Surgeon's knot
I was shown this knot earlier this summer as a way to secure my boot laces, which were constantly coming untied. My boss, who taught me it, called it the "super knot." How to make it: (if you tie your shoes with one loop then wrap another loop around it) - pass the loop through a second time. (bunny ears method) - pass one ear though a second time.
I've tested this knot for 8 weeks of hiking around in the forests of New Hampshire and it has never come untied. I noticed that Ian's Shoelace Site has some other recommendations for knots, but I cannot vouch for their security. I know that the Surgeon's Shoelace Knot works for me.
-- Sam Johnson
See Ian's Shoelace Site for pictures and a clear explanation.
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Joe Marfice
The diagram is the wrong one. If you tie this, you'll see it is really nothing more than an ordinary shoelace knot /tied correctly/. The proper diagram is Step 8 on the referenced webpage from Ian's Knots; this is Step 5 in the progression.
BTW, the common shoelace knot is actually a square knot (aka reef knot) tied with loops for the second half of the knot. A square knot tied incorrectly comes out as a "granny knot", which are notorious for slipping under uneven strain, and for *slipping under vibration*. That's just what happens when you randomly tie your shoelaces, without paying attention - approximately half the time you'll tie a granny knot, and then sometime during the day it may come loose. (Some people may inadvertently have a habit of tying only squares, some only grannies; "half the time" is not true for everyone.)