Sponsored Hoopers
Sara Hollie
Sara is our dream big adventure bound sponsee who, although comes from New York like us, is currently traveling around Australia with her boyfriend and living in their van!! And hooping all along the way of course! She got into hooping in May 2015. She says “Hooping led me here. It helped me make a home out of a once foreign country when I first came here almost 2 years ago. It has helped me manifest what once were just dreams of fire spinning. Inside my hoop I’m in a vortex with my soul where I can move freely and connect with the deepest layers of myself. It’s taught me that whatever life throws at you, you’ve got to just keep spinning” Sara recently opened up an Etsy shop called trailsoultreasures and hopes that she can grow this new crochet business enough to fully support her on-the-road lifestyle. Her favorite hoop size is 5/8” polypro 26” od, although it can vary depending on her flow mood. Her all time favorite ShelLED hoop is her mesmerizing Fire on the Mountain LED hoop…the first hoop she ever got from us! Follow her flow diary on Instagram @trails0ul
Krista Snyder Bolser
Krista is our big hearted busy bee sponsee from Ohio. On top of raising a little boy and a little girl, she works full time with her family business making tubes/rafts for water parks. And on the ‘side’ she is a bad ass animal saver! She is a board member, treasurer, and cat intake coordinator for Josephs Legacy. I see all of her posts on Facebook and admire how involved she is with rescuing, reviving, and re homing pets. When she finds time to hoop, she like 3/4” polypro around 36”. Like myself, she prefers to be on the other end of the camera. You can follow her on Instagram @misfitkitties
Kiani Rose Lusby
Kiani is our raving west coast sponsor. She was born and raised on the big island of Hawaii, endured high school in Southern Oregon, and then moved to sunny California. It was on a beach in Cali in May of 2014 where she was first handed a hoop by an acquaintance that she never saw again….hoops on the other hand became a regular part of her life from then on! She is very passionate about hooping and enjoys spreading the love by performing and teaching others in her community. Her favorite hoops to use are 27” id 5/8” polypro hoops. Follow Kiania and her hooping journey on instagram @hoopkitty or on Facebook at Hoop Kitty
Tylor Moore
Tylor is our fish-dad puppeteer from a little fishing island in Canada. He owns angelfish and freshwater eels. When he was living in the city of Halifax he got into hooping by learning basics from someone he met there. After a car accident changed his life, he moved back to the little fishing island but still continues to connect and flow with the flow arts community in the city just a few hours away. Tylor likes both taped hoops and bare hoops, he finds advantages to both. His current favorite hoop from our shop is his UV Yellow and UV Glitter Green Polypro. Follow him on Instagram @polypuppeteer
Juliette Cooper
Juliette is our lovely sponsor from Missouri. She is stay at home boy mom who enjoys photography, make up, and hula hoops!! She started hooping in 2014 when another girl offered her hoop to her at a very dark time in her life. She says she made a fool of herself but it got her interested. She is married to the man who bought her first hula hoop! Now that’s some powerful hoop love! He still remains very supportive of her hooping passion and has bought her many more hoops since then. “I enjoy hooping because it lets me get rid of my frustrations.” Follow Juliette on IG @HOOPLIETTE_THE_HOOPER
Kyla “Sunshine”
Kyla is our ‘Sunshine.’ She was introduced into hooping through belly dancing in 2011. It took her awhile for connect with the hoop, but now you won’t find her without one. She performs (LED and FIRE), and she teaches. She started Eternal Flame Entertainment. They’ve taught workshops and performed at several local festivals; like Equinox and the Hive Jive, and at haunted houses and backyard parties all around New England! She has two children and enjoys camping, cooking, doing stunts, and volunteering. “I enjoy helping others find their greatness which typically involves letting go, healing, and growing – to become their best self. I believe that’s where we all become one with bliss. Aka pure happiness.”
Jessica Tobia
Jessica is our flower child sponsor out in Northern California. She first started hooping in Syracuse with friends from college, and that’s where I met her! After graduating (BS Biology) in 2012, Jess has worked seasonal environmental jobs in Oregon and California and continued focusing on her hoop flow. Jess’s passion for the healing and dance arts led her to earn two fitness certifications in Nia movement this year and Jessica Tobia persue her interest in leading weekly Nia and Hula hoop dance classes in the nearby city of Redding, CA. Other than hooping, Jess’s favorite hobbies include doing yoga, hiking, brewing kombucha and maintaining her homestead/hobby farm by caring for chickens, goats and gardening. Stay tuned as she is in the process of creating an instagram page and once complete would love to connect with more flow friends!
Kathryn Lathrop
Kat is our fun and funky sponsor from Michigan. Since she started hooping over 2 years ago her flow has grown to many other props- (poi, Leviwand, contact juggling, multihoop, buugeng, and flowersticks) She quotes “The more I learn with one, the more I discover with the others. It’s all connected! That’s what I love so much about the flow arts. There’s always room to learn more, to grow, and to share. Flow has also helped me immensely in my journey of self discovery and self love. I’ve never felt more comfortable in myself as I do in my hoop.”
Heather Doxtater
Meet Happy Heather: She believes that the greatest gift in life is the ability to find joy in everything that you do. It is through hula hoops and nature that Heather is able to help spread information on kindness and love for the self and for others. She believes in self care by tuning into our bodies and to heal ourselves with the natural essence of healing plants. It is this connection with nature that brings her back to the present and the Hula hoop is another way to bring out the magic in life. Get to know and follow her on Instagram @happyheather717
Glenna Merkin
Glenna is ours sponsee from Elgin, Illinois. She started hooping in 2013 with a huge hoop for exercise. Soon after she was inspired to learn hoop dance and tricks after seeing the amazing talent and gracefulness of other hoopers and experiencing how stress can melt into happiness while spinning in her circle. She now owns 25 hoops and counting and she loves spinning them all! Her favorite moves are breaks & paddles, and wedgies. She also loves taking her hoops to parties and getting kids involved! “They get so hyped up and love it! Teaching them is very fun and rewarding! As they ooh and aww!”
Johnnie Dubell
Michele McCoy
Taylor @fruitloophoops
Amy Williams
Anna Kovach
Anne Driver
Natalie Morton
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