The best skate shoes are made ... yourself with the coolest shoes the pastime has to offer. Once trusty stalwarts of the scene like DC Shoes, Emerica, and Lakai might not be in the mix as much ...

The K1 was designed by Don Brown, and remains one of the best signature skate shoes ever. eS re-released it a few years later as the EK-01, updated with their System G2 gel cushioning. Lakai ...