The throwback model, the classic—it just might be every skate shoe brand's go-to in their line. Some brands look to their DNA when designing a new pro model, and some make their whole product ...

Skate shoes are a funny thing—they're made of high-quality materials, have great cushioning to protect your feet, are usually expensive—yet at the end of the day, they're made to be destroyed.

If he couldn’t kickflip, it didn’t hamper Mr. Linnetz’s ability to create the paunchiest, most ingenuous, “skate shoe” in recent memory. ERL’s $455 “Vamps” sneaker looks as if it ...