never had 'em growing up, but now as an adult I want a pair
Never saw them in person, but man, I wanted a pair as a kid. I wanted to roll around at the speed of sound.
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
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
i liked these because I could jump way way way higher than i ever could on my skateboard
just go to the park and sprint at a bench/table and grind the entire length of the thing. things were fun as all hell for awhile. this was like… god… 1997?
it got old after awhile because while doing sick ass grinds was fun as hell, that was all you could really do. went back to skateboarding pretty quick.
Now as an adult you can’t afford using them because you will hurt yourself, badly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
exactly why I haven’t
Combine these with heelies and parkour for maximum urban mobility.
i think you’re onto something.
As an orthopedic surgeon who wants a bigger yacht, I think this is a great idea
I will never kowtow to big ortho
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)
my older brother owned a pair of these so obviously they were the shit.
but realistically if I got a pair now I would simply give myself broken bones and brain damage.
Heard aboutbem cause Sonic but never saw them irl. They seem like a bad idea and I skateboarded
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
They are also called Grindshoes. I also never had one of these but I am also thinking about buying a pair.
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)
I had them! Hurt myself plenty…
Oh yes, I remember reading an article about them. They caused many severe injuries and I mean really many.
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.
