Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Larry Sprinkle tells us about the first patent for the Hula Hoop that was approved on this day in 1963. Who is James Talarico? A ...

In 1956, Joan Anderson, a Los Angeles housewife and onetime model, flew to Australia, her home country, to visit her parents. When she arrived, she realized that a curious fitness craze had taken hold ...

On a trip to Sydney in 1956, Joan Anderson was amazed to discover a new trend sweeping Australia’s beaches and streets. People were “doing the hoop” — twirling a sturdy, circular ring of bamboo around ...

A circular piece of plastic tubing sparked one of the greatest fads in American history. People have danced and played with hoops for centuries, but when a California company called Wham-O began mass ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' A ...

On a trip to Sydney in 1956, Joan Anderson was amazed to discover a new trend sweeping Australia’s beaches and streets. People were “doing the hoop” - twirling a sturdy, circular ring of bamboo around ...

A high-speed camera films a robotic hula hooper with an hourglass shape, which helps the hoop stay up. Credit: NYU’s Applied Mathematics Laboratory Successful hula hooping requires a body type with ...

Re “Pizazz, perils under the big top” (Metro, July 29): What a coincidence that a photo of an 18-year-old Providence circus performer warming up with a Hula Hoop (who even remembers them?) appeared in ...