THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL SKATE SHOES?!?!

[@stinkinburrows]

I grew up skating in the 90's and early 2000's and the osiris d3's and the kareem campbell axions were my favorite shoe, still have some.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice!

[@limbrizkit]

I regret never pickin up a pair axions, but d3 will always be some of my favorite shoes and skateboard memories!!

[@tylerreid2700]

The campbells soup commercial was my favorite

[@issacneutron8082]

2002 I think, Kareem, devine calloway, Javier Nunez, and pat chinita taught me and my lil brother how to noseslide at an axion demo...

[@kohtorres]

@@issacneutron8082 oo O

[@BadBoyV1]

Modern skate shoes are a step backward in skate shoes evolution. Loved my Etnies Mike V's back in the day Osiris the storm is a epic skate video

[@andrewsmith1520]

Completely agree.

[@hou5eheadjason]

yeah man the durability on all these vulcs nowadays is trash , I only try to skate cupsoles cause they last longer and i enjoy the comfort

[@lucasjohnson1811]

I loved my Mike V Etnies. Also my Thomas Circas. Shoes now are not the same and it makes me sad.

[@chrism8234]

Depends on your grip tbh I just get Jessup tape and it's not extra gritty I've had a pair of vans for 3 months or so now skating like 2 to 3 times a week. I grew up skating puffy shoes and I do like them don't get me wrong I still buy them sometimes but more board feel is nice

[@PigeonLaughter01]

It is epic with that Doors intro! That video introduced us to that band even.

[@RaziAvel]

100% Glo needs to rock these all the time, he’s got the perfect amount of drip to complement them properly. One red & white and one red & black maybe?

[@cvnate619ify]

And would stuff them

[@kreeperfrm559]

Glo always lookin fresh af

[@macbook802]

That's mogley. Mismatched shoes

[@RaziAvel]

@@macbook802 Glo has been rocking different colour Adidas for a while now

[@shane7051]

Mismatched shoe colors looks tacky af

[@bcarl7953]

You don't go through both loops. You use the outside loop to protect the laces.

[@maneotis4g63t]

They look better when you go through both and even better if you use two sets of laces

[@bcarl7953]

@@maneotis4g63t yeah, I'm talking about actually skating. They're gunna get destroyed anyway if you bought them to use them for what they're for.

[@maneotis4g63t]

@@bcarl7953 for sure. I remember blowing through laces but it was worth it.

[@AlexPletcherPhoto]

i think a lot if people don't realize there's a middle lacing system those two little loops on the middle of the tongue. they didnt show it off in promos either lol

[@lukeyeager1363]

The Storm was so sick for it's time. Unforgettable moments and unforgettable music. Nearly everyone who skated had D3's at some point in time. You couldn't feel the board at all whatsoever but you did it for the style. You had to wait for your next phase in skateboarding to realize that other shoes served you better. Glo in these shoes is 100% my mid-highschool years. No one knows why we wore them but CCS catalogs said we had to 🤣

[@brailleskateboarding]

So true

[@ColonelSandurz]

That A Perfect Circle ticket stub is actually a pretty cool find! They're an amazing band.

[@chaosoul-seanleeriggs369]

Facts! JD is probably the only one that would even know who they are, because of all the music he plays on his channel. Maybe Aaron, or Chris...don't think anyone else listens to rock but them! Lol

[@Jwarddesign-ca]

Tool was better but as a kinda side project, APC was pretty cool. Kinda like Mars Volta and At The Drive-in

[@benjaminfowler4513]

@@Jwarddesign-ca tmv would be the side project to at the drive in though

[@Jwarddesign-ca]

@@benjaminfowler4513 There were quite a few spinoffs and side projects. Sparta. Defacto.

[@kelvinclark6505]

Hey just wanted to say that thanks to you guys I'm learning to skate at 39. I left school in 1999. Also Aaron those pants rock, I still dress like that today or the oversized jorts. Keep up the great work been watching since the beginning and glad to see you back. Much love from the UK

[@brailleskateboarding]

Thanks for the love and so awesome we inspired you to learn to skate!

