Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

For the price, I don't really think you can find a better intro skate. There seems to be some confusion on the sizes for these skates. I think the problem stems from the overlap from kid and youth sizes that these skates cover. There are mainly 5 types of shoe size categories: infant, kid, youth, women, men. These skates cover kid and youth. My daughter's foot is 6.5 inches, which makes her a US Kid size 10. The small size skate for Lake Placid covers US Kid sizes 11-13, or a range of about 6.75 to 7.5 inches (these are what I purchased for my 4 year old daughter to grow into). The medium skate covers US Youth size 1-4, which is about 7.75 to 8.75 inches. The large is US Youth size 4-7, or 8.75 to 9.75 inches. Hope that helps prevent a return/exchange for someone.