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@ohiorichkidbeats

11 ай бұрын

I busted my azz on those in ĵunior high😅 but I ❤'d them still! Good memories & yeah they were horrible quality, But when you're 12 and thirteen, you don't care.😂

@joshcarter-com

11 ай бұрын

Funny that you’re promoting an accident lawyer on a video for Heelys. “Injure yourself on Heelys? Call today’s sponsor!”

@jameswoodard4304

11 ай бұрын

Wow! I never thought I'd get ambulance-chaser ad reads in KZread videos, but here we are. Great.

@WtfYoutube_YouSuck

11 ай бұрын

...waiting for the collab with Mike's for some $700 wheelie boots

@tbbbbz7347

11 ай бұрын

do u take video suggestions? I know vegan leather/pleather sucks ass but I'm kinda intrigued by this brand viron making boots with apple skin leather

The inventor made all the right moves; he pushed to get the product made in-house, marketed the hell out of it, grew the business to massive levels, and made bank on it until society didn't want it anymore.

@joe_ferreira

11 ай бұрын

and let the patents expire...

@calicojakk9974

11 ай бұрын

@@joe_ferreiraDoubt he cares. Adams is filthy rich. He cashed in a bunch of stock and sailed off into the sunset.

@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

11 ай бұрын

All hail American consumer capitalism. All hail our dark lord and master.

@EssenceofPureFlavor

11 ай бұрын

​@@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589Gasp! Capitalism?!

@relativisticvel

11 ай бұрын

@@joe_ferreirayou can’t not let them expire. Patents aren’t something you can renue. They go away on their own.

As a person who owned these as a kid, the downfall was mostly brought on by schools. from my experience and ones I’ve heard schools banned them and everyone else as just forced to stop wearing them.

@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive

10 ай бұрын

Many other places such as malls and department stores banned them too.

@8oichi

10 ай бұрын

agreed they were unstoppable until my district as well as every other one in my county that ik of banned them and everyones parents stopped buying fhem

@ToastedTater420

10 ай бұрын

@@kevinsedwards exactly they saw kids having fun and got offended or something. Like just because you’re a miserable person that doesn’t mean you have to make school absolutely miserable and ban everything that made school tolerable for most kids (heeleys, trading cards, rubber band bracelets,rainbow loom, peeler beads etc.) just let the kids be kids and have some fun SMH

@Nightwishmaster

10 ай бұрын

@@ToastedTater420 I agree for the most part but there was no way Heelys were ever going to be allowed at school and for good reason with kids rolling around all over the place and into not just each other but staff, etc. Banning cards and snap bracelets is one thing but with the injury risk and potential lawsuits schools really had no choice on this one.

@squidvis

10 ай бұрын

Gotta love the land of the free. 😂

Best shoes ever. I’d get chased by mall security because rollerblades weren’t allowed indoors, and when they caught up to me, they’d see I was wearing normal shoes. Dope.

I think the idea of a product must endure to be "successful" is insane. These were wildly successful in their time and place and that's great!

@ToyInsanity

10 ай бұрын

They'll be back, and in greater numbers.

@GSCannon

9 ай бұрын

Big time! My kids and grand kids loved them.

@ItsDaJax

Ай бұрын

Exactly. We see it all the time, companies do it all the time. They and we know something won't last forever, it just has to be the *thing* for the *time*.

@obeseperson

13 күн бұрын

I still see people wearing heelies and they always get attention, usually positive. The comeback is soon I’m feelin it

I’ll never forget the first time I saw heelys. I was 12 and at Costco bummed that I was being forced to go shopping with my mom. Suddenly this kid around my age is in front of my and does a little jump and starts rolling on his shoes. I was absolutely blown away and in complete awe. I then got jealous because I know my mom would never get me something so cool. I dreamed about them and always wish I had a pair.

@Orphioux

9 ай бұрын

Now we have amazing e-skateboards, e-bikes, e-scooters, whoever invents the e-heely for us 30 year old boomers to zip between coffee shops shall inherit all the millions.

@em84c

6 ай бұрын

i want to buy a pair. I never had any either

@arfriedman4577

5 ай бұрын

I saw a girl with pop out front and rear wheel skates recently.

