Posts Tagged ‘hoop dance’
Perfection Sucks!
If you are focused only on perfection, everything will seem like a struggle. When you let go and make mistakes, you learn more and actually struggle… less! Perfection is self sabbotage. So play. Fail. Drop. Have fun. And enjoy the learning journey!
What are you waiting for?
It’s time to P.L.A.Y.‼️PLAY=Positively Learning with Active Youthfulness… May I suggest hula hooping? (Because it Works in so many ways!) Try hooping in mere Minutes, with just one hoop move a week:🎈Friday Fun Hoop Club⭕️ https://www.hooplacademy.com/products/courses/friday-fun-hoop-club
#hulahooping #dance #perfection #mondaymotivation #motivationmonday #motivation #fail #fails #oop #dance #bloopers
YES You Can hula hoop!
I can show you how. Fast. Fun. Easy. Done. Welcome to the Circle⭕️ ~ Che’ Rippinger
😁 P.S. I’ve taught a variety of dance for 3+ decades and hula hoop dancing since 2011 with Hip The Hoopla! ~ ALL Levels Welcome to hoop. I specialize in “Adaptive Hooping” which means do whatever you can in the ways you are able.
#fridayfunhoopclub #learntohoop #funfitness
⭕️Hoop Dance = The most FUN way to put Play in your Day! (and it counts as a workout!)
🌐WORLD HOOP DAY | WHD DANCE⭕: https://tinyurl.com/yxe4a2qo
🎵 MUSIC-Original, WHD & More 🌐: https://tinyurl.com/2n5f4x7t
⭕HULA HOOP TUTORIALS💫: https://tinyurl.com/t3xxkax
⭕LEARN HOW TO HOOP/Best Waist Hooping Techniques: https://youtu.be/_-19rkoay8w
💃”THE MATADOR” Hoop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/7Fp4hKUoWjg
💫The “WRAP WINDER COMBO” Hoop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/aMAMOxY9bNs
▶️SHORT VIDEOS!🕒: (approx. 1 minute): https://tinyurl.com/2p8mfkwz
😊 LEARN HOW TO ⭕️HOOP 🎁FREE ($27 Value!) Gift🎁 ⭕️Hoop Dance💃mini course: https://www.hooplacademy.com/courses/lets-start-hooping ⭕️ ******************************************************************
Learn from wherever you are in the world and follow on Social…
🌐WEBSITE: http://www.HipTheHoopla.com
😁FACEBOOK: http://www.Facebook.com/HipTheHoopla
📸INSTAGRAM: http://www.Instagram.com/hipthehoopla
▶️YOUTUBE: http://www.YouTube.com/HipTheHoopla
⭕Professional hula hoops used by Che’ are custom hand crafted by Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla ♥😘♥ ******************************************************************
Video Summary:
0:00 Hoop blooper hula hoop drop
0:04 Perfection is…
0:08 Keep going. Even if it’s not perfect. Especially if it’s not perfect. THAT is Progress!! Take your first confident step… Join the 🎈FRIDAY FUN HOOP CLUB ⭕️ NOW: https://www.hooplacademy.com/products/courses/friday-fun-hoop-club ******************************************************************
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It’s ok to drop the hoop. It’s Part of Learning. You Got This!
Hoop Classes: https://www.HipTheHoopla.com/classes
Easiest Way To Start Learning Hoop Rolls
Want to start learning “Hoop Rolls?” This “One Arm Hoop Roll” is the easiest way to learn fast! It’s half of the work as a full chest roll, and will build your skills, confidence and foundation for more advanced Rolls.
👉Grab your FREE ($27 Value!) ⭕️Hoop Dance💃mini course right now: https://www.hooplacademy.com/courses/lets-start-hooping ⭕️
#onearmhooproll #hooptricks #hooptutorial ******************************************************************
Video Chapter Summary:
0:00 Let’s learn a Beginner-friendly “One Arm Hoop Roll”
0:05 Hand, finger release, wrist flick start
0:10 Straight Arm Technique and Hand Grab
0:34 Reverse Angle View
0:47 Enjoy practicing techniques to increase skill and confidence
0:53 SUPPORT More Tutorials on this Channel: Subscribe Now‼️ And 👉Grab your FREE ($27 Value) ⭕️Hoop Dance💃mini course right now: https://www.hooplacademy.com/courses/lets-start-hooping ⭕️
⭕️Want to know How to Start Hula Hooping? ⭕Get into the “Happy Hooping Habit” and START HOOPING NOW: https://www.hooplacademy.com/courses/monthly-membership Join me, pro ⭕️Hoop Dance Instructor💃and Founder of Hip The Hoopla to get Happy, get Healthy…and get hula Hooping! I’ve taught a variety of dance for 3+ decades and hula hoop dancing since 2011 with Hip The Hoopla! ~ ALL Levels Welcome to hoop. I specialize in “Adaptive Hooping” which means do whatever you can in the ways you are able.
