Posts Tagged ‘Bay Area Hoopers’

  • Episode 15 – Philo Hagen: Hooping.org, Blogging and Modern Hooping Origins

    Date: 2015.10.12 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

    Love this man!

    I snagged Philo at Hoopcamp this year for a chat and I’m still giddy about it. There is a lot of history in this conversation.

    Rainy Day at Hoopcamp

    Rainy Day at Hoopcamp

    Last year at Hoopcamp we had a little early morning bonding because he had been rained out of his tent and I needed coffee. We sat on the front porch of the dining hall in the rain and just talked. I definitely felt a bit like a fan girl around him. And why not?! But he is warm and sweet and funny as hell. My favorite MC hands down!

    He was the very first hooper I met while walking toward my first hooping experience – The Northwest Hoop Gathering in Bend, Oregon in 2009. We walked side by side and I asked him if he’d ever been to something like this before and he said he hadn’t been to that one. I was brand new to the hooping world and didn’t know who he was or what I was about to experience when I walked into that gymnasium full of hoopers. Mind blown. Life changed forever. Philo was there at the beginning of my hoop journey. I’m not the only one.

    MC Philo

    MC Philo

    He told me the story of the origins of Hooping.org – THE hooping portal – which, interestingly enough, has some of its roots in the early days of blogging. Honestly, it was like sitting by the campfire listening to the lore of a world that is still mysterious to me.

    This year I missed out on his workshop. Boo! This man can dance in a hoop and I enjoy watching him so much. Both he and Anah Reichenbach (Hoopalicious) are self-proclaimed “body rockers” and it’s sort of my style too. But at Hoopcamp, there were so many ways to hoop and I enjoyed exploring some of those new ways.

     

     

    Some Good Stuff…

    Philo’s Gotta Hoop!

    Hooping.org

    Philo’s Blog
    http://philohagen.com
    http://philohagen.com/hoop-dance/

    Bay Area Hoopers
    L.A. Hoopers Facebook

    Sadly Jason’s hoop making instructions aren’t online.
    http://www.hooping.org/2006/08/how-to-make-a-hula-hoop/

    See the aura photos!

    Music by the dawn machine

     

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  • Episode 10 – Antonio Gomez and 10 Years of the Bay Area Hoopers

    Date: 2013.12.31 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

    Hello hoopers, hoopers in the making and hooper lovers!HulaHooplaPodcast_Large

    I met my goal!!! I got my tenth episode done before the new year!! My next goal is to make this podcast professional. What does that mean? It means a simple and redesigned website, sponsors, advertisers, maybe even some fun prizes. I want to bring hoopers from around the world to your ears and hearts. If you’re interested in helping me make this a reality and bring it to the masses in a more polished formed, you can reach me at hoopanista (at) hulahoopla (dot) com. Thanks!

    On this episode – EPISODE 10!! – I talk with Antonio Gomez of the San Francisco Bay Area Hoopers, or BAH. And I saved this one, my 10th episode to honor BAH’s 10th Anniversary! So cool. I haven’t even known about hooping, as I’ve come to know it, for 10 years!!

    Antonio Gomez

    Antonio Gomez

     

    I met Antonio when I came to my first BAH hoop jam in December of 2012 and felt an immediate connection. I had just started coming down to the Bay Area to visit my long-distance fella and wanted to meet hoopers in area. Headed over from East Bay to Inner Space in San Francisco and I have to admit I was pretty nervous, sort like I was on someone else’s turf. Aren’t we our own worst enemy?! I was welcomed with open arms and had a blast. My guy came along and hooped with me!

     

    If you’re ever in the Bay Area, check out BAH’s weekly indoor hoop jam. Right now going into 2014 it’s every Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm at Inner Mission, 2050 Bryant Street in San Francisco. All experience levels welcome and kick in some cash to support the group.

    I’m putting this episode out while I’m down in the Bay Area for Christmas and the New Year and will indeed be heading to a BAH hoop jam. Can’t wait!

    Weekly Indoor Hoop Jam
    Every Sunday 1pm-3pm
    Inner Mission
    2050 Bryant Street, San Francisco

    Bay Area Hoopers
    http://www.bayareahoopers.org

    Article on Bay Area Hoopers from Hooping.org
    http://www.hooping.org/2013/05/bay-area-hoopers-celebrates-ten-years/

    Facebook Group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayareahoopers/

    Bay Area Hoopers Documentary by Victor “Supervictorio” Ibarra

     

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  • Episode 9 – Beth Lavinder!

    Date: 2013.12.23 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

    Hello hoopers, hoopers in the making and hooper lovers!

    OK. I have got to stop bitching about my voice recorder. It’s actually pretty cool. It’s operator error – it’s all me. So a big thank you goes out to my friend Joel again for loaning it to me!

    The new podcast artwork!

    This is Episode 9. I had a fortuitous meeting with Beth Lavinder, of all places, at the last indoor hoop jam of the season for the Bay Area Hoopers in San Francisco! I was visiting the Bay Area and she was on her way to teach at Jaguar Mary’s Sacred Circularities in Bali.

    She told me she’s not really comfortable about talking about herself. I feel pretty lucky. She opened up and shared so much about herself and her hoop journey starting out in Carrboro, North Carolina seeing Vivian (Spiral) for the first time, hooping with Julia Hartsell and Baxter and her experience with The Hoop Path.

     

    Beth Lavinder

    Beth Lavinder

    Beth is part of my hoop journey.  The first time I saw her was at the Northwest Hoop Gathering in Bend, Oregon, April 2009.  I walked into the big gym where the event was taking place and saw sooooooo many hoopers doing incredible things!!  And Beth was one of them.  She was rolling her hoop up her body with her hair flying.  So beautiful.  I saw her again at Hoop Convergence in North Carolina in 2010 and then we were actually able to sit down and talk at Hoopcamp in Santa Cruz in 2010.  This is an incredible lady and an inspirational hooper.

     

    We really do have an amazing community.  I hope to introduce you to so many of its members.

    Next episode is the 10th!  And it is in honor of the Bay Area Hoopers’ 10th Anniversary.

    Happy Hooping!

    Beth Lavinder Interview with Hooping.org

    Sacred Circularities

    The Hoop Path

    Julia Hartsell

    Vivian (Spiral)

    Hoopcamp

    Hoop Convergence

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