"Still mechanically walking around, like a fool." That is a magical sentence.

I'm in my late 40's, totally missed out on this craze....now I want to enter my downward spiral years with some of these shoes! I NEED them!!

@derelictfpv

10 ай бұрын

Downward spiral years, lol. I’m 52 so I feel the same, I fly FPV drones and took up Rock climbing before I cant move anymore. I also took up skateboarding at skatepark bowls when I was 44. Grab those Heeleys and dont wait until its too late.

@mercster

10 ай бұрын

Hah... I'm 46 and like 2 years ago I looked at them, wondering if I could capture my youth. I'm not sure you can get them in any kind of quality these days, and I'd probably just break my ass. Oh well.

@Lev6777

10 ай бұрын

They’re still around, I own some and love taking them though the hardware store 😂

@jdd3786

10 ай бұрын

​@@mercster Imagine what kids today would think of them? They'd look up from their smartphones for a second, and see you barrelling down the sidewalk. You might start a new trend lol.

@WelcomeToDERPLAND

10 ай бұрын

I'm 27 and still wear my adult heelys sometimes, idk if a 40 year old can handle a fall though.

I had heelys around 2006. Was a great made shoe back then, real leather and much heavier duty than the pair you have. No lights at the time. Changing wheels wasn’t an issue, I kept them in and could walk around just fine. Took a little getting used too, that’s it. I love my heelys, - only downside was they were kinda heavy

@metaloverdose

11 ай бұрын

I had mine around the same time and they were solid shoes. Heavy and not flimsy. They were fun. More of a novelty than anything. If they'd combined forces with soaps, there would be a whole pro league by now lol.

@protocetid

11 ай бұрын

@@metaloverdose Was going to say they should’ve had the arch on the sole to grind on like Soap shoes isn’t that what is being shown in the video at 2:38?

@FuquaRomeo

11 ай бұрын

​@@protocetidthey did have a model with grind plates and they worked just like Soaps.

@l8rn3rds

11 ай бұрын

@@FuquaRomeo yup i remember having a pair with the plastic grinding arches. they were heavy as FUCK but damn they were cool when i was a kid. home depot was heaven with the smooth floors

@FuquaRomeo

11 ай бұрын

@@l8rn3rds hell yeah! Costco was where I'd go for that smooth concrete. haha

My daughter had a pair. She loved them, was an expert rider, and talks about them still!

@CLOUDKID11

11 ай бұрын

As a kid my brother and eye loved just rolling around through malls, airports.....frankly anywhere with large smooth floors lol. It was an awesome part of my childhood.

@cnqueredlhegend4235

3 ай бұрын

​@@CLOUDKID11I'll love to get a pair from you!

I rode heelys every day as a kid. Got pretty good at them to. I was able to drop in and air out of 10 foot bowls, grind, transfer, and hit gaps at the skate park. I went through 2 pairs in 4 or 5 years of hard abuse going to the skate park 2 or 3 times a week. Most reliable shoe I ever owned.

@bobzmuda3456

10 ай бұрын

got any video? would honestly love to see heely's in a bowl

@HeadNtheClouds

10 ай бұрын

How would you ride those in a bowl without tripping over the front of the shoe?

@69minutes

10 ай бұрын

@@HeadNtheClouds I am convinced that this is satire

@69minutes

10 ай бұрын

@@HeadNtheClouds dude, idek anymore…there are videos of people absolutely thrashing on heelys

@adamkostowicz7289

10 ай бұрын

I honestly didn’t even know all of that was possible on heelys but then again they were around when I was already out of high school and just exiting my drunken man whore phase…the thing in my day was grind shoes and I definitely had those. We used to hit some gnarly handicap rails we had at school thougj

I'm 22, born in 2000. Had a pair as a kid but quickly grew above their sizes. I would frequent their website awaiting the day they started making size 13... and surprisingly to me this happened around 2020. Needless to say, I bought a pair immediately and have them to this day. I don't wear them often but they are a godsend for trips to amusement parks, malls, airports, or anywhere else with long flat surfaces. They are definitely uncomfortable to walk in over long periods of time but if you are spending a long time walking in them you are using them wrong.