Welcome to the Circle ⭕ ~ Che’ Rippinger 😁
#hulahoop #hulahooptutorial #easytolearn #easytolearnforbegginers #hoopdancing #learntohoop #hooptricks #howtohoop #hulahooping
Enjoy even more Health, Humor and hula hooping information and tutorials in a fun, entertaining, and personable way… ⭕ Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for health, humor and hula hoop tutorials, performances, and jams. ~ Thanks!
🌐Learn from wherever you are in the world and follow on Social…
WEBSITE: http://www.HipTheHoopla.com
FACEBOOK: http://www.Facebook.com/HipTheHoopla
INSTAGRAM: http://www.Instagram.com/hipthehoopla
YOUTUBE: http://www.YouTube.com/HipTheHoopla
EMAIL (+Free Gift): http://eepurl.com/bRtK_5
⭕Professional hula hoops used by Che’ are custom hand crafted by Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla ♥😘
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For more positive ways to move and get motivated, check out the Hoop Love Ya’ll Show with Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla, bringing you happy Health, Humor and hula Hooping hints and hacks that you can try…and Share, today!
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WATCH NEXT:
• HOOP TUTORIALS you might enjoy learning from: https://tinyurl.com/t3xxkax
• LAUGHTER YOGA EXERCISES: https://tinyurl.com/rph32tn
• ⭕✔MY FAVORITE HOOP THINGS✔⭕ https://tinyurl.com/za49sb37
• HOOP LOVE YA’LL SHOW FULL PLAYLIST: https://tinyurl.com/ux727q6
• HOOP PERFORMANCES: https://tinyurl.com/tto74hg
• HOOP JAM SESSIONS: https://tinyurl.com/vbdkmvu
• ▶️SHORT VIDEOS!🕒 Playlist (approx. 1 minute): https://tinyurl.com/2p8mfkwz
• LEARN HOW TO HOOP/Best Waist Hooping Techniques: https://youtu.be/_-19rkoay8w
• “THE MATADOR” Hoop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/7Fp4hKUoWjg
• The “WRAP WINDER COMBO” Hoop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/aMAMOxY9bNs
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Have someone who needs a smile, hug or some positive energy? Sharing is caring. 💫⭕ Rewatch and share! ⭕💫 Thanks! https://youtube.com/shorts/xqgfETb60fA
#cherippinger #hipthehoopla #happyhoopinghabit #hoopflow #hoopdance #hoopdancing #hoopdancer #crossvilletn #learntohooponline #learntohoop #howtohoop #HappyHoopingHabit #hulahooping #shorts #hooptricks #hulahoop #hooping #hoop #hoopdancing #hoopspiration #fabover40hoopcommunity #hulahooping #tennesseehoopers #shorts #shortvideo #hulahooptutorial #hulahooptricks
Super Colorful Hula Hooping
Let’s Get The Funk Out!
If you like super colorful hula hooping, I got Super ⭕Hoop Dance-y💃 in this video!! Super colorful filter and it looks like I have pink hair!
Super colorful hula hooping that’s super funky free flow fun.
♥ Enjoy this video and…Grab your FREE ⭕️Hoop Dance💃mini course right now: That’s going to show you How to 😁get Happy, 🌱get healthy, and ⭕️get hooping…for FREE!!
Let’s Get The Funk Out! 1 Minute Video Hula Hooping: https://youtube.com/shorts/4hQnXAvabRs?
♥ Enjoy this video and…Grab your FREE ⭕️Hoop Dance💃mini course right now: That’s going to show you How to 😁get Happy, 🌱get healthy, and ⭕️get hooping…for FREE!!
○ Are you in our Hoop Loop? Get in our Whirled News inner circle (email with free gift!) for exclusive member specials, early announcements and fun tips and tricks for hooping and a happy healthy humorous life.
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When You Drop The Hoop…
♥I LOVE teaching hula hoop dance…because it’s a metaphor for LIFE.
♥Easy example: When you drop the hoop, pick it up like you meant to do that.
Why this works…
♥We all drop things and we need to give ourselves grace and motivation to pick it up and try again.
