never had 'em growing up, but now as an adult I want a pair
Always wanted one, and I never forget them because sonic adventure 2
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
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.
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
Now as an adult you can’t afford using them because you will hurt yourself, badly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
exactly why I haven’t
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.
Allow me to introduce you to the best documentary you will ever watch, Soap or Die. self-funded by the world’s last surviving 90s-00s Guy and soap shoe fanatic. 20 minutes of pure joy.
Oh my god this xslayer shit
I’m the kid who got these and heely’s banned at my school. Was quite the trend setter in elementary.
The original soap shoes brand is defunct, but another brand, EPIC, still makes them
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 had them! Hurt myself plenty…
Please tag as NSFL, I sprained my ankle by just looking at the picture.
something something I couldn’t help myself on the train and then the others joined in
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