Careful cutting through batteries homey

I was a chill kid, never wanted much or threw tantrums in the store or anything. But when these came out i had an absolute meltdown in the store because my parents didn’t want me to have them. Ally my friends had them and they effortlessly glided through the hallways and it looked like so much fun. I have adult money now and i can get some but my ankles tell me no lol

@Alex-me3yn

10 ай бұрын

same dude I was so jealous of the kids who had them cuz my mom said I would crack my head open, the most ironic part is that I was an avid skateboarder at the time and my mom had no issue with that

@meatwadsprlte

9 ай бұрын

I never cared for a specific pair of shoes as a kid, but when these came out it was a MUST HAVE for me. I was 11-12 so it was like 2005-6. I remember having them in 6th grade n then middle school in 7th grade (my school does elementary till 6th then 7th and 8th middle). Then later on in 7th they ended up getting banned. I then outgrew em n never got another pair. But man they were the best in the school hallways.

I mean I think if they had this very affordable entry level shoe and then a premium ~$2-300 level shoe, it would have been interesting to see how that worked.

@Heywoodthepeckerwood

10 ай бұрын

Do you really mean?

@charles67198

10 ай бұрын

That's already about what they cost

@th3unmaker

10 ай бұрын

oh shit I misread this, and thought you were suggesting a $2300 line of these shoes. I was wondering why that seemed like a good idea to you 😵

@rydoggo

6 ай бұрын

They have a couple styles under $60 though, a bunch cost the same as Vans.

These were made alot better back in their hey day.. originally they were built like the high quality skate shoes of the time and the wheel used to be able to tuck inside

@protocetid

11 ай бұрын

He has to review an original pair now.

@bluemyst42

10 ай бұрын

I think he just got the crappiest pair they make now. All the rest are made of nylon canvas or nubuck leather, but they dont have the lights. I wonder if the originals were made of better materials or not.

@aracnadei13

10 ай бұрын

@@bluemyst42 I have an original pair and can confirm they are way better material than what is shown in the video. I would guess the quality dropped after the buyoff.

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

@@aracnadei13 Genesco has owned the brand for a LONG time. Like in 2005-2009 at least. The quality was great back then. Likely it is just the nature of making them cheaper and cheaper like every other product is doing to cut costs. I actually got my pair because my mom worked for them and they had a big bin of shoes (all new) that would be delivered at around midnight once a week or so. I had about 40 pairs of shoes at any given time. I think as a teenager I had gone through $10,000 in shoes I got for free from that bin.

@McP1mpin

4 ай бұрын

​@@protocetidyeah I thought it was really weird that he never even considered that these weren't the same shoes of yesteryear after changing hands twice. I mean for one thing, kids used to grind in these shoes. They showed kids grinding in these shoes in this video. These are clearly not the same shoes.

My brother loves his Heelys. His wife bought him a new pair recently and he wears them all the time. He's in his mid-20's.

I saw a kid wearing heelys in Walmart the other day. It made me want mine back so bad. I taught myself how to play hockey on them in my garage. What a great shoe haha

I was in my 20s when these came out and remember adults complaining about them and these stupid kids, but the smile from the kid’s using them was priceless; evident in some of the wonderful comments here.

@samholdsworth420

10 ай бұрын

Right, better than those lame razor scooters lol

Cruising through home depot with my dad on my heeleys while he shopped are some all time memories for me

I knew a guy who had Heelys, and he never took the wheels out. He seemed perfectly content to walk around normally with the wheels in. I also had something similar, except their were 2 pair of 2 wheels side-by-side and they retracted and deployed using a button. I kept wearing them even when the mechanism gave out because they made me 1.5" taller

@bluemyst42

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, most people just left the wheel in and those that didnt never put the cover back on. And Ive seen ones where the wheel swoops in and out for storage, and it seems like a great idea.

@southpark159753

10 ай бұрын

Were the wheels blue? I had something similar as a kid

@ProductBasement

10 ай бұрын

@@southpark159753 I think they were gray

@csmith6237

10 ай бұрын

I had those, you didn't take the wheels out, they retracted like landing gear on a plane. They had 2 in the front and 2 in the rear. They were called cruzers now that I'm thinking about it. Little buttons on the side of the sole that would pop them down

@Zebrooo

10 ай бұрын

@@csmith6237 I could never remember what they were called. Thanks!

