{"id":436719,"date":"2015-03-26T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=436719"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:16:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T22:16:37","slug":"chase-reed-talks-sneaker-pawn-favorite-pumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/chase-reed-talks-sneaker-pawn-favorite-pumas\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Reed Talks Sneaker Pawn &#038; Favorite PUMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chase Reed<\/strong> is a busy young man. While most high school students are trying to navigate and balance the early days of being cool and being responsible, Chase is doing all of that and then some on a higher level: Chase runs New York&#8217;s Sneaker Pawn.<\/p>\n<p>Old enough to drive and clearly old enough to thrive, we caught up with Chase to discuss his busy life, favorite PUMAs and what&#8217;s next for Sneaker Pawn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: You&#8217;re still in high school. How has balancing the workload between academics and your business been so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Being in high school and running a business is really hard for me. Sometimes I may work harder on my business than school because sneakers are what I love to do naturally, but my parents always bring me back to reality about school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: Sneaker culture in New York is as rich as it is in any city. How does Sneaker Pawn add to the culture in such a strong city?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Sneaker Pawn has pushed the sneaker culture to another level by allowing sneaker heads to make loans on their pricey sneakers and really use them as a commodity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: New York is a city where everyone is always going for the crown. Back in the 70s, PUMA athlete Clyde Frazier was the style king. What do you think made him such an icon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Clyde Frazier is such an icon to me because he stepped out of the box from looking like a corporate executive to dressing like he was an American gangster. I would think every kid wanted to be like him, he was the Kanye West of his day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: Back in the day, PUMA kicks like the Clyde and the Suede held a big space in hip-hop and breakdancing. Which related cultures do you feel drive sneaker culture today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Breakdancing played a big role in the sneaker culture back in the day, but today young kids like myself run the sneaker game. I call us the &#8220;Sneaker Nation.&#8221; We do it for the love of fashion and trendsetting.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: From classic appeal to new school collabs, how do you feel PUMA thrives in today&#8217;s sneaker culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> PUMA is what you would call the OG of the sneaker game; it is one of the four pillars of footwear. I think PUMA is always trying to reinvent itself by giving kids like me a chance to speak out about the living legend of PUMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: If you could add one pair of PUMAs to your collection what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> My favorite PUMA is the Ralph Sampson high top, my father used to have those.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: Before Sneaker Pawn, you started off customizing kicks. If there was one pair of PUMAs you could put your own custom flavor on or collaborate on which pair would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> If I could customize a pair of PUMAs it would be the Ralph Sampsons, they&#8217;re classic and I would really do a nice job on those.<\/p>\n PUMA Ralph Sampson (photo via <a title=\"K'LEKT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klekt.in\/vintage-sneaker\/puma_1\/puma-ralph-sampson_i748\" target=\"_blank\">K&#8217;LEKT<\/a>)\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: From a style standpoint, how does Foot Locker having a one stop shop like the Puma Lab allow you to curate your outfit from the ground up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Having everything PUMA in one place makes the whole experience of picking out an outfit or outfits so much easier. It&#8217;s almost like online shopping, you get to see everything right in front of you at once and really visualize how well it goes together&#8211; just like having multiple browser screens open trying to pair things together. I love the idea of PUMA Lab being in Foot Locker because if I want to be PUMA&#8217;d out I would pick a couple pairs of sneakers first, then hit the apparel to see what goes with what best and to feel out my mood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snkrs Day: Lastly, what can readers of Snkrs Day expect next from Sneaker Pawn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Reed:<\/strong> Sneaker Pawn plans on opening its first sneaker store on the west coast in the next sixty days on Melrose in LA, along with launching my first <a title=\"Sneaker Pawn on Kickstarter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1186097524\/sneaker-pawn\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a> (@sneaker_pawn) to help raise funding to franchise my business.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chase is wearing the PUMA XS 500 Graphic and new apparel from the <strong>PUMA Lab powered by Foot Locker<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Reed is a busy young man. 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