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Dizzy

offline 216 friends
joined on 10/30/03
last updated 10/31/09
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PRESS AND CLIENTS' QUOTES

FOR DIZZY'S SHOWS AND FITNESS PROGRAMS:
• "He's really incredible, I could watch this guy all day", Paul Severino, ESPN, Wide World of Sports
• “A remarkable show of tricks and stunts…incredible dexterity and finesse with the hoop and other athletic feats. His amazing show not only contains hula-hoop stunts and tricks but also comic acts and skits… guaranteed fun and excitement! -SAN FRANCISCO CHORNICLE
• “he is an all-around showman…mind-boggling tricks! He works hard inspiring kids and bringing joy to people everywhere.”, EVENING MAGAZINE, NBC
• “Thank you so much! You made this year’s event the best ever!” -Valle Monte League Gala Event (raised $200,000 + and Dizzy was the main featured performer)
• “... you were fantastic! Everyone had a wonderful time! I now know how to hula hoop (never
been able to do it until you showed me). Thank you again for creating such a wonderful day for so many people at out event-! L. Gill, Corporate Client, SF


Credits:
• Hula-hooped a 50lb tractor tire for 34 seconds on ABC’s “Wanna Bet?”
• Featured in Rippley’s Believe It Or Not, ‘08 edition
• Two commercials for Maui Toys
• Two appearances on Dubai Television, UAE
• Shows for over 60 fortune 500 companies
• Opened for bands including: “KISS”, “EARTH, AND FIRE”, “THE B-52’S”, “HEART”, “THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT” and more!
• The Daily Show played a video clip of Dizzy.
• Three world records in “The Alternative World Records”, including largest hoop, fastest mile while hooping and fastest 10k.
• Three appearances on NBC’s Evening Magazine
• Feature-piece on Univision, (Mexico)
• Featured on NTV, Tokyo Japan
• Special guest artist with The Peninsula Ballet Theater.

Bio
Paul grew up in both the mountains of Idaho and the city of Seattle. He holds a BA in Anthropology with a minor in Dance from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. In college he played soccer, runner, swimmer, and rower but his favorite sport was hula-hooping…or doing other sports WHILE hula-hooping! Needing a more practical career than anthropology, he combined his love of Athletics, Dance and Hula-hooping to develop an act. He soon took dozens of hoops along the festival circuit in North America and Europe became The Hula-hoop Man.
To date dizzy has performed in at least 17 countries and he has performed for tv shows, commercials and dozens of fortune 500 companies. His show stayed fresh and creative; always ahead of, and uniquely apart from his competition. He now offers a spectacle act of tricks with 1 to dozens of hoops and a comedy act that also includes amazing card throws, lasso tricks, a squeeze through a small tennis racket and more!
Dizzy’s shows, hoop games, original bits like “The Hoop-la-Square”, and his ability to teach practically ANYONE to hula-hoop in just a few minutes have earned him high praise from organizers, clients, audiences and the media. One producer has often said “Dizzy rocks the party!” Dizzy’s energy and joy is genuine, audiences everywhere are inspired, awed and energized by his shows and “inter-actives.”

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My Friends

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dizzy at burning man 2009

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My YouTube Video

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dizzy on KTLA

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LATEST DIZZY CLASSES

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Dizzy Fitness Classes on NBC news show

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Hula-hooping Tarzan Video

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Dizzy Dodgeball- Evening Magazine NBC tv

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hula-hoop Stuntman II

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Paul Blair is The Hula-Hoop Stuntman:

Gender
Male
about me
I like to explore the world culturally and physically. Exploration requires fitness- the best fitness is play.
www.dizzyhips.com, greencircus.com, www.hulahoopstuntman.com
email me at dizzyshows@yahoo.com
ph- 877dizzy fun
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I'm Looking For...

Tractor tire and hula-hoops stolen from my car- reward! ( community » other ) Hi everyone!
Please keep a look-out for my hoops and tractor tire. most... read more
listing posted Fri, July 10, 2009 - 4:51 PM
someone to care for my dog Aug 3-12 ( jobs » other ) I f you like dogs , youll love Nanook, she's a sweetheart , 3 yo husky- ... read more
listing posted Wed, July 30, 2008 - 10:47 AM
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My Blog

To all Men who love to hoop. I would like to welcome you to the (thankfully) girl-dominated world of hula-hooping (you cant argue with the shakin hips and exposed bellies). Still as men, we have to hold our ground. Part of that is calling it Hula-hooping - not hooping. "Hooping" is too cool, it's as if we're trying to pretend it's not that girls toy everyone remembers from the playground. leave "cool" for the girls, you know the ones, the "I am just casually spinning my hoop, not trying to g... read more
Tue, September 15, 2009 - 12:38 PM permalink - 2 comments
 
I dont live in SF anymore. It's a classic conflict- live near other artists for creative inspiration and community or go to a fresh scenewith less competition and a chance to look at your art from outside the petri dish. SF is fully saturated. Pay is better pretty much everywhere else. And everyone there starts to absorb the same style. Portland is the same- all perfromers seemed to have adopted the same style. I like the freedom of smaller places- libral small towns. I am in Mount Shasta now... read more
Sun, September 13, 2009 - 5:17 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Is it changing forever?

i have seen a lot of festivals go through the progression- Artists' concept, artists built... all those great ideas, beautiful scenery, fun activities and freedom- oriented activities attract the fratboys and sorrority chicks not because they respest the art or the freedom, but mostly because it looks like a fun place to get drunk and take drugs. Those of you who know me , know i am the ultimate straight-edge, so maybe i shouldnt be judging- but I dont think there... read more
Fri, September 11, 2009 - 8:47 PM permalink - 1 comment
 
Of course there is cruely in rodeos, there is cruelty in driving your car, using plastic bags, using energy from dams. Humans kill animals for there benefit- that's the sad truth. But if you think those quick deaths in that arena are worse than the deer bleeding to death on the side of the road, turtle choking on a bag at sea or salmon suffocating in muddy water, you're wrong. It's like comparing shooting someone to slowing poisoning them.

Many of you probably know that I performed at a fe... read more
Fri, September 11, 2009 - 8:26 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
CLASSES

seattle center, green lake an cal andersonfri - sunday call to confirm- 541 954 6642

receive 20% of money from all students you bring in or 25% off your lessons with me (25% for every person you bring in)

here is what i am offering:

beginning class is $10 : learn exercises, games and ways to make hooping - and everything more fun- and instilling eternal good habits, develop breath control, improve timing and balance, learn correct stance , form and posture, build a solid ... read more
Thu, July 23, 2009 - 12:14 PM permalink - 3 comments
 
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My YouTube Video

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My YouTube Video

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Hula-hoop Stuntman.....

 
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