I'd love to see a build video of an upgraded/performance pair of these.

@cjanquart

11 ай бұрын

ND4? 😆😆

I love how they put in the labeled graphic at 10:47 , having it broken down visually is super helpful

I still remember how good the feeling was going into a big store with smooth floors

I had a pair as an adult. The problem i found with getting them in australia was they basically vetoed the adult sizes getting released here. Afaik there was only 1 shipment that made it here. They have since closed all the cheap routes of australians getting adult ones. Kids though, get almost everything

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

Lets be fair, Australia gets the shaft on ANYTHING that isn't produced there. Paying more taxes on goods or just paying more to have them delivered. I am not even from there and hear the horror stories.

and think there will always be a functional reason for heelys, like getting around the airport quickly

@stevec5465

11 ай бұрын

I just jump on someone else's wheeled luggage.

I always thought there was a flip type mechanism for the wheel, color me shocked.

@EdwardM104

11 ай бұрын

I had a pair of knock-off ones that did use a flip out mechanism, actually made of metal! But, it was awful and would either not want to open or not want to close, turns out pot metal pivots on a show will rust and get gummed up real quick.

@BlackNoiseCat

10 ай бұрын

The flip type were Knock offs

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

Heeleys never had the flip. Those were made after Heeleys got popular. I think they ended up calling those Wheeleys in a genious move to capitalize on the branding. They sucked majorly and only worked about 20 times.

I would love to see a “proper” upgraded leather Heelys pair of shoes/boots with RGB on the Builds channel!

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

Well, I can tell you with full confidence that these used to be made 100x better. They didn't have lights in them though.

Would love to see a tear down of another 90's gimmick shoe, the SOAP shoe. It had a plastic part on the sole that let you do grinds on rails!

I'm sure any patent would have expired by now, someone should make a high quality, built to last version of it as just as a one-off. I would die to see a shell cordovan 'heely' by Crown!

@johnmcduggle4032

11 ай бұрын

Those guys who made the Waaavy Babies, the Gobstoppers, and the Big Red/Yellow Boot!! MSCF(?!?)

@Lunarphantom99

10 ай бұрын

20yrs

Great video! You can definitely see the improvement in quality and editing. Keep coming with them bro🙌🏽💯

I actually bought a pair from Amazon a few months ago. They're just a simple white canvas pair without the light up sole. I never had a pair when they were popular so getting used to them now is a little difficult. Overall though they seem fairly durable.

I still have a pair of heelys I ride sometimes, people always chuckle or yell "HEELYS"! 😂

Takes me back to grade 12. I got a pair on clearance and was the first kid in the school with them. I was hitching rides on other kids backpacks all day long. Going down stairs was a nightmare though!!

@SUPERNINTENDOHALMERZ

10 ай бұрын

you got these are a fucking senior in high school?? easier/less embarrassing ways to say you were a virgin

@Infectd

10 ай бұрын

Legit you did need to relearn how to walk up and down stairs with them lol I forgot about that. Never step heel first lol

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

@@Infectd I had them in high school and learned the TOE-HEEL way of walking with them. I then joined the Army and started doing the HEEL-TOE way of walking. It was quite interesting to say the least.

Brilliant video, love this channel in general

On my book you have permission to cut ANYTHING footwear related in half, this channel is history itself being preserved! And it's a way to celebrate every single shoe that comes to your hands as well! Ive been here since your Vans video, and got instantly addicted! I hope to see some more vans models overtime as well (I really wanna see what they've done different in some shoes like the Wayvees and the Knu Skools)

@joshcarter-com

11 ай бұрын

While I generally agree he doesn’t need any permission, halving those those Crown Northampton shoes from a few weeks ago caused permanent damage to the space-time continuum. (Or at least that’s how I felt watching it.)

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

I can't speak to any other things he has cut in half. But I can speak to Heeleys. His assessment of the quality of them is off. He is looking at a shoe made in 2023 that was popular in 2005--2011 or so. The quality of the shoes at that time was 100x higher than they are now. I wore mine for 2 years before putting them up for my combat boots. They still worked like new, looked mostly new and were good shoes. The ones he showed here were none of those things. We also didn't have lights back then.

