Heelys are a really fun way for kids, teens and young adults to get around and get a bit of exercise, too. ... One wheel vs. two wheels. Heelys are sold with either one or two wheels in each shoe.

CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S.-based Heelys, Inc. (NASDAQ: HLYS), creators of the shoe with a wheel in the heel, has always been popular with kids. However, while Heelys continues to see ...

Heelys Inc., a novelty shoemaker that has equipped thousands of kids around the world with wheeled sneakers, filed Friday to raise as much as $115 million in an initial share sale.

The fad may be over. Heelys (NASDAQ:HLYS) just did a revised-expectations face-plant. The roller-shoe specialist actually just completed a very good quarter -- earnings zoomed ahead to $0.45 per ...

Heelys are shoes with built-in wheels at the heel of the shoe. ... Heelys are appealing to many kids because they can switch between walking or running and skating without changing their shoes.

Heelys made shoes with wheels in the heels that became wildly popular among kids in early 2000s, and it was a Wall Street star with its successful initial public offering in December 2006.

The kids are simply cooler than you. While you’re walking around using your feet like an animal, kids have shoes with wheels in their heels. These are called Heelys, and here’s how you … ...

Maybe you’ve seen them zipping around malls or on suburban sidewalks – kids on roller shoes, the footwear with a wheel in the heel. “Heelys,” as they’re known, look like fun – and they ...

IP-Oh, yea! Heelys’ IPO on Dec. 7, 2006, raised about $155 million in gross proceeds to the company and selling stockholders, 20 percent more than expected.

Oct 23 (Reuters) – Heelys Inc, the maker of children’s sneakers with wheels in them, is selling itself to a private equity firm, Evergreen Group Ventures, after suffering years of fadin… ...

Heelys' chief executive said the company will stay the course with its core line of novel sneakers, which double as skates, for the foreseeable future, even as some analysts suggest the fad is fading.