SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A dozen plastic hula hoops of different colors and sizes had been spread out on the grass beneath a cedar on Sacramento’s 21st Avenue parkway. A DJ stood behind a fortress of ...

TUPELO – Sixty-seven years ago, a toy company named Wham-O began mass-producing brightly colored plastic hoops. The Hula Hoop, as it was named, became a fad. Seven years later, in 1965, Wham-O added ...

Mason, Michigan — In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing ...

In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing with a torch in ...

Step right up and meet Irene Ivanac, a typical suburban mom of four, grandmother of five and, oh, yeah, a fire eater. We’re not talking about hot sauce — it’s real burning flames. And if putting fire ...

When Tyndall, a marine biology student at LSU, started hula-hooping six years ago, she liked the exercise and the choreography. Four years ago, a friend introduced her to fire hoops, and she became ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Where the desire to play with fire mingles with the desire to create something beautiful spring the fire-spinners and hoopers of the world. The park that was once "the pit," where a ...

A dozen plastic hula hoops of different colors and sizes had been spread out on the grass beneath a cedar on Sacramento’s 21st Avenue parkway. A DJ stood behind a fortress of booming speakers, bobbing ...