@darksu6947

3 ай бұрын

​@@Dem0n1337I'm sorry you ended up being a child soldier. That's rough bro 😂

I never had any issues the plastic part that holds the wheel wearing out. The wheel always took a lot of force to pop in/out. If the wheel bearings seize up, the axle won't spin in the plastic wheel holder. The wheel simply won't roll at all.

With some 3D prints I’ve attached Heely wheel housings to my Crocs and they’ve been super great to wear at work. Believe it or not they’re immensely helpful in a warehouse setting! I’ve built up a strong callus on my heel from wearing them so often as a daily driver.

@SunDriedResin

10 ай бұрын

🧢

@AhuizotlXiuh

10 ай бұрын

>heely Crocs Most safety conscious warehouse worker

@ChucksSEADnDEAD

10 ай бұрын

OSHA wants to know your location.

9:32 thank you for this sound bite.. im going to save this video and use it over the p.a. at the store i work at regularly. I agree. Im not that dumb.... thanks for the support.

Before places started banning them everywhere scooting around in my Heely's was the most free I have ever felt.

So a couple of corrections based on experience: firstly, you didn't *need* the tool or the cap. I got pretty good at popping the wheels out by hand by prying at them from one side using a thumb, and I just never bothered with the caps. It was only a problem in the winter since the cavity would get hard packed with snow and be very slippery indoors. I actually just left the wheels I'm most of the time during the warmer months. I just learned to walk with the side of my heel making contact with the ground first instead of the wheel. Second: the plastic retainer for the axel never wore out during my time with the shoes. Like I said, I could get the wheels out by hand, but it never got any easier to do as time went on lol. Also, while I guess it's possible that the axle could get completely seized and spin in the plastic, you'd never be able to use them enough to do any damage. Any amount of water getting into the bearings would cause them to rust, and while the wheels would still rotate by hand, if you tried to actually ride on them when they were rusty, you'd stop rolling in just a couple feet. In other words, unusable. I learned how to use split ring pliers at a young age simply because I was constantly taking the wheels apart to clean and lube them up so I could keep riding them. Ultimately, I think I only stopped using them either because I outgrew them, or more likely I lost one of the wheels haha

@franciscojasso7271

10 ай бұрын

Had to do the zesty walk

@ZeroSuitSamo

10 ай бұрын

@franciscojasso7271 haha yeah, im sure it must have looked pretty goofy. I did it so much I ended up walking like that for a long time after the Heelys were gone. At one point, I remember wondering to myself if I had permanently messed up my walking pattern lol

@franciscojasso7271

10 ай бұрын

@@ZeroSuitSamo word bro Ik I looked funny but it was fun 😂

@ZeroSuitSamo

10 ай бұрын

@franciscojasso7271 hell yeah, and super useful at times. There was one hallway at my school that went along the side of the auditorium, so there were no other classrooms the whole way down, but the entrance to the band room was at the very end. I used to just go flying down that hallway because the floors were smooth as glass, and it was always nearly empty

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

My wheels never got rusty bearings. I wonder if they changed to stainless steel at one point.

9:18 the skateboard shown is a Madrid Daniel Yeager board. Small brand nowadays made out of Huntington Beach. I actually know Daniel and have skated with him before. Cool guy, had to do a double take when I saw his graphic in the video.

Great video and very informative!!!!

I cannot believe I just got an ad before this video for Morgan and Morgan, they’re from my area, and you also advertised them in this video. Insane.

Great video highlighting one of the most popular footwear in the early 2000s! I can't remember the last time i saw a pair in the wild!😅

Back then a friend of mine had some fake heelies which were actually way better than the original. The wheels on them would fully retract so you could walk normally and there was a button on the shoe that you could push with your other foot to get out the wheels

@sk8chkn

10 ай бұрын

I had a pair of these. They were alright but the bearings were garbage. They had to compromise on wheel size so it was pretty much just plastic resting on a bare metal axle. Didn’t transfer momentum well

@cococock2418

10 ай бұрын

The originals were great so no, your Chinese knock offs were not better

@turkeypedal

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's what I remember kids using. Not white light-up shoes. It seems odd that anyone woulde have knockoffs--so I wonder if the older ones were a lot better. These definitely look new, and not new old stock, either.

