Osiris Shoes
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| Industry | Skateboard |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Carlsbad, California, U.S. |
| Products | Skateboard shoes, clothes, hats, accessories |
| Website | www.osirisshoes.com |
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.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
They are best known for their innovations in 'technical footwear', more commonly the D3.[citation needed] Other notorieties are the creation of the first ever Mobil Audio unit, the "G-BAG."[citation needed]
"The Storm" 1999 Transworld readers poll's best video, which included the best skaters of the era.[citation needed]
The Bronx and South Bronx the rebirth of High tops and the Chino, the start of the new Vulcanized craze.[citation needed]
Notable team members include[citation needed] Corey Duffel, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Jeremy Lusk and Ryan Nyquist.
[edit] Osiris D3
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.[1]
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.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ 15 Things You Didn't Know About Skate Shoes, Salo, Adam, Skateboarder Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-12-5
