Egyptian children were playing with dried vines in a hoop shape in 3,000 BC. Greeks and Romans used hoops as an exercise aid.

I’ve often wondered if he put it together that it was the first hula hoop. What did your American friends think of this wacky Australian fad? We had the hoop at our house for months. The kids ...

A young boy from Auckland’s North Shore has been handed a world record for one of his favourite pastime activities ... hula hoop for two hours, 13 minutes and 20 seconds in front of a camera ...