[@ghost_615]

At the risk of being a poser, I learned in the early 2000s that "skate shoes" were the most comfortable shoes for people who had to spend long hours on their feet. And the big puffy ones usually have a pretty wide base, which is great for somebody with thick feet/ankles. I can totally see why they might not be optimal for skating performance, but man...they're still my everyday shoe as a 40 year old dad of 2, haha. I started with Etnies, but I've been wearing DC Court Graffiks for over a decade now, lol.

[@skepticalbystander]

Been wearing Court Graffiks for a handful of years too, I'm on my 4th and 5th pairs :) the thin shoes were never comfortable, and when I got my first and last pair of Adidas Superstars, and they started splitting at the seams a little, I realized I had a wide foot, then I needed a nice pair of boots, and was for sure confirmed by when I had to get the wide version, so now I know puffy skate shoes for me for the rest of my life. Some people hate it... my girl doesn't really care about what shoes I wear, but she thinks they're a little ridiculous, she knows I'm only really comfortable in bigger skate shoes, but what can you expect, I grew up skating in the era with puffy shoes at the height of their popularity. I've developed a nostalgia for them at this point. I also got the Black Sabbath Court Graffiks, those are currently my favorite shoe :)

[@JohnSuave]

They're actually horrible for your feet because they have no arch support at all.

[@josephkelemen555]

Same

[@NelsonBlvd]

@@JohnSuave the earth has no arch support. I see no problem

[@ghost_615]

@@JohnSuave In the olden days, maybe. But the recent ones have thicker insoles which helps. I definitely don't have flat feet, but to me they've always been super comfortable.

[@yahwehisdead]

High school 2006. I never had those shoes, but I knew what you were talking about from the jump. Lol. Times were different lol.

[@logandoherty8238]

I remember when these shoes came out. The old DC shoes were big and puffy too

[@694dr510]

The DC Danny Way was not puffy and a sick feeling shoe!!!

[@Surfingsucksnow]

Man I used to look at my CCS catalogs front to back as a kid. Late 90s we’re sick!! I remember the “stash pockets” in Osiris tongues as well.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@Jerred_with_2Es_and_2Rs]

I was at a skate shop in the mall recently and noticed they had a few early 2000s style puffed out shoes including the D3s, I was telling the person working there (who was probably 19 or 20) that we used to stuff socks in them to get them more puffed out and she though I was making it up until someone else backed me up about stuffing them. She was blown away.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@AlexPletcherPhoto]

Ha awesome

[@PlumeriaObtusa]

Man i hope they really have a comeback cause i was around 10 back in the day and doesn't knew how skate. I had a few puffed shoes, but i want them NOW cause i'm 25 and realy commited to skate

[@Imakebootysclap]

unless she blew you away after that story sucks.

[@XBCoolz]

Yeah, sock stuffing was a thing, but we would just cut tongues off old shoes and stuff it in. LoL

[@Hypnos828]

“Sometimes pain is beauty” -Aaron Kyro

[@Bloodlust-hc4gm]

I still skate in these and my CT-IV (grabbed as many pairs as I can when they were reissued) because I'm one of those old dudes who feel like skating barefoot when skating in modern skate shoes. And we don't even know what "board feel" is. lol

[@MarioGodoyMusic]

I remember being soo incredibly jealous of my friends in middle school who had these. I thought they were the coolest things I’d ever seen.

[@peterpacciani666]

Never too late to buy a pair 😌

[@krisisthekidd]

Same me rn

[@humbertolopez4215]

Same!!

[@frankcastle3827]

I actually never stopped wearing the d3 shoes, I still own a pair... I prefer puffy shoes over thin non long lasting shoes especially if your a skater, it just makes more sense to me..

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice

[@frankcastle3827]

If you guys still got them can I get them? Im actually in need of new skate shoes.. 😭

[@89foxguy]

Graduated 05. These shoes were the bees knees in the day lol. To be honest I still want a pair of D3’s

[@Grosstradamus]

I had a pair of these, they were white and grey. Picked them up at a zumiez in Long Island on clearance for $20 back in ‘05. I loved those dang monstrosities.

