With festival season upon us, I am reminded of how I first started my hooping journey 5 years ago. I distinctly remember arriving that first year at Mountain Jam and seeing a girl carrying 10+ hula hoops over her shoulder. That was my very first introduction that weekend and I continued to be amazed at the beautiful hoopers I saw over the next 3 days. I will never forget this one girl. She was this beautiful, muscular Asian girl hooping on a cement block next to the main stage on the Mountain. She moved the hoop up and down her body so effortlessly throughout the whole set. I don’t even remember who was playing at the time because I was so mesmerized by her! From the moment I got home that weekend I was determined to find a hoop of my own and start hooping myself. I started with a crappy LED Walmart hoop and started researching hooping like crazy. That’s when I discovered Hooping.org and HoopCity and started making my own hoops!

Anyway, I’m sure you are here for the contest so let’s move on! For this hula hoop giveaway I want to know how YOU first discovered hooping! Where were you? Who influenced you? Tell me YOUR story and you could be chosen at random to receive a custom HoopBunny Hula Hoop of your choice! I will be accepting entries for the giveaway from now until 5/20/14 at 11:59 pm, there is no limit on the number of entries per person. You must be a resident of the United States in order to win this giveaway.

You can enter the giveaway in the following ways:

1. Post your response to how you started hooping in the comments below this post or on the HoopBunny Facebook page.

2. LIKE HoopBunny on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HoopBunny
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3. Share this giveaway on your Facebook page by posting a link to this blog post or the giveaway photo pictured above.
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4. Follow @HoopBunny on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hoopbunny
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5. Tweet this giveaway to your followers on Twitter by providing a link to this blog post or the giveaway photo pictured above.
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6. Follow @MsHoopBunny on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mshoopbunny
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7. Share the giveaway photo on your Instagram
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**Tweet and Share on Facebook & Instagram each day during the giveaway to increase your chance of winning!**

Goodluck!!