The Montreal Gazette
By MONIQUE POLAK, The GazetteAugust 21, 2010
Hula hoops are making the rounds again, and this time they aren’t just for play!
Hula hoops are replacing yoga mats as the hippest new fitness accessory. Cyclists have been spotted with colourful hoops looped over their shoulders, and more metro riders are carrying them, too. If you’ve been to Lafontaine Park in the evening this summer, chances are you’ve seen the colourful hoops in action, flying around the hips of participants in outdoor fitness classes.
These are not the Wham-O hula hoops that sold by the millions during the hoop craze of the 1950s. Today’s fitness hoops are heavier; they require a little more effort to swing, but are far easier to keep in motion. “It’s gone from no one’s ever heard of it to everyone knowing someone who hoops,” said Amy Goldstein, the Los Angeles-based director of The Hooping Life, a documentary that will be screened at the Montreal World Film Festival. Goldstein began interviewing hoopers in 2002, after she noticed what she describes as a “hooping subculture.”
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