[@clappedoutsubie920]

D3s, ES Accels, IPath Grasshoppers were in rotation until SB Dunk lows were around

[@realmackle]

These and globe's shoes were my favorites back in the day. obviously the sky tops too

[@Mriamachampion]

Wow! I had a pair of Osiris and at my school in like 97-98 we would put a folded sock in between the tongue and the top of the foot to make them look even bigger! Haha, awesome memories!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahaha I love that.

[@mr.freake1528]

I remember my first pair of Osiris and I didn’t even want to wear them in my board cuz I didn’t want to ruin them lmao

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice

[@josebrownceballos3996]

Hands down the most popular shoe when I was on middle school. I could have sworn these were targeted towards snowboarders who skate in the off season and the bulk was to mimic snow boots. Like most DVS shoes. I also loved the consolidated Banana shoes!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick. What are the banana shoes

[@mattscott4382]

Consolidated Drunks

[@joshuagiles7883]

Also i love how JD can out skate everyone there who’ve been skating 3 times longer than he’s been alive

[@brailleskateboarding]

Same

[@sizzle7475]

Yeah was thinking the same thing 🤔

[@Victor-yl7st]

Hii Braille, i really appreciate your content, you helped me do my first ollie and i love you for that, it fell so awarding. Thank you!

[@brailleskateboarding]

that is awesome, you are welcome!

[@Victor-yl7st]

@@brailleskateboarding 🙏🙏

[@peazeralus]

Congrats bro! You'll remember that feeling until your last day on Earth. Keep pushing, lil homie 🤜🔥🤛

[@Victor-yl7st]

@@peazeralus Thanks

[@saqphire]

I'm a sucker for nostalgia! I just spent the last half hour looking for the Emerica's I had 20 years ago

[@cashmoola]

This brought back some memories! I had a pair of D3's back in the day and lost one of them running from the cops. 😂 They were so comfortable but sooo poofy. That's how most skate shoes were in that era tho. JNCO's look so dumb now but they used to be so popular in the late 90's.

[@brailleskateboarding]

So true. Are they coming back?

[@cashmoola]

@@brailleskateboarding We will have to wait and see! They are definitely a disadvantage for skating though. Wouldn't make much sense to devolve back to parachute pants and moon boots for shoes 😂

[@sessionsinparadise7357]

Glo-boarder + D3 part = steeeeeeeeeeeeze 🙌 let’s go Braille ! Practicing my “the floor is lava “ skills . One day imma be on the channel with y’all

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@basedty777]

These shoes fit Glos swag perfectly

[@human_cube]

i remember everyone had these so i got the OG gray josh kalis DC's shoes as my first REAL PAIR of skate shoes. grew out of them after a summer still got them in a box cause of how fast i grew out of them.

[@Zeddicus_Zorander]

The Emerica “Reynolds” were dope too. 👏

[@justjasontm]

The Reynolds 2 were my favorite shoe back in the day!

[@SassySlayer69]

@@justjasontm yup! I had the reynolds 2 in purple, and they felt so buttery for tres. Also.: Vans Rowley X, Rowley Squares, and Vans Fairlane (originals, not rhe newer reissues)

[@bradfoster8146]

Bro, Gabe's bail at 13:54. I'm howling 😂

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahahahaha

[@MyCoolBrett]

Back in the day you were only allowed to wear these if you were the best skater at the park, or the worst skater at the park, no in-between

[@MikeStrip]

These were so great. Globes, Etnies and DVS Comanches I used to wear! You guys should do a video wearing moon shoes!

[@GodofLovers]

The designer of those shoes just said, I wanted to make a skate shoe that matches baggy pants. That's it.

[@wskyjoe]

'93 grad. the shoe back then was the Airwalk Velocity. kinda like these with the extra protection areas but they were hightops

[@Survival7s]

You should skate the gobstopper shoes

[@brailleskateboarding]

We ordered a pair!

