Nature Backs

So many people are curious as to how Nature Backs came to be. It is a question that gets asked a lot! So let&s;s begin! Back during my days in college, I had an ever increasing urge to go out into nature more and more. It started to become just a thing that my friends and I would do for fun. It was always done in a very casual manner, we would get a group of friends together and just go catch a sunset at a cool spot, or wed hike to a giant mountain overlook in the middle of the night to just catch the stars. No real planning or need for gear, just us and nature. Over time I realized the power in those moments. Those moments when we were caught in awe by something bigger than ourselves. It became such a beautiful way to bond with the people we were with in a way that not much else can offer. I found that these little adventures had a profound effect on resetting me back to how I should be. It helped bring the important things to the forefront of the mind, giving clarity and vision to life. Fast forward many months and months and I eventually graduated. It was time to enter adult mode. I knew I didnt really want a real 9-5 job and knew I had about 4 months of runway left with my lease ending and my bank account dwindling. My first venture was flipping cell phones. That made a decent amount of money but soon left me empty. I was not passionate about what I was doing. So I sat down and just really thought about what I would do if money was not a thing. What do I love doing? I realized that it involved heavily around traveling and being out in nature. Having looked back and remembered all the fun little adventures of my college days, I realized that that was the answer all along. I realized that I wanted to help others feel whatever it was I was feeling. So I set out to take that feeling and embody it into a brand using shirts as the medium of helping others connect with the idea. With that, in December of 2015 Nature Backs was born. The name is multidimensional, but at its core - we were bringing Nature back into ...