Nov 8, 2004How I started with Soap Shoes

I guess I should start with the first time I started Soaping. I was at my buddy, Hugh Hermes' New Years Eve party my Jr year of High School. He had some Soaps and a practice rail so I decided to give it a shot. I fell really hard but loved the feeling of grinding.

Anyway, about 2 years later in October of 1999 I wanted more soap stuff, mainly new grindplates. I didn't have a credit card at the time so I sent an email to Soap asking for a catalog. This way I could order some products by writing a check. They didn't get back to me for a few weeks so I sent them another email, and then another, and another. Then I gave up.

In February, I got a call on my cell phone from the CEO of the company, Chris Morris. I was super geeked when he called. "the CEO of Soap!?" So he apologized and said that my name had fallen to the bottom of this list, blah blah. Then he asked me what all I wanted to order. A week later I got my grindplates, a hat, a bunch of wax, and other swag in the mail for free. When I called him back to thank him we talked for a while. I showed him my Soap website and offered to do some web design for them. He denied me but offered me a job doing demos. A couple weeks later I recieved 15 pairs of shoes and a practice rail.

From then on I did a lot more demos, started testing shoes before they hit the market, and became captain of the Soap team. I even got 5 other people on the team and redesigned a shoe.

Tags: port byron, soap shoes

Comments

Karcsi

Niceeee

i was in the 6th grade when i got my first pair of soapshoes but the latest ive gotten was T-bones and im looking all over the net to see if Soap are coming out with shoes but when i try to buy some from any website they dont have my size :/ so that sucks..,but hope things stay good for you.

3 years ago

Fosscore

werrrrrd. man, i cant find anyyyy soap shoes in canada :( its wierd cause so many people know about them but no one can get them. over to the states i come.

3 years ago

karcsi

Cool you put up the st louis demo i saw that on mtbz but yeah cool vid... DO A DEMO IN NEW JERSEY!!!

:D

3 years ago

Ivy

Lucky you!!!!! I need a pair of soap shoes but there is no store in my city that sells them.I might have to do the same thing you did because I don't have a credit card yet.

3 years ago

hottsoaper

one question...Does soap shoes come with the wax,screws,and the grind plates? Because I don't have enough money to buy all that.

3 years ago

elementskater

I heard you had over forty pairs of soaps!! Can you give me a size 12? .....I'm just kidding,that was a joke!!! I wish I was on the soap team so I can get all those soap clothing and shoes.(haha) Do you know what store sells soap shoes in Jacksonville (soaps that are $70.00 or less.)?

3 years ago

Ben

I have a pair of brand new, never used, original soap shoes:

Clean Graphite H97-C02
U.S. Size 11

$80 plus shipping

3 years ago

hottsoaper

does anyone know how to get a free catalog?

3 years ago

derek

this is not a soap forum...

3 years ago

hottsoaper

Oh my gosh! I can't believe that the famous "Derek Brooks" responded to me.

3 years ago

MaDSoAper

then you should have a soap forum :P I wanr a pair of those A-sides...I hope they will release them

3 years ago

Lucas

I need help grinding my soap shoes because whenever I get on the rail,I only grind a few inches and then I stop sliding.My soaps are fresh and new.My soaps are called the Express.My grindplates are cemented on but one side is bigger than the other so I can't grind flat on the grindplate. Please tell me if my soap shoes are messed up or something.

3 years ago

Hugh Hermes

Hey bro...It's me Hugh...Hey I googled myself when I was bored at wook and I saw my name on you web site...I was just seeing how everything was going...Late

3 years ago

greg

why the heck is grinding so hard?

3 years ago

karcsi

greg

okay karcsi, well I guess I better practice more

3 years ago

Chad

i was needing to know where i can go online and find a place that finds local skate shop dealers or a place to get a free catalog. i cant skate anymore because of a few runnins with the law that messed up my kneecap. its messed up in tree diff. directions. so i was gonna get me some soaps but cant find any.

3 years ago

greg

get it at roller warehouse. they give out free catalogs there too.

3 years ago

dan

i can't grind on stairway rails.it is so hard. i can't jump up on it because it's too high. can anyone teach me how to grind on stairway rails?

3 years ago

karcsi

lol..greg im kidding..bend your knees! and use your arms for balance..thats what I do and when you grind Handrails-Dan- Dont start at the top jump further out to land on the middle of the hand railing then go from there and jump higher..w.e if ud like to ask me ask on AIM it would be easier.. :karcsi89

3 years ago

ivy

hey karcsi, i have the same problem as dan. Is it okay if I ask you on AIM too to do this?...pretty please?

3 years ago

karcsi89

Yeah sure man! its a little late on my responce im sure uve looked at this site back n forth yeah my AIM is
Karcsi89 feel free to IM me about any soaping questions

3 years ago

Zack

I WANT SOME SOAP SHOES... WHERE DO I ORDER?

2 years ago

tyty210

don't they have ones that look like sonic's from SA2B because in that game his shoes are soap shoes?

2 years ago

anthony vanerp

hey derek i have been working on grinding this long rail about 30 feet and i can now do a front flip off of it, wonderin who i send my footage to?

