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==Sports== Carrboro is home to some of the originators of the modern [[hooping]] movement. In 2001, Vivian Spiral<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spiral Hoop Dance Performances, Classes, Hula Hoops, Transcendance |url=http://www.spiralhoopdance.com/ |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=Spiralhoopdance.com |archive-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625031804/http://spiralhoopdance.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> began hooping on the Weaver Street Market<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.weaverstreetmarket.coop/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=419 |title=Weaver Street Market |access-date=October 31, 2009 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152248/http://www.weaverstreetmarket.coop/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=419 |url-status=live }}</ref> lawn during the weekly music events. Julia Hartsell<ref>{{Cite web |title=hoopdrum |url=http://www.hoopdrum.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807031108/http://www.hoopdrum.com/ |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=hoopdrum.com}}</ref> joined her for the 2002 music season. Jonathan Baxter,<ref name="hooppath.com">{{Cite web |title=The Hoop Path |url=http://www.hooppath.com/cms/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622021827/http://www.hooppath.com/cms/ |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=hooppath.com}}</ref> founder of the HoopPath, also lives and teaches hooping in Carrboro. The first annual HoopPath Retreat was held Carrboro in 2007 and still happens there every year. The Hoop Convergence,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoop Convergence |url=http://www.hoopconvergence.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703091625/http://www.hoopconvergence.org/ |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=hoopconvergence.org}}</ref> started in 2008, is also held annually in Carrboro and the surrounding area. Synergy FlowArts,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.synergyflowarts.com/ |title=Synergy FlowArts |access-date=September 30, 2016 |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002170845/https://www.synergyflowarts.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a manufacturer of hoops and other flow props, was formed in 2010.
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