♥Positive self talk to move forward…because we ALL have those moments where it’s tough to move on and the little gremlin voices start a chat fest in the back of our brains.
♥You don’t Need permission…but I’m your positive cheerleading “Che” voice that says, “You CAN do it. Keep Going. You GOT this!”
#keepgoing #yougotthis #yougotthisgirl #gogirl #motivation #inspiration #hoopspiration #positivity
#hooploveyall from #cherippinger of #hipthehoopla
♥Start hooping now with a FREE mini course: https://www.hooplacademy.com/courses/lets-start-hooping
Red Plaid Hula Hoop Jammie Jam!
You don’t have to dress fancy to enjoy this fun hula hoop workout! Grab your hoop and come join humorous expert hoop dance instructor Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla. P.J.s and Jammies are encouraged, but not required! Whatever makes you comfortable.
Come join in on this Jammie Jam Guided Hula Hoop Workout – Red Plaid 24 Minutes now! SAVE Extra Money…This is INCLUDED in the Happy Hooping Habit.
Get your Free mini introductory hoop course.
Hoop Love Ya’ll Show~Emerge Theme
In This Show Episode/Topics: “Emerge!”–Great tips for natural pain management so you can heal faster including: Arnica Montana homeopathic (and tips to help make it more effective), Ohco Motion (a Chinese herbal blend that also helps the body heal), and a Laughter Yoga exercise–because laughter is a natural pain medication. Plus I’m keeping Ya’ll up to date on my own personal happy healing (of skin cancer) journey–including how Judas Priest will be inspiring my bad ass costuming over a 4 inch scar–and how they helped squelch my panic attacks so I could go get this s**t taken care of!
•Humor/Health Tips – Holy Cow Arnica is so helping with my pain management. Also using Ohco Motion because it also helps the body to heal itself. Also doing more healing internally with raw cannabis juice, Mary’s Medicinal THC-a greens and Dragonfly Botanicals Hemp Oil—all of these are NON-psychoactive ways to heal using cannabis, FYI.
• Health Information:
Update #4 on my medical process. See the previous 3 Hoop Love Ya’ll Show videos for the journey to here.
•Emerge–“Two hoop/One handed Butterfly*” – with some more helpful Tricks, Tips and Techniques.
*Also check out my <<Fast and FREE!>> 1 minute Instagram Tutorial on this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgSRENonoHO
Today’s T-shirt inspiration/Humor/Quotations:
“Wonder Woman” ~ T-shirt –because aren’t we all??!!
Old Henny Younman Joke (oops, not a Marx Brothers one!):
A patient says, “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.”
The Doctor replies, “Then don’t do that!”
YUM To Try recipe for “Cauliflower Mashers” Recipe below
Other Resources:
More 1 minute Hooping Tutorials at www.Instagram.com/hipthehoopla
Local (Lakewood/Denver, Colorado, USA) Group, Online Courses plus more fun health, humor and hooping info: www.HipTheHoopla.com
Please connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube–Just look for Hip The Hoopla
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About Che’ Rippinger: Che’ has been hoop dancing (aka hula hooping) since 2008, she specializes in teaching (mainly adults) of all levels how to hoop dance, laugh, and be happy and healthy. She has over 30 years of experience teaching dance and founded her company Hip The Hoopla in 2011 instructing, performing and creating handcrafted locally made professional custom dance hoops.
Che is a professional hoop dancer, belly dancer, fire spinner and Certified Laughter Yoga Leader. She’s also been a professional humorist specializing in “relationships” as a cartoonist and columnist, published in the Sunday Denver Post and Playgirl Magazine.
If you’d like to hire Che’ for education, performing or events, please visit www.HipTheHoopla.com for schedule and info.
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Note: Hoop dance is a great activity to try if you want to have fun, try something different, dance, laugh and get happy endorphins from the physical exercise that you might possibly enjoy for the rest of your life. There are many benefits to hooping some of which include: stress relief, happiness, activity, fun bonding with friends and family, improved coordination, creating new neural pathways, help with depression and mental issues, healing from physical injuries and trauma, toning, endurance conditioning and some even experience the most fun weight loss they’ve ever tried. For whatever reason you choose, know that these circles are a promoter of world peace, compassion and camaraderie. Of course, check with your doctor or health care professional before engaging in new activity to make sure it is safe for you. No matter who you are, or what your circumstance, age, gender, background, or whatever makes you, you…Welcome to the circle ♥
~With Hoop ♥ ~Che’
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Catch the website link for the recipe and extra info:
https://hipthehoopla.com/2023/09/02/hoop-love-yall-show-emerge
Hoop Wrap Dance Combo
NEW ⭕HOOP WRAP COMBO*⭕ :15 second VIDEO: Subscribe, Comment and 👍. 💞In~Joy😁
Shhh … It’s a quiet slinky, sultry, small space ⭕Hula Hoop Combo you can learn* utilizing some creative Wrap moves, dance transitions, and movement technique.💃 This dance combination is demonstrated with a small hoop, in a small space. This combo can also be performed with various other hoop sizes.
