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Readers Respond: List the Top 10 Skate Shoes

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By Steve Cave, About.com

From the article: Top 10 Skate Shoes
Skate shoes are something that most skaters have strong opinions on. Narrowing down a list of the top 10 skate shoes can be tough, and I bet that several readers would like to disagree with my Best Skate Shoes List, and share a list of their own. What's your top 10 skate shoes list? Share your list here! Share Your List

favorite skate shoes

My favorite skateshoes would have to be some of the vans pro model shoes like J Cardiels, I think because they have pretty good grip and alot of boardfeel.Other runnerups for me would be adios accept theyre just a little bit heavy.
—that1dude

Top Skate Shoes

Lakai Limited Footwear has amazing shoes with sexy colorways.
—Guest Mike Mo

Fallen, Etnies

I've had fallens for about a year and a half, it only started to rip near the toe ( on the side where you flick) in about like 6 month of constant skating, and my friend has Etnies and the same thing preety much .......................................................DC sucks
—Guest Eric

Favorites

1.Fallen-Amazingly comfortable long lasting and pretty much the best. 2.Supra-Good lookin, comfortable, and long lasting
—Guest MitchThe Skatexpert

Top 3

1. Vans, because they are comfortable, I didn't rip them, and there grip was good. 2. DC, becuase they are comfortable and the grip is alright. 3. Etnies, because the ones I got were, I thought, to low cut and they have an awesome toe cap. All of those shoes had great designs.
—Guest L.T

the bst skate shoes

the best skate shoes ive had are world industries.
—Guest RYE DOG

best top 10 skateshoes

i believe the top ten skate shoes are: 1.lakai skate shoes 2.fallen skate shoes 3.supra skate shoes 4.osiris skate shoes 5.etnies skate shoes 6.es skate shoes 7.emerica skate shoes 8.c1rca skate shoes 9.nike sb 10.vans
—KR3WRIDA4LIFE

Top five Shoe List

No specific order 1.Etnies 2.Fallen 3.Nike sb 4.Emerica 5.DVS ALL of these brands are good but i mostly skate etnies.
—Guest SCP Skater

top 5 best skate shoes

1.vans- there cheap and have been around since nam and they give you a good flick 2.emerica- they have some of the sickest team members and the shoes are very comfortable 3.c1rca- they have good skating shoes but the sole rips easily 4.fallen- have some pretty cool graphics and are just a good overall skate shoe 5.eS- these have some bad ass looking shoes and they fit good but are a little wider
—Guest jiveturkey5

Best Skate shoes

1. Fallen cuz they hav uber board feel and dont rip 2. Emerica comfortable but rip in like a month 3. Vans look a little gay but dont rip 4. Circa nice shoes and rip in about 2 months 5. Vox look good. Rip in like 3 months. Not bad Never buy DC cuz they are too expensive and mine ripped in a week. they suck
—Guest luke

FALLEN FALLEN FALLEN FALLEN!!

fallen rocks they got the toughest shoes ever. I have the rippers and i skate everyday and these shoes are still awesome after like 4 and a half months! The only thing thats gotten messed up is the soul. But that is pretty normal. Fallen also has a sick team (chris cole placed 1st and tommy guns placed 2nd in the maloof cup!) they also look sweet. emerica is also good. dont buy dc.
—Guest bob

10

1.Emerica (Herman 2) 2.Emerica (Reynolds 3) 3.Emerica (AR Slim) 4.Es (Accel) 5.Supra (Double E) 6.Dekline (Sixers) 7.DC (Radar Midtops) 8.Fallen (Trooper) 9.Supra (Sport) 10.Lakai (Telford)
—Guest Dalton

my top 5

1. osiris.i highly reccomend the sourth bronx version, because they are the best. 2.fallen.good, but rip easy. 3.dvs.looks cool. 4. etnies.good, but they are heavy. 5.circa.okay, I guess.
—Guest Taylor

skate shoes ive had

the best skate shoes i have had are 1 vans, don't rip easy and comfortable,2 elements tough but not the best grip,etnies good but totally came apart in 3 months,DC poser but OK 4 starters,world industries plain out suck
—Guest sk8ter11

Top 5

1.Fallen 2.Supra 3.Nike 4.Emerica 5.Es. Ps(Fallens Best cuz they r good feeling nice looks but rip easily)
—Guest Ross

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