Hula hooping isn't just for children any more. The jam band String Cheese Incident has spawned a hooping craze among its followers. Sean Cole went to take a lesson on the allure of the hoop. Whatever ...

BACK in the day, I was a kickball, tetherball, four-square girl, definitely not the star hooper on my school playground. But when I heard about Los Angeles’ hula hoop scene, I had to check it out.