🌟HOOP TIP⭕
With a larger/heavier hoop, go through the movement sequence slower.👍
#hoopcombo #hoopdance #hoopdancetutorial #hoopwrap
💫⭕ You can rewatch this video on a continual loop to learn and practice at your own best pace.
💞 Hoop Love Ya’ll ⭕
🌟Please 👍comment positviely👍 below how you are incorporating hoop dance (or other activity that brings you joy) into your daily health practice*.
😁Subscribe✔–thank you💞
In-Joy❣ ⭕ ~ Che’ Rippinger
*Want to learn ⭕hooping?
Join the 💫”Happy Hooping Habit” 💫 to build your hoop skills, dance, creativity and confidence with humorous and supportive Hip The Hoopla instructor Che’ Rippinger at http://http://www.HipTheHoopla.com
#vortex #hulahooping #shorts #gripvortex #hooptricks #hulahoop #hooping #hooptricks #hoop #hoopdance
#fabover40hoopcommunity
0:00 Hula hoop dance wrap combo demonstration
0:07 Wrap Dance Combo Review & Repeat
0:14 ▶️Learn with Che
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Enjoy even more Health, Humor and hula hooping information and tutorials in a fun, entertaining, and personable way…
♥ For more positive ways to move and get motivated, check out the Hoop Love Ya’ll Show with Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla, bringing you happy Health, Humor and hula Hooping hints and hacks that you can try…and Share, today!
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WATCH NEXT:
• Hoop Tutorials you might enjoy learning from: https://tinyurl.com/t3xxkax
• Laughter Yoga Exercises: https://tinyurl.com/rph32tn
• Wake Up And Sun Shine stretch sessions: https://tinyurl.com/um6efgn
• Watch the #stepupandshine series playlist on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/uw69u6d
• Hoop Love Ya’ll Show FULL Playlist on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ux727q6
• Hoop Performances: https://tinyurl.com/tto74hg
• Hoop Jam Sessions: https://tinyurl.com/vbdkmvu
• The Matador Hoop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/7Fp4hKUoWjg
• Learn How To Hoop/Best Waist Hooping Techniques: https://youtu.be/_-19rkoay8w
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Hoop Cross Training: Dance Footwork
If you’ve ever just danced in place, this will get you moving around more with your hoop tricks. This Hoop “Cross” training will help your dance footwork for hooping, plus give you more variety and creativity to try new combinations.
Learn more with Hip The Hoopla with classes, courses, community and coaching.
Join Hip The Hoopla Master Instructor Che Rippinger to learn 3 footwork patterns that are easy to learn and combine with hooping…with practice!
~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
♥ Want more awesomeness? Sign up for our Whirled News e-mail and get your very own 10 motivational ways to make changes workbook.
Catch the latest hoop news with Hip The Hoopla on Facebook. Check out the Hip The Hoopla YouTube channel for the Hoop Love Ya’ll Show, plus tutorials, performances. Also follow HTH on Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-919-9280, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
Hooper Bowl Jam With Che
Hooper Bowl For Hoop Dance Fans
So for anyone not quite sure of what Hooper Bowl is…It’s where you grab your hoop for the “Super Bowl” and hoop dance to the halftime show…or whenever you want during the big game day. Post your video or photo in the Hooper Bowl Facebook Group or anywhere you want online and hashtag with #hooperbowl Doesn’t matter who you are rooting for. We’re all here to HOOP!
I’ve been participating in Hooper Bowl for several years now. I even started a Facebook group so others had a unified place to gather, post and share their progress…and cheer each other on in their hoop journey.
In past years, I’ve hooped to some great artists, and have had to rewatch the actual halftime show to see the performance spectacular that they put on, and check out the cameo appearances by special guests. This year was a little different! The Weekend performed a musical medley with a red jacket cloned army of backup dancers. I’m not sure what the head bandage message statement has been all about, but the internet memes were plentiful with the bandaged heads looking more like wearing a pair of tighty whities on one’s face.
Dancing in your Underwear??
