooper, appeared three times on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. He has become a regular performer at the halftime shows of National Basketball Association games and is a regular cast member with Teatro ZinZanni.
Dan Rodick, director of sports promotion at Wham-O, has said, “There is no other product that gives me as much fear and respect for the power of mass culture as the hula hoop.”
References
^ Background, history, raw materials, design, and the manufacturing process of hula hoops
^ a b c d e “Hula Hoop World Records”
^ Johnson, Bonna. 2008-03-20. “Team creates hoopla about half-marathon”, The Tennessean on hooprama.com Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ Hooping for Hope
^ “Hula Hoop Is Coming Around Again.” New York Times. March 5, 1988.
External links
Hula hoop on the Open Directory Project.
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