Best skate shoes

1. Lakai Manchester Select
Amazing shoes with flexible vulcanized construction. I had bunch of different Lakai models, but these one are perfect! Lakais are good quality shoes for a low price, made only for skaters. I remember when I got my first pair of Lakais, damn! Nasty, I knew I was going to have a good time with them. Shoes give such good feel on your board. Matter of durability, well it depends how often you skate and how you skate. I am classic, doing bunch of flat ground flip tricks and mostly doing lines. Shoes are not much of a problem as much shoe laces are. I recommend as soon as you buy your shoes, if you plan to skate them same moment you bought them just get glue for shoes something like Shoe Goo. Put it on your laces and you wont have any problems for weeks! After your shoe starts being destroyed from skating in about 2-3 weeks just start putting Shoe Goo on them and you gonna make them last for extra month! They need almost no breaking in at all, sole is super comfy and they can take solid impacts. Shoes are good for gaps, I would usually jump over distant gaps more then ones with height. I am not telling you to jump like big sets, 7-8 would be max if you ask me. Also when I skate gaps I have 2 pair of socks, I don't know why I do it but it feels like bonus armor for preventing heel bruises.

2. Etnies Jameson 2 
Super thin, low-top skate shoe with vulcanized profile cupsole. Shoe has thinly padded tongue and collar and sole technology which provides comfort but doesn't compromise board-feel. Anyway shoe doesn't need much time to break in and it is really good on impacts. Simple and sexy good looking shoe. I really like that model, not fan of etnies but these ones made me change my mind. Shoe is not much durable on its own and stitches on its back started getting loose for me. Maybe it's just because I am to lazy to untie my shoes when I am putting them on. Overall good shoe for a good price.

3. Emerica G-Code 
Nasty looking shoe with perfect toe-cape shape. I like its mix of colors makes it awesome! Durability of G-Code is what makes it good. Board-feel is just right. Not to thin, but also not too thick either. Laces are the thing I like about them, laces last really long it's like terminator seriously. Impact that shoes can take is ridiculous. I don't know is there any negativity to say about these shoes except price of course. Looking forward to get another pair of those in shake junt version! I like its writing on the back of left shoe (WUSSUP) and on the back of right one (HATERS!)