I had a pair and my children had pairs and we wore them everywhere. My children loved the time we shared wearing them.

So THAT’S how Usher did that slide move!? Man, I remember being a kid and trying to do that and wondering how tf he pulled that off lol😂

Aw man i remember costco trips as kid in these were the best. No cracks in the floor just smooth sailing

I don’t know why YT recommended this video but your video style and editing definitely earned my sub. Nice video sir.

Great video! It’s cool to see some of the history behind the awesome shoe and see how they’re made. I had several pairs over the course of my childhood and loved them. In the past couple years my wife got us both matching pairs of new heelys and I love them. We go out riding together when shopping and such and we still get positive comments from people as we ride past.

@Dem0n1337

10 ай бұрын

FYI, they were made MUCH better back in 2005-2010. These are made SUPER cheap compared to the old ones.

Old Roger was a wise man.. He made his money and secured his spot in the history books.. In another 20 years peeople will be talking about Heeleys the same way we talk about lawn darts and gasoline powered pogo sticks today..

Back in 2006 they were as nice as any skate shoes at the time. I was in third grade so I rode around with them everywhere I never took em out haha....

Love the historical content!! Keep these up and even get the team to make some to free up your personal time....

I remember my 4th grade teacher would intentionally call them "Wheelies" to make it seem like she didn't know what they were.

Even at the time, spending like 120ish on a pair of shoes for a kid was insane. I was fortunate enough to have a mother who went through with it. Was a fun shoe! A shame they couldn't improve upon it today.

had a a pair of some off brand ones when i was 7, the difference was there was a mechanism that pushed the wheel in or out, and i dont think it bothered me much and was quick and easy switch

1 Heelys + 1 roller blade combo was so fun as a kid.

"Heelys were getting banned for injurys." Not where I grew up, adults just hate fun!

I broke my ankle when I was a kid on these first time wearing them. Shit still affects me till this day 15 years later

Interesting question of what could have happened if they introduced a higher quality line to go alongside the cheap ones. Like, ones for kids and ones that were built right for XTREME sports or whatever.

Good stuff man

I know a lot of KZread videographers actually really love them as a easy way to get on the go dolly shots. You don't have to lug around a skateboard or something similar, and you don't call attention to yourself with a secondary piece of gear. It takes a lot of skill, but it's absolutely a grab and shoot type of thing.

Born in 91 these things were crazy when I was in my middle school years 😂 not in my neighborhood but in the “nicer” neighborhoods

I bought my son two pairs of heelys. I never expected them to be a great pair of shoes, but they did make it much more enjoyable going to the shops together. The first pair were much better quality than the second. I always thought of them as a toy, not as a serious skate alternative

I used to have these in the mid-late 2000s, and I loved them.

I still have my old pair from the late 2000s, I don't use them anymore but they're still mostly good, except the worn down heels of both soles, but they survived the few years of abuse I put into them, general travel and skate parks, and I could still probably just chuck them on now and go rolling around the streets without issue. Their quality is so much better then the ones you've showed off. They still used fake leather and plastic but a lot less flimsy materials and over all they're a more rigid shoe.

I had a pair of these in 2003, 8 year old me absolutely loved them and got in trouble all the time for wheeling around at school. I didn’t have any trouble popping them in and out by hand and kept the wheels in my backpack. Don’t remember how long they lasted though.

this shoe is why I always tie a knot after the bunny ears

Still glad they were made, it was blast as a kid!

I recall there was a performance type of Heelys targeted towards adults/pros but I think your summary rings true overall

Dude knew the old philosophy, “know the difference between quitting, and quitting while you are ahead” I do believe if someone can rebrand the shoe and come up with a more performance based shoe than it could go back up. Banned products tend to sell more, ie the Cronus Zen back in 2021 sold 110,000 units in just the month of December alone

I loved them as a child, subtle when walking normally and when able to I could zoom and fly ahead. I remember when in vegas it was so useful ha. For me I stopped when they started banning them in public spaces like malls and stores then I got discouraged. Thankfully it was time since I was kind of growing out of them.

I remember the hype around it when I was a kid in 2000s... so nostalgic!

