Those crazy hooping kids

A DigitalNZ Story by mo-mo

I tried hula-hooping recently. I'm really bad at it.

crazes, toys, hula-hoops, physical activity, good clean fun

Image: Hula hoop record broken.

Hula hoop record broken.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Girl With Hula Hoop

Girl With Hula Hoop

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Hula hoop record broken.

Hula hoop record broken.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Sally Boulton with the Hula hoops, [Wellington?]

Sally Boulton with the Hula hoops, [Wellington?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Sally Boulton, with a Hula hoop, [Wellington?]

Sally Boulton, with a Hula hoop, [Wellington?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kaye Tickner with a hula hoop

Kaye Tickner with a hula hoop

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kaye Tickner with a hula hoop

Kaye Tickner with a hula hoop

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mr C Matthews, demonstrating a Hula hoop, unknown location

Mr C Matthews, demonstrating a Hula hoop, unknown location

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mr C Matthews, demonstrating Hula hoops, unknow location

Mr C Matthews, demonstrating Hula hoops, unknow location

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Elizabeth Orbell, Levin aged 12 Hula Hoop craze 1958

Elizabeth Orbell, Levin aged 12 Hula Hoop craze 1958

Kete Horowhenua

Image: Studio portrait of unidentified young girls in white dresses holding cane hula-loops decorated with small pompoms, arranged around a man [coach?], Christchurch

Studio portrait of unidentified young girls in white dresses holding cane hula-loops decorated with small pompoms, arranged around a man [coach?], ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Helen and her Hoola-Hoop

Helen and her Hoola-Hoop

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Grosz, Christopher, 1947-:London 2012 Olympic Games...We're in training! - 28 August 2011

Grosz, Christopher, 1947-:London 2012 Olympic Games...We're in training! - 28 August 2011

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ella ballerina; does the barefoot hula, in her New Zealand backyard.

Ella ballerina; does the barefoot hula, in her New Zealand backyard.

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