Heelies
 

Anyone else seen small children sliding around with no visible means of doing so ?

Have to admit it confused me a bit, can you get them for er 'adults' ?

yeah, they look great

you are bound to be able to get them in adult sizes

the kind of thing that I Want One of Those would sell no doubt

here ya go Jacko, give us a report when you receive them

Heelys Shoes

My eldest has some and flies about like a lunatic on them. They have been about for ages but still gets looks of confusion from people in shops as he 'floats' by lol

I saw these for the first time in Waitrose (;)) the other day whilst shopping with the GF. Stopped the lad to ask what he had on his feet and he raced off to the comfort of his mother. She regarded me with suspicion and pointedly huffed off to the next aisle. So did my girlfriend.

Can you click the wheel in to make them 'normal' shoes?

Yes the wheels are removable with a filler to turn them into trainer like shoes.

The kids round here are zooming about on them, they look great :thumb:

Yeah you can get them in adult sizes. The wife and I were in NY back in November and we got a few pairs for the kids, whilst she secretly bought a pair for herself! :D

She tried them on in the hotel room, and as she skated towards the window of a 22nd floor hotel room wth no means of stopping, she realised that some things are best left to kids. She hasn't had the wheels in since! :D

Wanted a pair since I noticed the bloke on American Hot Rod rolling about on them :)

Got a pair for my boy for his Birthday last week. He's 7 so we decided on the 2 wheel per shoe "trainer"... Supposed to be easier than one wheel. He's "learning" on our laminated lounge floor at the mo... It's not as easy at it looks.

Got the car ticking over... A&E is only 4 miles away :(

Saying that, a girl came to his party and she was just gliding about making the whole thing as simple as pie. :wonder:

He has some learning to do! :thumb:

Take him to Tesco. Hand him a trolley. Great for learning to Heely whilst you won't fall on yer arse

hi j4cko, the rottweiler got sally and sam some from florida.

as you can probably imagine sally wont go on them becasue they were too dangerous and sam used to sleep in his because he loved them so much.

One of my nephews brought some back from the US last year. He was whizzing around Guildford last summer on them when we went to their place for a visit. He was getting lots of quizzical looks from young kids and adults.

Sheesh, where have you lot been? They've been in Lisbon for 3 yrs at least. Almost passé now. (Tip - brilliant in large shopping centres)

Must admit I saw these about a year and a half ago, maybe even longer.

Do look smart though :) No wonder kids are fatter nowadays if they dont even have to walk anymore ;)

Plenty on eBay, just order a size bigger than usual. My daughter - in - law has a pair and loves them, she can keep up with my (almost) 4 year old grandson in them.....that has to be a bonus !
Yve

All the kids had these when I was in florida last summer...All well and good on nice smooth open pavements of some theme park but on the cracked pot holed streets of the uk I dont think so...Saw 1 kid take a fall that made me choke on my drink it was so funny..Playing crazy golf at one of those pirates cove places so plenty of steep drops..Kid decides to heel down it and almost made it when the front dug in...Face first into the astroturf.

They should ban these things from supermarkets... bloody liability. Does look fun though :D

When I was looking for them for Windydaughter at Christmas the largest size I could find was size 6, so if you are an adult with small feet you could get them but unfortunately I could find any in a size 9 for myself :(

Remember to buy arm & knee pads as adults aren't as bouncey as kids.

Windyboy.

And for £10 - £12.......... strap-ons ;)

We should get some, imagine the physics of that, plus what it would do to a pub floor @!

Sainsburys earlier - well im living on the the costa geriactica i guess

Saw on GMTV earlier that they're causing accidents all over the place - some kid "wheelied" his way into an oncoming car and is in intensive care with head injuries!! They reckon people are breaking arms and legs all over the place, but most are for head injuries as kids are falling backwards.

The report also said that a few states in Amercia have banned them too!

I'm not bothered either way - if the kids enjoy themselves, then fair enough. It's nothing we haven't already seen with skateboards for instance (first time round that is!).

I do that in my trainers anyway, and I'm 33. It's worth it for the looks you get (and the giggles from my 3 year old in the trolley)

On the 'news' this morning they were saying that Heelies pose a threat to kids. We can't have that now can we!

Boy, 12, given '50/50 chance of survival' after Heelys accident | the Daily Mail

50/50 chance of survival:(

Returning the trolley on the multi-storey car park is the best bit ;):D