Yo, Rose i love your videos, man! Got the heelys one, but now WE NEED A SOAP SHOES VIDEO (grind shoes)

All my kids have had Heelys. They loved them and I think they actually are really well made shoes. They lasted a lot better than any Nike or reebok.

They didn't fail in my opinion. They were blacklisted and banned. That seemed to be more detrimental than any business decision or lawsuit.

These were so fun back in the day

I worked at a big chain bookseller from 2002-2006, and I was frequently telling kids wearing heelies that they had to walk while in the store.

Can you review soap/epic grindshoes next? They're quite popular in 2000's too and pretty much inspired from inline skate/rollerblade(CMIIW).

@salvatoreIII

11 ай бұрын

Great idea

@RyanChambers-uf6ms

11 ай бұрын

I'm surprised the Heelys and Soaps collaboration shoe wasn't mentioned.

Heelys in malls never bothered me. I was an adult so id just watch. Looked fun.

When they came out, the quality of the materials were great. That shoe was built like a rock

I remember heelies having reinforced soles for grinding & most definitely leather uppers.

I got a pair back in the day, and no joke, a week later our school banned them. What never made sense is that scooters and roller blades were allowed at my school, but not heelys or skate boards.

@katherinelangford981

11 ай бұрын

Nothing makes sense in schools. My niece told me this weekend soccer is banned at her school. Originally because you had to stay 6 feet from each other, but then it just stuck. So soccer is out, BUT poker for cash is fine. Even she thinks this is the dumbest stuff she's ever heard. They can even pick up snow at school. Not you can throw snow ay each other, you can't even pick it up. It's wild out there in the school systems.

Too bad the creator didn't bail when the company was worth $1B...

@monkeybarmonkeyman

11 ай бұрын

@@joeybaseball7352Dude who created the product.

@monkeybarmonkeyman

11 ай бұрын

@@joeybaseball7352 Thanks - wasn't aware of his net worth so he's doing okay 🙂

I never had these but this video made me think of some other skate inspired shoes that I had as a kid. SOAP shoes! I wouldn't be mad if @RoseAnvil did a video on those too! Had some good times stomping (they were so heavy) around in those!!

My route from home to my first class in 5th grade was a perfect gentle downhill slope. I rode from door to door in the mornings.

You should review some baby and toddler shoes we likely wore as children like Stride Rite. They sell a lot of used baby and toddler shoes online. It would be interesting to see the quality of these shoes.

@BassRacerx

11 ай бұрын

I like the idea of childrens shoes. especially the name brand ones vs like a walmart kids shoe head to head. is there any quality in the kids name brand athletic shoes or is it just a big brick of foam that costs the manufacturer 99 cents to make that they are selling for 70

Soap shoes next?

@jonathankulesa

11 ай бұрын

I’m glad someone remembers… ❤

@conradcarpenter3054

11 ай бұрын

@@jonathankulesa I could never forget something that almost broke my femur. Lol

The wheel in the shoes I had as a kid could pop in and out as you pushed down onto the wheel. No tool needed. They were fun in malls until security came down.

I can see heelys making a comeback into popular culture in a few years

As an adult, if I had extra cash, I would buy quality Heelys or other similar shoe just because I never got to try it when I was younger and I don't care if people think I'm being silly.

Had these back in the day, my elementary school banned them but it didn’t stop me most of the time

“I was mechanically walking around like a fool” 😂

2:18 Every time I hear the word “pudding” now, I think of Ron DeSantis.

Flop? The only flop from Heelys caused me multiple concussions.

I remember ripping through Disneyland in my heelys when i was a kid. Some of the workers would ask me to take the wheels out occasionally but id just pop them back in, no one really cared that much then. Good memories lol.

i had heelys as a kid and loved them. one shoe i wish i had was soap shoes, which i thought might be covered in this video since, last i heard, heelys had bought out soap. would love to see a video on soap shoes in the future

Me and my brother recently uncovered our Heelys after about 18 years. He tried them on, and they worked!... For 2 minutes😂 the wheel absolutely disintegrated after one pass on the sidewalk. We loved the crap out of those things, and mine still fit me as an adult. Plus, they were a shin workout like no other! I'll always remember my Heelys fondly.

Damn, am i aging myself by thinking of la lights when you mentioned the lit soles?