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Circa and Osiris also jumped the shark when their teams picked up some questionable riders. D3s were/are straight foolish. Seems a lot of skate shoe companies becoming more mainstream led to the design teams thinking about sales than innovation. Which was probably the reason Airwalk fell off so bad with DC, etnies, DVS, Adio, etc. following to an extent with their many different shoes which look very similar and only a few skate good.

Not to mention the whole retro/boardfeel/tight pants movement which has killed the whole moonboot/swishy cargo pants look of the '90's.

I like kind of puffy tongues (not pillowy but not flat either) since they protect my instep from the board and make it so I don't have to tie my shoes tight. Sucks when a board hits you in the front of the ankle or achilles.

It's silly to see 'pro model shoes' which are basically the same design as some shoes that have been around for years (adidas campus, Nike Dunk, etc.) with a few cosmetic tweaks but the main thing is that they sell and skate good which is why companies still make them. Used to love shoes like the Axion Kareem Campbell, Guy Mariano, DC Rick Howards, DVS Sean Sheffey but air bubbles seem like overkill unless you're skating stairs and only seem to make the shoe heavier, less stable and more expensive. At least with simpler cheaper shoes for the same price of a pair of shoes during the '90's you could probably get 2 or 3 pairs of shoes.

The Legacy?

Picture taken from nikesb.org thread.
Rad looking shoe but felt like they'd skate terrible. All that rubber wasn't grippy and the sole felt weird with that Soap Shoe indent in the middle. Maybe they were decent for vert skating since they were a Danny Way x Colin McKay dual pro model. I had the orange/grey/black ones but forgot what happened to them. The all black ones were sick.

If only there was a site with catalog scans from back then.

Exactly. Comfortable shoes which skate good and break in within a few hours for $50-60 > moon boots that last forever but have no board feel and cost nearly $100

The whole love for 90's skate shoes is fueled by nostalgia. I have a feeling a lot of designs if brought back would sit on shelves after the initial wave of purchases by older guys. Bought some crazy DC Boxer type shoes with the air bubbles (forgot which ones they were) and just ended up reselling them without wearing them since just taking them out of the box they felt like bricks.

After the air bubble on my Huf 3's crumbled I have since given up on unnecessary technology. Don't skate stairs that much and if anything air bubbles seem to increase the chances of ankle rolls instead of preventing heel bruises. Zoom insoles are okay though.