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Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Jack,

Who knows, they make come back.  A

Mar 23, 2016 03:21 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

The fad is still there for some kids who have not yet been sucked into the life of cell phones and social media

Mar 23, 2016 10:16 PM
Rainmaker
4,882,355
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I remember well.

Mar 23, 2016 09:48 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I remember it.

Mar 23, 2016 09:18 PM
Rainmaker
5,216,398
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Old enough to remember I was not good at it!

Mar 23, 2016 09:18 PM
Rainmaker
3,626,530
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

OH YEA! I remember them well.  If I tried it now I would throw a hip out or worse.  

Mar 23, 2016 09:11 PM
Rainmaker
1,197,072
Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

I am old enough to remember. But old enough to want to forget. 

Mar 23, 2016 08:33 PM
Ambassador
2,436,099
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I was horrible at hula hooping. I just couldn't get that twist and wiggle right.

Mar 23, 2016 08:21 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Why wait?  You can buy one on EBay or Amazon.  There are lots available.

Mar 23, 2016 08:12 PM
Rainmaker
2,759,812
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 I remember it quite well. Perhaps I need to get back to doing it. I need to work on my waistline.

Mar 23, 2016 07:25 PM
Rainmaker
1,153,794
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

I know my cousin could get hers close to the speed of sound. She had moves!

Mar 23, 2016 07:11 PM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I loved it. I do not think my daughter knows how to hoola hoop. 

Mar 23, 2016 06:37 PM
Rainmaker
634,482
Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

It hasn't gone away, I still see them. But not everywhere like when I was a young kid.

Mar 23, 2016 06:36 PM
Rainmaker
2,538,633
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Jack. I wouldn't hold my breath on the expectation that this one is coming back.

Mar 23, 2016 06:36 PM
Rainmaker
883,565
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

I think we still have a couple in the closet at moms house... they really are good exercise!

Mar 23, 2016 05:53 PM
Ambassador
6,393,154
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Yes i do remember the hoola hoop.

Mar 23, 2016 04:02 PM
Rainmaker
4,272,548
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

 Yes that's when kids used to play outside ..

Mar 23, 2016 03:40 PM
Rainmaker
1,239,901
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

it is fashionable again  except i can not do it anymore.........

Mar 23, 2016 03:26 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Jack Lewitz - I remember that...(and still laugh at it when I see something like  that...)

Mar 23, 2016 03:15 PM
Rainmaker
290,969
Allie Angeloni
Long Realty - Oro Valley, AZ

Ok - yes, I remember that and even had a red one Jack Lewitz - HA!  And I have seen it back in some gyms as exercise equipment, though this was about 9 years ago in CA.  It was so much fun!! 

Mar 23, 2016 02:07 PM
Rainmaker
400,356
Jill Murty, Realtor - Orange County, CA
Movoto - Laguna Niguel, CA

Sure, I remember hula hoops.  They had them on the playground in elementary school. 

Mar 23, 2016 02:06 PM
Rainmaker
617,935
David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation
Colorado Real Estate Advisers LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Relocation, Luxury & Lifestyle residential

Remember it, yes. Good at it, no.

Mar 27, 2016 01:51 AM
Rainmaker
5,868,482
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I do remember, and also remember I could not do this! 

Mar 25, 2016 04:03 AM
Rainmaker
2,707,721
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

I just came across two in my garage...

Mar 24, 2016 03:13 PM
Rainmaker
1,683,912
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I remember my dad buying one and drilled holes all around it and turned it into a sprinkler for bushes.  We had several Hula-Hoops until my dad got ahold of them. (After we quit using them, of course)

Mar 24, 2016 02:26 PM
Rainmaker
713,282
Sharon Kowitz
CRS-SRES-ABR-GRI-E-Pro-CREN ~ COMPASS RE - Cary, NC
Cary, NC Relocation Specialist ~ Buying or Selling

I do remember! I was actually at an event with my granddaughter this weekend and there was a girl there who had a light up hula hoop and she did all sorts of neat tricks! It was cool to see!

Mar 24, 2016 01:30 PM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

That was pretty good exercise. 

Mar 24, 2016 11:33 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Fad?  Venice Beach has schools dedicated to this.  Look up "Hoopnotica" on youtube.  Plenty of exercise videos and hula hooping on the beach.

Mar 24, 2016 06:43 AM
Rainmaker
1,525,616
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

I was a young girl when these first became popular.

Mar 24, 2016 06:01 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I think they've been back and gone again.  

Mar 24, 2016 03:27 AM
Rainmaker
846,475
Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

I do! Had hours of fun in my driveway with those!

Mar 24, 2016 03:21 AM
Rainmaker
785,458
Abby Stiller
TOP SELLING REALTY - Cape Coral, FL
SW Florida (239) 284-8637

I remember it

Mar 24, 2016 03:06 AM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

My wife and I still use these...keeps my figure looking nice

Mar 24, 2016 02:53 AM
Rainer
32,857
Leanne Carpenter
RE/MAX Realty Professionals - Mobile, AL

I remember them well. It was a good workout but it was fun

Mar 24, 2016 02:45 AM
Rainmaker
140,768
Joan Dickie
Keller Williams Premier Realty - La Crosse, WI
Keller Williams Premier Realty

I had one when I was a child, but I don't think I was around when the fad first hit.

Mar 24, 2016 02:16 AM
Rainmaker
4,572,117
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Good exercise.  

Mar 24, 2016 02:14 AM
Rainmaker
1,661,936
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Oh yes! 

Mar 24, 2016 02:08 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Did they ever leave?  They are still available in toy stores. 

Mar 24, 2016 01:28 AM
Rainmaker
1,052,211
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

I have one still!

Mar 24, 2016 12:26 AM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Every Sunday morning there's a gaggle of ladies on the beach with their hoops. 

I could not bare to stay around to see the exhibition. 

I sure it would have been amazing. 

Mar 24, 2016 12:15 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Jack Lewitz Yes, I do remember the hula hoop fad.

Mar 24, 2016 12:07 AM
Rainmaker
7,836,129
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I still see them in Facebook photographs.

Mar 24, 2016 12:07 AM
Rainmaker
2,781,163
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I had to have one, I had to do it and then, I realized, enough of this

Mar 23, 2016 11:36 PM
Rainmaker
969,888
Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
FrankRubiRealEstate.com

yes, I wish I could still do the Hula

Mar 23, 2016 11:35 PM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Doubt this would have ever been a fad if kids had all the electronic toys back then that we do today...a little sad...

Mar 23, 2016 11:30 PM
Rainmaker
823,579
Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
Realtor in San Diego, CA & Naples, FL

That was a fad? I thought that was my latest exercise class at the fitness center I go to.

Mar 23, 2016 10:40 PM
Rainmaker
5,005,614
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

OMG..I sure rember these and I'm sure they'll be back in a slightly different form!!

Mar 23, 2016 10:20 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Had one of those myself back in the 1950's!

Mar 23, 2016 10:19 PM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

At my age no!

Mar 23, 2016 09:49 PM