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Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 31 Location: New Jersey

Nevermind Kain i thought you meant something else.But we don't hate heelys it's just not our bag that's all.(Well all of us on solidgrind.) I've made my decision (Well a while ago.) and i'm always gonna be a soaper, but like broox has said if your not into the competitive aspect of heelys then they're cool for fooling around with.

Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1548 Location: Ohio

Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 223 Location: Warshington, USA

Amen to that one, Slicer!
The only reason I can think of for Soapers to hate on Heelys is the tired old "kids roll in them and annoy me" crap, and/or the fact that HSL bought Soaps and then let them more or less die.
Heelys have grind models, people! Take the wheels out if you don't want to roll! Agressive heelers want better plates, too! H2 was just recently saying she wanted T-Bone plates (or was that H4L? anyway...). Maybe if the pro model sees it's day in the sun, soapers will have more leverage to get "real" soaps back.

Team Heelys - Northeast Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1803

Its better to work together.

Look - I'm going out on a limb and say if Heelys was called 'Soaps, the shoe with a wheel in the heel and grindplates' - then I'd be a Soaper.

Either way, I'd be skating hybrid.

There's a lesson we have to learn from Soaps (the brand, not the users). If the product fails, then we'll all be cut off from our fun. If you love it, skate it well and encourage others to do the same. I've been doing that for greater part of five years.

MDHZ

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Ol' Virginny

If it wasn't for those people buying Heelys, using them 3 times, then deciding they "can't do it", I'd never score suce great deals on eBay!! Then again, if the company ever goes out of biz... we're all skrewed. (that's the prob w/ eBay... the company sees no profit from it). If they came out with ANYTHING that was worthy, be it a pro-model, a new grindplate/mega model, or something new and different but cool... I'd buy 4 prs (for the fam).

Has there ever been any televised demo of Heelys? Having YouTube and word of mouth seems kinda weak vs going on ESPN 2 or something. Even local news, something out there to not only advertise to kids (cause commercials do that already) but to advertise to a larger market.

Most of the people I talk to about Heelys have yet to think sizes above a 5 exist. That also may be something we can pull together, especially with HCG coming. A news station could be called up, possibly be able to bring some attention to the little town of Zero... IDK, just a thought

all the tv stations down here have all made videos on heelys only 2 were good ones the otehrs were saying how they might be dangerous so to use good judgement when buying for your kid and that theyre just a fad, as far as demos being televised i saw a video on nbc i think of dave going through cones at a store with a bunch of other (at the time) northeast members, idk if that video is still up.

Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1548 Location: Ohio

we need to have something like that Xtreme Wheelz soapshoe demo......like...organize a demo at a skatepark and get the news to cover it.

Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 31 Location: New Jersey