Hayden and MayLee where so excited to get new heelys and are actually doing really well with them. Hayden wears the same shoe size as me and so I tried on his shoes and tried them out and believe me it is much harder than it looks. Hayden got frustrated trying to explain it to me and ended up handing me the instructions that came with the shoes and telling me to read it. I have given up on the idea of heelys, but would like to try rollerblading with the kids this summer.