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Bigfoot Kick x Recover Brands

The Rebellious Adventurer tee has connected with customers across the country, from adventure festivals to breweries to good old digital purchases from every time zone. 

It's made for rogue spirits. The defiant. The ones that smash traditions and conventional ways of thinking. The shot-callers. The rule-breakers. Who fiercely pursue and relish the unknown. That face this wild adventure with a rebellious heart mindfully set on disrupting the status quo.

When it came time to restock this best-selling t-shirt, we wanted to switch things up and find a clothing partner that met two criteria: 

• Made in the USA - specifically near our Charlotte headquarters
• Made sustainability - capturing our commitment to protecting the environment and our membership with 1% for the Planet.  

After searching for just the right people to bring this to market, we choose Charlotte-based and sustainability leader, Recover Brands. Founded in 2010, Recover set out to build a company that focused on being as environmentally friendly and socially responsible as possible in all aspects of the business - from design to manufacturing to fulfillment. They've mastered the process of garment manufacturing, from upcycled cotton to recycled plastic bottles, and limiting the production radius of their products. 

Learn more about their process and sustainability efforts.

Bigfoot Kick is so excited to offer their super-soft, 100% organic shirt - made and printed in Charlotte, N.C. to you in two brand-new colorways: a vintage black and sage. It's the perfect canvas for our Rebellious Adventurer graphic - relaxed, comfortable, and durable. 

What's more - every purchase of this new shirt goes to support the Endangered Species Coalition to help protect our vulnerable animal populations so they can also enjoy their adventures. Read more about our partnership with them this year. 

So go ahead. Grab you one for a sustainable earth. For local partners working together. For how good you're going to look in this fly new shirt that lets the whole world know you do things your way.

It didn’t take long for Bigfoot to go digging in the trash and make a shirt. Like, literally.

Bigfoot Kick is beyond amped to introduce our Remix Kickback Shirt, made from 100% recycled cotton. In fact, made from straight trash. Yarn remnants and waste from US-grown cotton make up this super sustainable shirt while it’s cut, sewn, and finished in beautiful Los Angeles, California. And how is this shirt even possible? Because we scour the earth to find awesome pioneers to print our beloved karate cryptozoid on. This search led us to Everybody.World.

You Need to Buy This Right Now

First things first. This shirt is straight fire. Like, GQ rated fire. Yes. THAT GQ. The Everybody.World trash collection t-shirt was featured in the men’s fashion hub for bringing that eco-friendly fashion heat.

They also crowned it the best eco-friendly black shirt on the market. 

Ok now that we've deemed this certified heat and we’ve already covered how awesome for the planet this shirt is, we’ll dive into the super dope, eco-friendly print on the front. The graphic straight leaps off the cotton featuring our signature font and classic silhouette of Bigfoot firing off a sick roundhouse to the sky. Pressed clean in our “ lagoon” colorway with water-based inks, you’ll break a few necks with the head turns snapping your way. The casualties of looking this fly, we say.

How's it fit?

Besides fresh, soft, and better than anything else in your closet? Relaxed (no, you relax). It fits classic-relaxed with room to get all your moving and shaking done. Like dance moves or tiger uppercuts or simple trips to the fridge. Count. Every. Step! But seriously, if you want a tighter-closer-up-in-the-armpit fit, size one down. 

This tee is perfect by itself (with pants or shorts ya freak) or paired with the super dope Faherty Reversible Surplus Bomber. Dark jeans. Some Vans. Or York Athletic Gails. Throw on some Chrome aviators if you just wanna slay. That's still a cool word, right?

And one more little plug. Actually a big plug because this is very important. Every time this shirt gets purchased, we donate to 1% for the Planet to help protect our wildlife. It’s simple. Dope gear. Awesome partners. Wicked-good cause.

Believe in your gear. 

Bringing Purpose to Product

We all grow up dreaming of being something. Often it's an actor or sports star. Some have more noble aspirations. Doctors. Lawyers. Maybe president.

For me, it was a zoologist. Yup, I loved animals. Tigers, lions, birds, and sharks. I was fascinated by the interconnectedness of ecosystems. I marveled at the biodiversity of Mt. Kilimanjaro. I even made a replica of it for a social science project.

I also found myself captivated by 'Unsolved Mysteries' episodes of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. I watched every Discovery and Nat Geo documentary I could. I researched. I fantasized. I was determined to save up my chore money, travel to Scotland, camp on the shores of the loch, and discover Nessie.

Welp. None of that happened. Instead, life's journey took me on many different paths, but you know what they say. You can take the jungle out of the boy, but you can't take the book out of Mowgli. Or something like that. Spoiler, I didn't become a zoologist. But, I never lost my passion for the animal kingdom. I didn't lose my interest in cryptozoology, either.

I've always admired companies that do more than their product or service. That recognizes the pure-bred mindset of "we only exist to enrich our shareholders" is a middle-finger to all life. I believe universities and Harvard white papers call this called shared value. I say it's just being a concerned person and realizing we are all in this together.

So it was easy knowing our business had to mean something more. That it had to give back and help in some way. It was also easy tracing back all those things I loved and cared about growing up. The hardest part was finding the right avenue for it all to come together.

After careful research and thought, we made the call to use our business and platform, no matter how small or big and successful, to support the earth, its wildlife, and to make an impact. That's why we decided to become members of 1% for the Planet, a worldwide organization dedicated to connecting like-minded people to protect our home. Every last mile of it.

As a customer, you have the choice and spending power to go anywhere you like. We get it and respect that. We wouldn't think your whole closet is going to be full of Bigfoot Kick apparel. We hope you rock a tee-shirt, a hoodie, maybe a hat or two. Ok, maybe three or four. Ok, the point is, our customers should know that your purchase is more than just wearing a funky design. It's more than being wrapped in buttery soft comfort and top-notch stitching. It's more than being cool and the envy of all your lackluster-wardrobe friends.

It's about sending a signal that you care about the world and all of its inhabitants and you're committed, along with us, to helping out in any way you can.

Visit 1% for the Planet to learn more.