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The Osiris D3 2001
The current trend in skate footwear is toward the lightest, vulcanized, no-frills shoe. At the turn of the millennium, however, the pendulum swung the opposite way. People were stuffing extra tongues into their shoes to fatten them up, and shoe companies were slapping on all kinds of “features” onto their kicks which only increased their weight and uselessness. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, you could pick up a shoe with one or all of the following features: stash pockets, double shoelaces à la L.A. Gear, velcro strips to fasten the hem of your compatible SAG (Smolik Action Gear) warmup pants to, multiple air bubbles, triple-thick ollie pads with quadruple stitching, and more “innovations” worthy of a facepalm.
The crowning achievement of this era is the Osiris D3 2001. It may not have all the features above, but it was pretty much the antithesis of the modern skate shoe. One D3 weighs as much as a pair of Half Cabs, and the lacing system makes baby Jesus cry — especially with the double lace option. The D3 was designed by Dave Mayhew, who skates exactly like you would imagine the designer of this shoe to. Lots of crazy tech tricks with awkward knock-knee landings in the middle of his board. Apparently, the original D3 wasn’t selling that well, but the updated D3 2001 took off like Lizard King’s popularity. 8 years ago, stores couldn’t keep them on the shelves. It wasn’t TK Supra-level pandemonium, but most colorways sold out really quick and could be seen on demographics from toddlers to grandparents. How or why, we will never know. I just hope Mayhew and Chet Thomas are chillin’ on a private island somewhere from shoe sales, filming the best 411 Chaos section imaginable.
Here’s an interesting quote from Skateboarder:
“The heads at Osiris will think twice the next time they contemplate discontinuing a sleepy seller. When Dave Mayhew wanted large lace loops for his third pro model, the folks at Osiris were less than optimistic about the samples. The D3 was very technical, bulky and the lace loops made it look awkward. It sold decently the first year, but sales began to dwindle. Six years later something inexplicable happened. “We were just about to pull the shoe from the line,” owner Tony Magnusson remembers, “when it took off like a friggin’ rocket.” The updated D3 2001 is rumored by many accounts to be the best selling pro-model skate shoe of all time”. - Skateboardermag.com
Discuss below your all-time least favorite skate shoes.
Tags: a-team, d3 2001, dave mayhew, maple, osiris, sag, the storm
worst shoes ever
I bought my Grandma a pair because she said she wanted more padding in her shoes. Even she refused to wear them in public.
ohh god i remember those!
the worst shoes were the circa muskas
Still a top seller down at the Pomona Swap Meet
Currently, I have a pair bronzed and hanging from my rear view mirror.
I’m ashamed to admit I owned the navy/yellow ones.
those are freakin gay
I always hated these shoes. The all time worst shoe is the Koston 3 though. Straight up Jordans with an Es logo. Worst shoes for skating ever.
You guys are all haters!!
I have every single colorway and I rip on a skateboard.
k3 are sick imo they go for like $250 on ebay my pair cost $230 and i love them. i used to skate those way back in the day but i always hated d3’s i couldn’t understand why people like them
I had a pair haha, I was stoked on them at the time! Dopest shoe ever by far was the es’ K3 though, needs a come back so bad, I’d cop a couple pair, especially the black with red sole colorway!
You are a pole smoker if you ever owned a pair!
These were not skate shoes & belong in payless
i had those once. they ****** blew. they felt like they weighd 30 pounds
BANGIN… bad ass shoes!
where can i find osiris d3 2001 anyone
any one know where i can still get those one of my favorite shoes from high school
best shoes ever
pimpin
I’m not a skater, I’m a dancer, and these are absolutely amazing for dancing in.
There is a German website still selling them for 150 euros, but I can’t figure out if it’s secure or not…
I had the all black d3’s… Skated the F***** SH** out of them for over a year… and they never fell apart, then they turned into my snow skate shoes.. still never fell apart. BY FAR THE TOUGHEST SHOE I’VE OWNED
GOD, i had 3 pairs in 7th grade, they where the ‘cool’ shoes. Now that i look at them i cant help but barf in my mouth!!
i dont know why everyone hated these shoes, i had the all white ones and even though they weighed a ton they skated so good, i had mine for 7 months before ripping and then the sole flattened out and i skated every day. i just regret not buying more pairs because i loved these shoes. i think the only reason why people hate on it is because they weighed a lot, but when you skate an 8.25 board with indys and 55mm wheels a little extra weight doesnt really effect you much. unless your a ***** skater who buys everything possible to make your setup half a gram lighter (ex: magnesium trucks, almost uberlight bullshit, air core wheels, and the most tiny thin vulk shoes possible) i would suggest to buy these if you find them.
calm down…
these shoes suck
these shoes are the best. if you really wanna buy some. i sell them all the time on ebay. at the time in 2000 i was opening an internet store and i stocked up on so many and never did do the shop. ive sold about 30 pair of them in the past 4mths and i still have like 60 of them. i sell sizes 7 and down for 80 and bigger sizes up to 200. sounds to me like someone still likes them. ya dig. fagggs