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Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:48 am
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Now that I've been hanging around here for a while, I know a fair few heely-related things that I didn't know at first, like what wheels are what and what it means when someone says "frontside" etc, but there's a few things that, due to me being a latecomer to the heelys scene, I have missed, so I thought I'd fill these little gaps in my knowledge the easiest way I know how: ask 
What I am interested in is the dates of stuff that happened way before my time (time here I mean) For example:
1. What year were the first Heelys sold to the public in the US (and in the UK if anyone knows - I've heard the latter quoted as being as late as 2006 but I don't know if this is true and thought someone here might)
2. When did BIG deuce wheels and Mega's first become available? To me it seems they've always been there as I was never into Heelys at the time when it was just FATs - but I bet they're a more recent introduction than I realise? |
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:17 am
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BD's were introduced with the Evolution shoe... Look at the box for when they came around. I think there was a mega model BEFORE the evo's, but thats something Seth would know.
As for Heelys being around, I hear around that there were models in the 90's for the US, but then I heard they came out in '00. |
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:52 pm
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US release- 2000
First grindplate shoes- "Grail" circa fall '03 (got from DFCoop.)
First time megas featured on shoe/made- "Revolution" circa winter '03/'04
First time Big Deuce featured on shoe/made- "Evolution" circa '05
First mega/plate model- "Torch" circa '06
First Model- "Predator" circa '00 |
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Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:27 am
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| Cool, noted, thanks Seth |
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Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:19 pm
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NOW ... who can answer .. when was SETH introduced ???
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Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:41 pm
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Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:13 pm
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| Introduced to the world dec. 30 1992, to heelys in 2000 (around christmas time) and to HEELING June 2004. =] |
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