Osiris Shoes is a skate shoe company that was founded in 1996 by Tony Chen, Tony Magnusson, Brian Reid, Doug Weston and Laura Kim. They created the company when they saw a void in the skateboard industry for pro designed and endorsed footwear.
They are best known for their innovations in 'technical footwear', more commonly the D3. Other notorieties are the creation of the first ever Mobil Audio unit, the "G-BAG."
"The Storm" 1999 Transworld reade...
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Osiris Shoes is a skate shoe company that was founded in 1996 by Tony Chen, Tony Magnusson, Brian Reid, Doug Weston and Laura Kim. They created the company when they saw a void in the skateboard industry for pro designed and endorsed footwear.
They are best known for their innovations in 'technical footwear', more commonly the D3. Other notorieties are the creation of the first ever Mobil Audio unit, the "G-BAG."
"The Storm" 1999 Transworld readers poll's best video, which included the best skaters of the era.
The Bronx and South Bronx the rebirth of High tops and the Chino, the start of the new Vulcanized craze.
Notable team members include Corey Duffel, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Jeremy Lusk and Ryan Nyquist.
Osiris contacted pro skater Dave Mayhew to design his own skate shoe. The end result, The D3, started as a slow seller, but when Osiris began liquidating their surplus, the D3's popularity increased.
The second version of the shoe, Osiris D3 2001, proved to be very popular. Osiris then...
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