never had 'em growing up, but now as an adult I want a pair
Never heard of these so i searched a bit.
The only reason I know they exist is because Sonic Adventures 2 trivia videos. That, and I’ve seen them while playing SA2, but those are very hazy memories from when I was maybe 5-6 years old.
The official shoes of Sonic, at least during the Adventure era.
Only in adventure 2
Goes to show how well my memory works, I genuinely thought it was supposed to still be a thing in 1 but the official deal fell through until 2.
All memories works like this, its not your thing (literally i’m doing a uni work about memories right now)
I still want a combo shoe of soap shoes + heelies. I think someone makes a kit to make your own heelies.
Heelys are still a thing, I wear mine too Costco.
Leave some women for the rest of us man. I can’t compete with that.
He already took my wife. Watch out.
Lmao “where do I know that username”
Who’s to say ¯\(ツ)/¯
I also choose this person’s wife
Combine these with heelies and parkour for maximum urban mobility.
As an orthopedic surgeon who wants a bigger yacht, I think this is a great idea
I will never kowtow to big ortho
i think you’re onto something.
Now as an adult you can’t afford using them because you will hurt yourself, badly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
exactly why I haven’t
Never saw them in person, but man, I wanted a pair as a kid. I wanted to roll around at the speed of sound.
They were big with the rollerblade community as it was a way to grind rails without rollerblades. I was in the skater / rollerblade clique in my HS and they were relatively popular. Since I had the coordination of a 2 legged cow I went for heelys. I was cool in my own mind at least…
Heelys will always be cool
Heelies were the shit! If they ever make a pair that will work for a 300lb, 6’6 man, I’m sure to get maimed!
Nah man I’m good with my H E E L Y S
I had them! Hurt myself plenty…
Immediately thought of Sonic Adventure 2 lol I’ve never met anyone who actually owned a pair (I don’t think they ever made it to Europe but I might be wrong)
Every once in a while, as an out of shape guy in my 30s, I think about buying myself a pair of heelys.
Was never a skater, never really had much interest in them as a kid, but something about the idea of rolling around in Costco while I do my grocery shopping appeals to me.
My friends do that.
Live your dream, mate.
Be free~
I’m guessing the black parts slide like wax? For ‘grinding’ without a board?
That’s the gimmick, saw them around the 90s skater culture and a bit after as I recall.
you can be a fruitbooter without the fruit
One of my friends used to have a pair, apparently they were pretty fun for a while but wore out too quickly so he just kept skateboarding.
can’t you also skateboard on them?
maybe so some weird grab the board trick while you slide down the rail on your soap shoesPhysically yes, but then you run afoul of skateboarding philosophy and whether it counts if you’re just sliding around on your feet instead of the board.
I only know about them because Sonic Adventure 2. And even then, I didnt know they were a thing till years later. Ive never seen them or heard of them in real life, though.
