If you walk around any mall in America, you are bound to see someone wearing Air Jordans or some signature shoe of a current NBA player. Sneaker lovers, collectors, and enthusiasts alike, make up a massive community that spans across the globe. On YouTube, there are dozens of different channels that cater to this audience, and the newest star to be born is the channel “Kick’n It”.
Kick’n It is a YouTube channel created by Christopher Strachan (@COSeezy) which will focus on many different sneaker topics from celebrity sneaker discussions to stopping people in the streets of different cities to get their take on the shoe world.
Episode I was released last week and featured Stephen Curry:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIXaQVgyEsc]Strachan may have always had a love for basketball and sneakers, but he had to work hard to get to where he is at now. LetsGoWarriors.com got a chance to talk with him and find out what motivates him in his life endeavors.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, basketball has been part of Strachan’s life from a young age. After being cut from his high school basketball team multiple times, he never became discouraged and ended up working on the scorebooks for the junior varsity and varsity teams.
When it came time for college, Chris wanted to stay involved. He walked into the basketball offices at his new school, Liberty University, and walked out with a position as a manager. For the first year, that meant doing laundry and managing the team’s gear, but for Strachan, all he wanted was to be around the game.
Strachan continued to soak up knowledge while he was there. In our interview with him, he talked to us about his years in college and how his love for the game helped him in his career.
“I’m blessed with a photographic memory so I always knew the scouting report like the back of my hand,” he said. “There would be times during the game where players would come to me in the huddle to ask who they should foul late game or what I’m seeing out there.
“They truly trusted my opinion because they knew no one knew the game like I did.”
Strachan’s passion eventually earned him a full scholarship, and a new position was created just for him. He was promoted to student assistant where he would be breaking down video, and helping lock-up the school’s best-ever recruiting class.
Shortly after that, Strachan met someone who would become a lifelong friend…
Check out part 2 by clicking here.
(NOTE: Poor Man’s Commish contributed to this report.)
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