adidas forest hills first released: 1970s original purpose: Tennis First released inthe late 1970s as a tennis shoe, the Forest Hills has gained legendary status,particularly on the football terraces of the U.K. One of the myths surrounding it was that many people around the U.K. claimed to have owned the original yellow soled version when it was reissued in 2002.However, only 400 pairs of them originally entered the U.K., and they were all bought by Wade Smith in Liverpool.The ordinary shoe had a white sole.