Osiris Shoes
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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.
"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
.
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 released a smaller, lighter, less bulky version called the D3 NTX. This was followed by D3 4.0 and later a D3 Snowboarding boot, based on the design of the D3 2001 model.
Tony Magnusson
Tony Magnusson , is an Swedish semi-retired professional skateboarder and part-owner of Osiris Shoes. Magnusson gained significant fame throughout the 1980s by inventing several tricks and becoming one of the first professional skateboarders to start a rider-owned company.-Youth:Magnusson was born...
, 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.
History
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
Corey Duffel
Corey Duffel is a skater from Walnut Creek, California. He was born on April 11, 1984 as William Corey Duffel to Steve and Sharon. He is known for his fast-paced skating style, skating big gaps, rails, stairs, riding big wall ride gaps, and any large obstacles like the freeway gap in Cataclysmic...
, Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Pierre-Luc Gagnon, also known as "PLG" , is a Canadian professional skateboarder.Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992....
, Jeremy Lusk
Jeremy Lusk
Jeremy Lusk was an American freestyle motocross racer from San Diego, California. He was part of the riding group Metal Mulisha....
and Ryan Nyquist
Ryan Nyquist
Ryan Nyquist is a professional BMX rider who has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events. He currently rides for Haro Bikes, Osiris Shoes, Rockstar Energy Drink, and The Jiffy Market of Los Gatos.Ryan returned to San Jose, California where he has a home with his...
.
Osiris D3
Osiris contacted pro skater Dave MayhewDave Mayhew (skateboarder)
David "Dave" Mayhew is a retired professional skateboarder and a member of two of the ‘super-teams’ of the late nineties , due to his fluid technical ability. He quit skateboarding professionally to run a skateshop back in his home town of Madison, Wisconsin...
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 released a smaller, lighter, less bulky version called the D3 NTX. This was followed by D3 4.0 and later a D3 Snowboarding boot, based on the design of the D3 2001 model.