I have only been hooping for about a week now and although I have the basic waist hooping down, the crazy tricks I see on youtuand hooping.org seem almost impossible! I, thus, am joining this awesome tribe to try and get a better feel of this amazing underground community. It seems as though learning tricks and feeling more comfortable with the hoop will take time and practice, but I also think that going out and trying to find other hoopers in the surrounding areas (South/Central Florida) would help better my understanding of how to handle the hoop! I am going to Langerado this year (in two weeks!) and hopefully will be able to meet more experienced hoopers there...