[@garagegnomes]

I had a few pair of these...and some puffy Globes..which were the most durable shoes I ever owned. Axion Kareem Cambell Kicks were the best ever for me!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Boom

[@daxthevaultdweller9308]

Hard to watch this video after aaron lost his mind

[@redneckmetalhead1931]

I just gotta say, seeing A Perfect Circle in '03 would've been SICK!! Also, looking back on the puffy skate shoe era, my favorites were from Etnies and DVS, but since i saw these a few weeks ago, i think I'm gonna have to cop a pair along with some baggies

[@abelinkinxvi1735]

Class 2001. I could never rep these shoes. They are like skating with bricks on, although on the flip side the primo seems less scary. I was rocking adio back then. I want to see who can continuously kick flip the most(once you land, you must Ollie into another kick flip. Kinda like jump rope) Keep up the great work all, cheers

[@brailleskateboarding]

Ya true

[@alexdimanche8774]

vintage airwalk is what I grew up in, Airwalk NTS and the Airwalk Velocity were iconic!!!!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Oh ya so good. Send us some hahaha

[@alexdimanche8774]

@@brailleskateboarding for skateboard fashion for sure...I think only OGs out there that old glue would probably tear up easily haha.....now Airwalk needs to bring em back....the NTS was actually a BMX shoe if I can recall. @Airwalkusa send them some hahaa

[@jedimasterham2]

I had the Osiris D3 2001 that I won from Slam City Jam. Got it before the release. Most padded shoe ever, but still fun to wear!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@sheldonhouse8773]

Those are D3 2001s (the mk2 of D3s), I preferred the original D3s, now sold as OG D3s. I had a pair of blue and yellow D3s back in the day, and I loved them!

[@brianbockus]

I remember these from my childhood. Everyone had them. I have like 15 pairs atm they also did the original d3 before the 2001 reissue. Also Glo needs to make this one of his daily shoes. He rocks them well and those kickflips are buttery

[@brailleskateboarding]

Right?

[@Abyss9099]

Graduated in ‘94. Way back in the day I rocked Vision Street Wear high tops and rode a Powell ‘Hawk claw. Those shoes had absolutely zero support. 😂 Man, I miss those days!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Wow so sick! I love it

[@hhaste]

I still remember a now deceased middle school friend wearing D3's *AND* the JNCO's, when he was a huge skater.. I didn't get reminded of him until the JNCO's came out at 20:06.. RIP John

[@jacoblevi2145]

Aaron hit that first kick flip and 3rd eye blind just started blaring out of nowhere in my mind

[@brailleskateboarding]

Amazing

[@AZShredders]

Omg Gave's 2 falls got me hahahaha, havent laugh like this in years, the one on the shove it revert and treyflip haha, yo I love Gabe and all you guys tho I watch you guys every day much love!!!!!!!!!

[@pajammajoe5961]

I was out of school by '06, I was 11 in 99, the skateboard was my life at one time. Seeing those pants and shoes..I don't know weather to laugh or cry, cool video

[@DunderHead.5000]

I have some poofy Globe Sabres. Most skate shoes are too narrow and I wear a 13 3E/E but most skate shoes are D or DD. The Sabres are the only shoes that I found to be wide enough, although I haven't tried the Osiris D3 but I don't have money to try shoes just to see if they work, took years for me to discover the Sabre.

[@OhNugs]

The storm was such a dope skating film , love you guys btw

[@brailleskateboarding]

Thanks so much

[@anester1866]

I never had those. but i did have Globe CT-IV. pretty much the same thing. you can buy them now for $100. i know they werent that much at the time.

[@RonnieTheRat]

I learned to skate in converse around 2002 (not really a choice its what I had and couldn't afford anything new), I eventually moved onto a pair of MASSIVE DCs (which I had for so long ended up held together with gaffer tape), the comfort level was unreal. No more shredded feet, but it was like learning to skate again, lost all board feel. Moved on to Vans eras as a happy medium then settled on vans half cabs and never looked back. Tried a few others over the years but the half cabs are the best. Always wanted the D3s though. When I saw them in my local store last year I was tempted. Getting that feeling again.

