I have worn heely shoes at all times during the past three months.

Do they do them in adult sizes, because I totaly want these (and to visit the Guggenheim)

Yes! Mine are size 11 U.S. 44.5 Eur.

I am scared of them.

At first I thought you meant high-heeled shoes and I opened to see what kind of foot misery you had wrought upon yourself.

Yeah me too.

God I so want a pair of these. My heart is filled with joy anytime a kid's gliding around all casual in public.

They should put wheels into high-heeled shoes.

Guys, you should all get these. They’ve made the very act of walking somewhat less pedestrian!

I’ve not hurt myself; I’ve not even fallen down yet. They do take a bit of practice but once you get it down they are fantastic! Apart from sleeping, showering and standing up in a friends wedding I've worn these things pretty much nonstop since I got them back in February.

I tried out a pair of these in a bar. That was fun.

Hypo, you aren't Heely street team are you?

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That sounds like probably the least safe place to try them ever.

The spilled coke/beer coated in ashes probably provided a safe enough slip-free environment.

i really wanted a pair a few years ago but couldn't find them in grown up sizes. maybe i'll have to look again.

p.s. i think you should have worn them to the wedding. anyone that wears heelies at my wedding gets extra cake.

I've got a pair of these. It's kinda hard to get momentum going on them, I find. Once I've got going, I can't seem to just add a bit of extra speed, like you would on skates by, er, skating a bit. I whizz to a halt and have to push off again. Is this the same for everyone?

The other day I was in my local and two of the kids of the next door liquor store owner went by on their heelies, their feet obscured by the wall below the window. The looked like they were floating by. One of the other patrons, staring bleary-eyed out the window, saw them and afterwards looked, with a mixture of disbelief and alarm, down at his drink for a second.

anyone that wears heelies at my wedding gets extra cake.

mostly 'cause of how much they drop, right?

saw them and afterwards looked, with a mixture of disbelief and alarm, down at his drink for a second.

That's like a cartoon or something. . .

hypo emesis = new hero

His lack of response suggest that I might be right about him.

http://www.heelys.com/team.html

hypo emesis, center.

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No, I'm not Heely street team. I have nothing to do with them apart from owning a pair. I've been here a while I just rarely post.

I actually almost started a thread about unicycles because I went for a ride on mine last night for the first time in ages, but I picked this because I've not seen any other adults scooting around on these things, and wondered if anyone else had them.

Someone put the Snorg girl in that picture.

i bet you snorg girl could write a wicked blog entry on heelys if prompted.

The boy says the trick to getting used to these is to walk on your heels for awhile in regular shoes to get used to carrying your weight back there.

The best floors for these are grocery store floors, apparently.

http://i8.tinypic.com/4t7phsg.jpg

^_^

I'm kind of a big heel.

Hypo, do you work at the Zen fast food place on 38th?

she told us her name was alice ;_;

p.s. i think you should have worn them to the wedding. anyone that wears heelies at my wedding gets extra cake.

I brought them to the wedding, but I opted for the plasticy shoes that came with the tux when I saw the look on the Brides face when I suggested that the bridesmaid I was walking down the aisle with, could instead just pull me along on my wheels.

I can't seem to just add a bit of extra speed, like you would on skates by, er, skating a bit. I whizz to a halt and have to push off again. Is this the same for everyone?

Yeah, you can't really push off on these like you would with roller skates/blades. I tend to just run a bit on my toes and then jump up and land on both heels, then when I'm starting to slow down I take a step or two and jump up again.

Ideally you would have objects in your surrounding environment you could grab and push or pull yourself along with. I bet you could rig something sweet up akin to a walker or ski poles.

the look on the Brides face when I suggested that the bridesmaid I was walking down the aisle with, could instead just pull me along on my wheels.

hahahahahahahahaha

Hypo, do you work at the Zen fast food place on 38th?

Nah, software company in the midwest.

http://i17.tinypic.com/5429xkw.jpg

hernando is also the name of the bartender at ts muttley's who gives the dc crew literally hundreds of free shots every time we're in there to watch football. i knew i loved that snorg girl for a reason.