Hey if someone sings with underwear on their head…and calls it a halftime show, the least I can do is Hoop dance to it! While the game was a bit of a blowout, trying out my new LED Astral Hoops was fun in a small space. And I discovered something that was informative to me (after the fact, of course!): while I can normally hoop in our kitchen just fine with most of my hoop sizes…I’ve been doing it in the other direction. That means that I had side to side dance space. On this round, hooking up a laptop and trying to hardwire with an ethernet cable, I was hooping in the narrow and kept hitting the fridge and feeling very confined.
Isn’t it funny the lessons we learn in retrospect?!
Although The Weekend has some danceable music…I have to say that the Shakira and Jennifer Lopez hip shaking, singing their hearts out, dancing, performance main acts were some of the best in recent years, in my opinion. I guess keeping it different each year with something fresh, is part of the anticipation of the day…like the hype of the Super Bowl television ads, and of course, the actual game.
Links:
Hooper Bowl Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hooperbowl
For anyone interested in getting one or more Astral Hoops, you can use my discount link code: http://astralhoops.com/r/Che
And if you want to learn how to hoop…from beginner on up to performing, Hip The Hoopla is your go-to for learning on-body, off-body hoop dancing. All levels welcome. www.HipTheHoopla.com
~Che’ Rippinger, Founder, Chief Hooping Oficer, Professional Hoopsmith (Hoopmaker), Instructor, Perfomer, and Hoop Love Ya’ll Show Host
~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
♥ Want more awesomeness? Sign up for our Whirled News e-mail and get your very own 10 motivational ways to make changes workbook.
Catch the latest hoop news with Hip The Hoopla on Facebook. Check out the Hip The Hoopla YouTube channel for the Hoop Love Ya’ll Show, plus tutorials, performances. Also follow HTH on Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-919-9280, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
Hoop BOTH Ways!
QUESTION: Should you just hoop in one direction?
ANSWER: Hoop BOTH Ways!
Here’s why you should expand your hoop dance to utilize Both Directions (hooping to the right AND hooping to the left).
Hoop Both Ways…It Has It’s Benefits!
- Work your Body.
If you lifted weights, you probably wouldn’t just do right arm bicep curls. You’d work both sides equally, for strength and balance. When you practice utilizing both sides, you train your body to develop stronger muscle memory. - Work your Brain.
The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body, and vice versa. Also, when you challenge your brain with new learning, you create new neural pathways. - Variety and Expansion.
If you are able to get into a variety of moves from both directions, you will exceptionally expand what’s possible in your hooping practice. - Extra Ah-Ha Moments!
You may get something on your non-dominant side that you were previously struggling with when you were hooping in your comfort zone, aka “favorite side.”
Hooping in your “favorite” or “dominant” side is often referred to as your “current.” I like to hoop in both currents. I also highly encourage my students to regularly hoop in both directions. It increases what’s easily possible and accessible. If you can only get into a move or transition from one direction, then you limit your flow dance options to only what feels comfortable and accessible from your favorite direction. By working both directions while hooping, your creativity can become exponential!
How to get that “other side” when it doesn’t feel as natural?
Often we refer to our opposite current as our “bad side.” Those words actually makes me cringe, because that side did nothing wrong to deserve that ill-fated moniker, other than it doesn’t get much practice time. Also when you keep speaking those words, you can come to believe it as truth. And it’s just not fair to put something down about yourself.
So I call my so-called non-dominant side, “My Side That Needs a Little Extra Love.” So give that side more rotations, so that it does feel more comfortable. Muscle memory takes time and repetition. Practice is the key. It may not feel great while you’re first trying it, but as you practice, it will start to feel more natural, and eventually even second nature!
Warm, Cozy, and Stuck
Lastly, know that your current/dominant side can become a warm and cozy comfort zone. Sometimes of not trying new things. It can also become a rut where you get stuck. Often we develop an unconscious habit of how to do something. If you are stuck getting a new move, switch up the direction, or side, that you are trying it on. When you engage in this “beginner mind” methodology, you are way more open to discovering and trying a new technique, than the habitual patterned brain is.
Enjoy hooping in both directions. May your fun incorporating both sides, build your hoop dance tool box of possibilities.
Want to see how to “Go Both Ways” in your hooping? Check out this YouTube video now: https://youtu.be/c2NTraAbeP8
♥ This article is especially dedicated to Kat and the FabOver40hoopcommunity ♥
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Want more awesomeness? Sign up for our Whirled News e-mail and get your very own 10 motivational ways to make changes workbook.
Please follow Hip The Hoopla on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube (with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp,and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-919-9280, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)