[@jmacdizzle2070]

Converse makes a really comfy skate shoe btw.

[@ililxaphanlili2600]

I use to get thicker shoes like dvs and I loved them. Idk if it was a mental thing but it always felt like they were softer and that you didn't feel impact as much as the thinner shoes.

[@123risekenny]

@Gabe all shoes in the early 2000s were puffy to emulate basketball shoes. Flip in flip out wasn't a thing back then so board feel wasn't a huge issue!

[@chrisphillips2419]

Graduated in 94. Skated 83-94 vans all the way and still to this day. All canvas old school low and high tops

[@lopingmymule3104]

I graduated 09. pretty much every grade in school someone had a pair of these. I had a few and my mom called all the Osiris’ “moon boots”

[@toddgilman9476]

"Now put on these JNCOs and see what time it is". Made my day. Working from home, wearing JNCOs right now. Kuz I'm that many years old.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Daaaaaang, now I need some JNCOs.

[@graalcloud]

I recently got a pair of Osiris and they fell apart in 2 weeks flat. It was nothing like the build quality I remember in the 2000s. On the other hand I have a pair of modern rodney mullen branded globe shoes right now that have lasted almost a year and I skate often and do flip tricks.

[@peterpacciani666]

Yes but the just stopped the production of rodney mullen one 🤔😵‍💫

[@rickybobby147]

The guy that said poser had me crying 😂😂😂

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahaha

[@airdolphin]

this is the most drippy ive ever seen Arron!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahaha

[@kenny387]

When the air pocket pops it makes the best sound I loved these dumb things hahaha

[@poodlenoodlesoup1]

I've rocked DCs, Osiris, vans, Nike sb..... best pair i ever had was a pair of Van's from 1991 with the tan-orange bottoms. Lasted till 2002.

[@PawRecord]

14:05 thank gabe for the shot of the bottom of the D3s! That brought back some memories lol. Those were my favorite shoes as a teen!

[@KingReyhanShippey]

I had a pair of black and blue Osiris D3s back in 2004 when I was still skating in my 3 year I believe.

[@williammadray7818]

I don't know. I gotta stick with my Vans SK8 HI comfy cush for the most comfortable and my Vans Jeff Grosso limited edition re issue Sk8 hi with a gel sole upgrade for the best. Y'all are having so much fun I had to go back and watch the rest.

[@StevefromCincinnati]

there was a minute I only skated these... and eventually switched to the adio bams, junior high, early high school was ridiculous...

[@brailleskateboarding]

Amazing

[@justinellis2936]

I still skate shoes like this and I'm 40 years old been skating since I was 7. I have a pair of DVS that are very similar. Dont go through both eyelet holes you can though. The outside flap is to protect the laces

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@coopermcduff]

Grew up poor but for some reason my dad bought be 6-7 pairs of skate shoes before school 8th grade. Huge sale at grapevine mall in TX. All red and black shoes, Fallen, ES, Adio, can’t remember what else. Remember the ES were way too thick for me.

[@connorleduc8935]

It was awesome meeting all you guys in west valley soo much fun!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Thanks for coming out!

[@connorleduc8935]

@@brailleskateboarding tell JD ill see him at Ellison!!

[@ivanhu6778]

should I buy smaller size or larger size?

[@ivanhu6778]

or normal size

[@Way2muchreality]

JD always having more fun with the box than the product 😭🤣

[@CTMoney7]

I respect the hustle and how far you have gotten.

[@uncle5metal2301]

lot of modern skaters want more foot feel on da board, but these puffy tongue shoes really nice at protect our foot, make almost all of heel tricks easier, i already have Etnies kingpin here, nice shoe!

[@indy2832]

JD looks like sonic wearing those😂

[@MrDeadstu]

Gabe must have got arrested - he bailed SO hard !

