I'm one as well!

Located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

check this guy out.
isopop.com/
he is on a few online communities.
Have you checked out hoop city, online community for hoopers, think there are guys on it too.

this is a subject that seems to pop up periodically. i've often wondered about making a male hoopers tribe but that seems kind of separatist.

it is a curious thing about the hoop though; gender isn't really much of an issue with other flow-tools in that none of them seem to have a majority of one or the other gender in the same way that hooping has such a distinct female majority.

anyway, hi!

I'm male hooper - well, a beginner hooper.

Orbital-D

male hoopers are hot. just sayin. :D

ok well all hoopers are hot!

i love baxter's video here - www.youtube.com/watch really made me see a different direction that anyone can take their hooping, really giving a different feeling than the "mainstream" hooping. (not that there's anything wrong with the mainstream style as many people tend toward similar moods/movements, as long as it's authentic to who you are :P)

Raises hand. Male hooper here.

I wanted to up for a local hoop aerobics class with a hoopgirl certified instructor and was told it was geared for just females and they felt they had a safe environment to explore and learn in that way. It hurt a little because the instructor is a friend of mine but a few days later she says come on, why not. She had just really not wanted me to feel uncomfortable learning the 'booty bump' and such.

Well, I took the class last night. I loved it. I really like using the hoop for pure exercise as well as expression. Plus I like learning new things that might sound basic but I've never tried before.

And I can tell you. The booty bump is not easy..and mostly impossible spinning the opposite direction. And booty hooping? I used muscles I didn't know I had.

I am going again next week.

Did I get off topic? Hard to focus on this while at work.

Anyway, I am always interested in male hoopers and how to actually look like a male while hooping. There are some real badass male hoopers out there. But I guess it boils to what I learned from Baxter in his Hoop Path workshop..."if it feels good, that's all that matters" (or something like that).

My boyfriend has been hooping for awhile. He likes it, but it is difficult as there are close to nil hoopers around here. He just recently joined tribe - go friend him! = ).

people.tribe.net/bf6cb801-...dc5ef0168c

Male, and still a beginner (after a year or two.... I come and go, but the intent is there...) I do it for the exercise, more'n'anything else... I have health issues (& age) as a barrier, but I'm still workin' on it...

www.youtube.com/watch
this dude is really good... Love the isolations...
and >> www.youtube.com/watch =]

Hey there! Seattle is lucky enough to have several male hoopers (myself included). I know what you mean, in thinking about masculinity and hooping. It's always been an interesting question, since the hoop community - and instruction, as others have mentioned - is definitely more oriented toward women. But some of the guys out there are pretty amazing, and it doesn't take much to make a performance look "masculine". Yes, you're moving your hips, but I don't think the girls mind it all that much. :)

If you've got ideas you want to share or consider, feel free to post - it's a topic that definitely bears discussion!

Cheers!

-T

I love my hooper boy (see Jeremiah, top of thread)!

Everytime we're at a festival and he lights up his fire hoop, I always hear some ladies in the audience say, "oooh... a male hooper! yay!". It's sexy, and it can look very masculine...

I see some (but certainly not all) male hoopers shying away from core hooping... does the wiggling make ya feel girly? Cause it looks hot. Just sayin'.

Other male hoopers not mentioned: Soyboy, Stefan... who else are we forgetting?
I saw a good handful of newbie-lookin' male hooper at Playa Del Fuego a couple of weeks ago, too!

I still consider myself a beginner. . .
but have been hooping for about a year and a half now. . .

personally, i have never seen a guy hooping and thought that he looked girly or feminine.

I'm the only one I know in my lil tribe here in nc--lots of my pals are burners but most can't hoop very well. I love it and wish I could practice all day. My kids dig it, too. What I struggle with is style... I like very much the HoopPath which is a bit more masculine but I've been thru the dvd twice and have learned as much as I can w/o hitting up a class (too far away) or a retreat. And yourself?

Gosh, I guess I have gotten to know quite a few of the male hoopers out there... and I would dare say there are more than you know about and the population is growing exponentially.

Khan, Rich, Rob Mills, Baxter, Victorio, Dave (chicago), David (knoxville), Lewis Meyers, Max, Lucian, Rainbow Michael, Robbie, Vaughn, Philo, Fred Aspen, Geoffery, Kimowan, stephan, to name a few.

While it's obvious that it is heavily female dominated, I believe that male hoopers take a whole different approach to the hoop. I have never looked at any male hooper and thought, gosh, they look girly. Rather, I have often thought, wow, I love they're unique approach and energy they bring to the hoop. It is very unique.

Good luck in getting connected to the male hooping world.