2 years ago

kishan

hey I first found out about soap shoes from sonic adventure 2 and I was wondering if you can get the same shoes that sonic or shadow wear in the game?

2 years ago

Well first of all Shadow is wearing rollerblades. But Sonic is supposedly wearing the Scorchers in that game. They don't make them anymore but if you can get your hands on a pair they are great great shoes. They're super light and have great grindplates for rails. Sometimes you can get them on clearance or on ebay.

2 years ago

jack bean

I want some BADASS broadside soap!where can i order some?

2 years ago

shadow doesnt wear rollerblades! he wears air shoes!

2 years ago

tho u soap shoe people should make sonic and shadow model soap shoes
(even if the arent soap shoes, shadow's would be kewl!)

2 years ago

nafan

I had scorchers they were freakin awesome. they don't quite look the same as sonics though, and to save you any let-down, grinding with shoes isn't quite as cool as it seems in the game.

2 years ago

Bruno B

Definitley looking for a pair of broadsides...

For those looking, you can buy a pair of soap shoes off a store on ebay. Look around for it.

The store features higher, adult sizes too.

Downside is the shoes are reduced to complete shit after a year of soaping and the plates are not removable.

2 years ago

Ray

Where can i get size 12's cant find them ANYWHERE

2 years ago

amont

Im lookin for a pair of new size 11 soaps if anyone knows where to get'm IM me. thanks
-amont90-

2 years ago

yall should check out my other site that is 100% dedicated to soap shoes. there's a forum for all your questions there.

http://www.solidgrind.com

2 years ago

LSR

wer are some gd cheap soap shoes i jst carnt fine any HELP ME?

2 years ago

seth rakes

i have looked all over the web and cant find one pair of soap grind shoes wiht a size 10 or 11 ....its ticking me off

2 years ago

Ukais

Seriously, someone needs to email me if they know where to get a pair of size 10 Scorchers, I need them before school starts again, thanks. lol

2 years ago

Okay I'm Dying over here!! I'm up at 4:00A.M. trying to find a way to grind like sonic and quinch my thirst for speed!!! Tell me, is there a place in West Virginia, or at least a place online where you can order by phone!! Please I need Help!!Anyone??!?!

2 years ago

hoboboxstealer

i have looked all over the web and cant find one pair of soap grind shoes wiht a size 10 or 11 ....its ticking me off

1 year ago

birdhouseboy94

where can i get size 10 soap shoes it is makeing me crazy

1 year ago

corey

I LOVE SOAP SHOES I KNOW HOW TO GRIND WITH SKATES BUT SOAPING LOOK BETTER MY FIRST PAIR OF SOAPS SHOULD BE COMING SOON

1 year ago

you can get new SOAP shoes, size 3-12 at soaps.sonicandpals.com

1 year ago

eddie

how to make your own soap shoes at home?????

1 year ago

David

i skateboard all the time and i got a sponsor.....if u wanna feel like u suck a skating get soap shoes cause its a whole world different than skateboarding

1 year ago

hey guys, my name is Brandon and i have an express grind plate, (size 6)im 10 yrs old and ummm, im pretty good at soaping, my friends SUCk, well...there all right lol,I have a pvc pipe i practice on and a skate board rail to grind on

1 year ago

mario

hello ive used them

1 year ago

austin

wat website could i find scabs size five for a low amount of money?

1 year ago

fred

ware can you get a pair of size 8 soaps in toledo ohio

1 year ago

israel avila

i want to be dealer of soap shoes, if you can send me info thanx

1 year ago

Im about to get my grind on! As soon as I find some soaps in SZ 13 and the ones that look like Sonic's Soaps the most im gettin them! Shouldn't take long though. But if all else fails im just gona go to bladeschool.com

1 year ago

Shadow

I wonder if you could make the same soap shoes from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, cuz it's be really cool to have the same shoes as Sonic & Shadow the Hedgehog. =D

1 year ago

Sonic

Ye you can buy/make them just take awhile to make...

1 year ago

emceeg

Is there any place not online where i could buy some soaps..

1 year ago

Josh

haha you losers dont listen at all do you? go to sssoapshoes.com
and besides that stop asking for scorchers an such its kinda stupid to spend lot of money on your first pair then you might not even like it.. jesus.....

1 year ago

josh

and mostly no1 sells soaps now days if they got soaps they usually sell online so few shos left in shops but check skaterboard shops and shoes shops and such. >_>

1 year ago

rock slipknot

heeleys makes a shoe with a grind plate and they make um in size 4 to 13 i have a pair they are (sic)6(sic)

11 months ago

Ben

I have a brand new pair of Clean Graphite Size 11 soaps for sale. If interested, email me at itsbenlong@hotmail.com

11 months ago

Brody

dude i am 10 but i still am your biggest fan.i liked your teck deck video.the way i got soaps is for christmas and i can only grind a normal grind but i learned from watching your cool demos.thanks.

7 months ago

Adam

i love soaps but i can NEVER find any. anyone wanna help?

4 weeks ago

so i found soap grind shoes but i dont know wat size i wear in them!
any 1 wanna help?

3 weeks ago

gino

is it ok to grind on concrete w/ soaps? anyone?

1 week ago

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