The 50 Greatest Skate Shoes
By Brian Jones | Mar 2, 2011 | 12:03 pm | Permalink
by Brian Jones
Every skateboarder has his own individual style. What was/is a great shoe for a skater in Orange County, CA is not necessarily the hot shoe for a skater in Germany, Australia, or Japan. Sure, there’s been a lot of global carry-over for trends in skate shoes, and these are covered here, but in all honesty there can never be an all-time list for something like this. But because we do lists around here and because we want to push a few buttons, we hit up Brian Jones, a skateboarder, brand guy, and a writer who has been in the industry for years on all sides of the game, obsessing and bleeding skateboarding since 1985. Jones tapped a few of skateboarding's greats to assist in narrowing down this list a bit better and have it be as unbiased as possible. Take a gander and reminisce to what was a great shoe for you, what you wished would have just went away as fast as it came, and what has stood the test of time. Click on the tumbnails above for The 50 Greatest Skateboard Shoes of All Time.
nasty james March 2nd, 2011 at 06:02 PM
That ain't the low cut son
Sick Pigeon March 2nd, 2011 at 06:12 PM
Surprised these were up here instead of his next 2 models.They are more comfortable and the pair that looks like Air Jordan 19 lows is one of my favorite pairs of skate shoes ever even though it's look is familiar
Sick Pigeon March 2nd, 2011 at 06:14 PM
Whoops, my comment was meant for #9 és Koston 1
manuelon March 2nd, 2011 at 06:39 PM
No koston k3s!.. those arent even the first reynolds. Those stevie willams were so tight.
ST March 10th, 2011 at 12:16 PM
No K3? Ok, i stop read this..
ryan nicholas March 2nd, 2011 at 06:57 PM
as far as #4 goes, i agree. but the picture you chose is the Vans Authentic, not the Vans Era.
RyaN lOPEZ March 3rd, 2011 at 09:58 PM
no, you dumbass those are eras
smarte ramo March 4th, 2011 at 04:04 AM
Yes you dumbass that is the era
Actually... March 30th, 2011 at 07:08 AM
Era and Authentic are the same shoe, one has a padded ankle, the other doesn't. Now you can go bacj to playing Warfcraft guys
patrick April 6th, 2011 at 08:52 PM
its an authentic, i have the era...maybe go look on google images you fucking dickheads hahahahaha
steve July 2nd, 2011 at 07:03 PM
What are you fucking retarded? In #4 it has the stitching around the collar which means it has the padded collar. Authentics dont have any stitching on the around the collar. Dumbass.
bpp March 2nd, 2011 at 08:42 PM
these shoes bring back so many memories. i would do anything for a pair of ellingtons or some og reynolds 1
SoIceySoles March 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 AM
I know! were are the reynolds!?
HandsomeDan March 2nd, 2011 at 09:21 PM
hahahaha. 1. those aren't the original Jason Lee, those are the Airwalk Tributes. 2. That's my messy ass photo. hahahaha.
los March 2nd, 2011 at 09:25 PM
im sorry but the rowley xlt hands down best ever
yo March 2nd, 2011 at 10:14 PM
your list can suck it
ayo March 3rd, 2011 at 12:10 AM
mahaka mako's look exactly like nike blazers
bluemie March 3rd, 2011 at 04:22 PM
Those are not Makaha shoes - They are Hobies H210
SoIceySoles March 3rd, 2011 at 12:32 AM
im pretty happy half cabs are number one, i was waiting for them to be placed way to high the whole way through the line up. good choice :), i skated through at least 5 or 6 pairs in my day. however im really disappointed there were none of Andrew Reynolds Emerica's. The ones two's and 3's where all fire. the all red 1's the black and grey 2's and the black 3's with the lime green inside and the little diamond in one of the lace wholes. they were fresh. looked nice and skated really well. and blazers should have been hire up, and none sb dunks. i skated tones before sb's