With an inspiring documentary film on Sunday (and new fitness classes), New York's hooping community wants you to know that hula hoops are not just for kids. A “hoop jam” in Washington Square Park.
On a trip to Sydney in 1956, Joan Anderson was amazed to discover a new trend sweeping Australia’s beaches and streets. People were “doing the hoop” — twirling a sturdy, circular ring of bamboo around ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joan Anderson: she took the craze of bamboo hoops from Australia to America but she and her husband were misled over the Hula ...
Courtesy Chris Riess and Amy Hill. Joan Anderson, the woman who introduced the hula hoop to the United States and gave it its iconic name, died last month at age 101. Anderson’s daughter, Loralyn ...