The phrase "first kicked off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to denote the beginning or start of an event or process. For example, "The project first kicked off in January this year."
To make its political demands crystal clear, al-Islah issued a second petition (the first kicked off the initial wave of arrests) on the eve of the trial.
The movement, which first kicked off in the US – a reaction against censorship of the female nipple – was recently reinvigorated in Iceland, when a student and her boyfriend posted a picture on Facebook of both of them topless.
As has been the case since the Shaking the Habitual tour first kicked off, this "band" doesn't necessarily play every song live – and feels more like a theatre troupe.
Other games on Connecticut's Thanksgiving menu include Ansonia-Naugatuck, which began in 1900; Shelton-Derby, which first kicked off in 1904; and Trumbull against crosstown St. Joseph, a more recent rivalry, started in 1967, which actually kicks off the holiday a few hours early.
Twitter Access (or Zero, if you prefer, I suppose) was first kicked off in 2012.
It seems like ages since Google and HTC first kicked off the Nexus experiment (it was 2010, but who's counting?).
Reforms in areas such as taxation, finance and energy, which are well-prepared, will first kick off, said the source.
You can also reach Tumblr TV by first kicking off a search for a particular GIF (e.g. search from the Dashboard for "OMG gif" or "OMGgifs").
Season 3 is set to air in two 8-episode parts, the first kicking off on October 14 and the second airing in February 2013.
Louisiana State rattled off 31 consecutive points in a dominating stretch from the end of the first quarter until late in the third, kicking off a party in New Orleans that would surely last long into Tuesday.
The second, kicking off at 8 p.m., will feature the top 11 Republicans in the race.
