You remember wrong old man! Just think of it this way, who would teach a begginer to wheelie from a start (dead stop)? Hoopty taught me and we started with wheelies when we were already moving. I'd think a wheelie from a start would be harder.
I also remember he wanted to use my F4I to pracitice starts but I could not make it that day. Hoopty did a few wheelie school on CSC though.