Comments on: 'Heelys' – the new way of walking-running-rolling for kids? http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674 The web and stuff Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tere http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674/comment-page-1#comment-2453 tere Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:31:51 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50515#comment-2453 Well, people the kids need a brake you know! You, know what i mean when they say they want you to stop are carry them! Well, in stead of that happening they can heely! My kids have them and they dont even get tired of walking! When they get tired they just heely in stead! Well, people the kids need a brake you know! You, know what i mean when they say they want you to stop are carry them! Well, in stead of that happening they can heely! My kids have them and they dont even get tired of walking! When they get tired they just heely in stead!

]]> By: Heelys http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674/comment-page-1#comment-2449 Heelys Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:15:11 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50515#comment-2449 Heelys rulezzz !!!! Heelys rulezzz !!!!

]]> By: Mike Benecke http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674/comment-page-1#comment-2445 Mike Benecke Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:09:34 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50515#comment-2445 Excellent post! I'm 23 and recently purchased a pair of Heelys from a shoe store in the mall called "Journeys". They took a couple of minutes to learn, but heeling became instinct. I felt myself adapting to them and realizing, at the same time, how superior Heeling was to walking. My first guess was that the frictionless continuation of the bodies momentum. Instead of the energy required to take 10 steps, a human can instead launch into a heel, and there is no further impact to their skeletal system after that intial heel. (Which would be found in running or walking, each time the foot lands on the ground.) Going down heel is even better! Excellent post! I’m 23 and recently purchased a pair of Heelys from a shoe store in the mall called “Journeys”. They took a couple of minutes to learn, but heeling became instinct. I felt myself adapting to them and realizing, at the same time, how superior Heeling was to walking. My first guess was that the frictionless continuation of the bodies momentum. Instead of the energy required to take 10 steps, a human can instead launch into a heel, and there is no further impact to their skeletal system after that intial heel. (Which would be found in running or walking, each time the foot lands on the ground.) Going down heel is even better!

]]> By: teresa http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674/comment-page-1#comment-2441 teresa Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:23:50 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50515#comment-2441 I enjoyed reading your post. Glad I came across it. I am 37 and am thinking of buying a pair for myself. They look absolutely fabulously fun!! I miss those days of "rolling" around a wooden roller ring. Now I can "glide" through Walmart. Over 30 isn't dead; just responsible for the hospital bills. I enjoyed reading your post. Glad I came across it. I am 37 and am thinking of buying a pair for myself. They look absolutely fabulously fun!! I miss those days of “rolling” around a wooden roller ring. Now I can “glide” through Walmart. Over 30 isn’t dead; just responsible for the hospital bills.

]]> By: Steve Litchfield http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/674/comment-page-1#comment-2437 Steve Litchfield Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:21:23 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50515#comment-2437 Interesting post, especially the imaginary dinosaur! I don't think Heelys will catch on for anyone over (say) 30 - they look too daft for grownups and the risk of seriously crippling yourself in a fall gets high as you start to get older..... 8-) Steve Interesting post, especially the imaginary dinosaur!

I don’t think Heelys will catch on for anyone over (say) 30 – they look too daft for grownups and the risk of seriously crippling yourself in a fall gets high as you start to get older….. 8-)
Steve

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