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahahaha

[@stucati78]

I brought a grey pair of D3 with a picture of Dave Mayhew on the box in the early 2000's. I travelled 45 miles to go get them from a skate shop that had them in stock and they were the last pair. The only other pair of shoes I wanted was the Bam Margera Adio but couldn't get them in my size anywhere.

[@lucasjohnson1811]

I skated back in the late 90s and early 2000s too and i always wanted some D3's. I got ONE pair of shoes a year and i chose Jamie Thomas Circas instead because i was impatient and my local shop didn't have the D3 in my size.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@chimmichurri6940]

Golly those threw me back. In our school it was between Osirus and the big DC shoes. I always liked the vans though

[@steveroyston5393]

I owned a pair of black & charcoal D3s back in the day. D3s are magical. Back then, I used to nollie heelflip gaps...

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@terrancefraenkel4979]

Do a video just like this but please please try out the Globe CT-IV chet Thomas 4th pro shoe with globe I've skated 4 pairs and there actually one of my fave and there a tank of a shoe just like these

[@solidbluebrian]

Glo was looking 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 in the red colorway!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Glo is fire

[@EmpyrealTeras]

I had some in 2000 when I was in 6th grade. After the D3 I got some globe CT-IVs…. I kind of want to buy both again.

[@ernestoperez9345]

These were huge when I was growing up! Remember mine for sure! Should try the Supra sky tops next hahaha

[@fadmap9676]

Where did u cop these at. Major flash back to my school days. Would love to get another pair

[@brailleskateboarding]

Gabe found them on the internet

[@skepticalbystander]

If you're testing the durability of how many kickflips a shoe can go through, you count the amount of scrapes of the shoe on the griptape,, it doesn't matter how many you land, bailed attempts count because they still wear out the shoe, and double flips maybe count as 1.5 because of a bit of extra force goes into them, but it doesn't matter if you land, it's still wearing the material if you're judging based on damage.

[@maupe8359]

Even in Germany back in the early 2000s you were laughed at wearing D3s. I swear - they did not fly!

[@chadmorrison9782]

These were the most dope pair of shoes you could have when I was a kid. You could use the inside eyelets and never rip your laces. Glo could definitley rock these still. I think Globe had something similar

[@brailleskateboarding]

Rad

[@punkfiendofficial]

Osiris were the classic back in the 90s always wanted a pair cause they looked comfortable to skate in

[@reeddeamer7809]

I saw the osiris storm tour in NYC. Got my picture with BT in 1999. Hsu was insane. Graduated class 1999.

[@Shock_Mike_Hawke]

Jeff is there, what a pleasant surprise. Love ya Jeff.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yup

[@C0R3ON3]

Knew them right away. I freaking loved my Osiris D3's... I would so rock those again. Those and my old school Etnies Sal barbier's. Epic shoes on point!

[@brailleskateboarding]

So good

[@emielhasselt2518]

Whahaha Aaron does accually sound like the scream in disturbed's 'down with the sickness'😂

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes hahahah

[@IseeTheliter]

The only time I wore those D3 shoes was when ollieing or bigspin down a 6-10 stair . They were very padded and comfortable but for flip tricks not the best and yeah lots of ankle rolls lol. The 90s pants are definitely an over exaggeration mines were never that big . I eventually got comfortable wearing DVS then retired skateboard at 32 due to back injury and weight gain I still ride the streets but done doing any stairs or flip tricks.

[@caodesignworks2407]

I never had those one's, but I had a black pair that were amazing

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sick

[@forg0tten]

I knew I saw D3's in that intro. Childhood blast from the past. There was so much hype around these shoes.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Love it

[@NOTFORFAINTEDHEART]

Let’s Bring back the late 2000’s shoes design. I used to wear those bulky shoes when i was skating wayback 2002 In the Philippines. I had the airwalk brand same design of that osiris shoes.

[@metalwill1118]

I had the original D3's and the 2001's. Loved them both and would buy a pair right now if I saw them at a local shop.

[@MrCaquita23]

Another cool Osiris video is Never gets old. That ollie late shove it on the bank was clean