Roam X Savidge

If you have continued to follow our story, Dani and I both love to be outdoors and see all that the world has to offer. The mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers. Sunsets, sunrises, broken ruins, it all appeals to our eyes. At the start we had the goal to create a brand so that we could share a bit of inspiration for all to get out and find your own adventure. It was a lot of work to get things off the ground and it was put on the back burner for some time. We continue to share our pictures and videos with you all, but the clothing side of "Roam Often" had to be revisited. Focusing on other aspects of Roam, I was approached by a friend of mine from high school. While she was away at school she had become good friends with the owner of new clothing company by the name of Savidge Apparel. The founders of Savidge apparel, Connor and Jake, are two incredible individuals. Two of the most generous guys you could meet, they shred, and make awesome clothes.
We got to talking and spent a weekend together surfing, making sales calls, and going over the entities of the business. In the end, Roam and Savidge have come together to collaborate on designs for clothing and apparel for all. Go check out their website at http://www.savidgeapparel.com/ Our first Roam Often Longsleeve tee is now available on their website so be sure to get yours today.

-BeeJ

Pictures Don't Do Anything Justice

For those of you who don't know, I moved to Denver Colorado this past August. This place is incredible. I've been wanting to capture everything Colorado has to offer. The views from the mountains, the city landscapes, especially the changing seasons and the trees changing color, but it's been impossible. Yesterday, on my morning bike ride to yoga the light was perfectly reflecting off the river I ride along and I wanted to stop and capture everything in that moment. It was during that ride I realized the picture I would stop and take wouldn't capture the moment I was in. Don't get me wrong, I love capturing moments and love ATTEMPTING to capture a single place in a single frame but I'm having a hard time doing so since moving to Colorado. There's some type of magic here that can't be captured by a camera. It's something you have to feel, you have to experience in person. While wanting to capture more pictures here, I must say putting my phone and GoPro down have caused me to open my eyes to more that is around me and live more in the moment. Anyone seen that nature valley commercial where the dad and daughter hike to the top of a mountain and she takes a bunch of pictures trying to get the best shot? I'm 100% guilty of being like that girl but that Dads advice at the end really hits the nail on the head for where a lot of the world is at right now. He says something along the lines of the only way to capture a place like that is to sit and enjoy the moment. Instagram won't be around forever guys and I feel that it's more important to enjoy the moment rather than the amount of likes you get (I'm totally guilty of this too, and totally going to work on decreasing my use of it). While I do enjoy sharing my pictures as well as seeing others, my goal for the future is to not care about getting the "perfect shot." However, when they come along I will share. Today I spent the day in Washington Park with friends and on my bike ride home ended up passing the lake at a perfect moment and had to pull over. This is unedited and still doesn't capture what was actually happening in real life. I will do my best to share more of my time in Colorado but I do not apologize if my sharing significantly decreases. I urge you all to do the same. Increase your iphone battery life by leaving your phone in your bag.

Young, Wild, and Jobless

Sadly/hopefully the last time in my life that I am happy about being unemployed. While this is the case, I am taking full advantage of this time off and enjoying my free time as much as possible. Here is 4 minutes and 30 seconds of all the fun so far but summer isn't over yet! Time to bring on the roadtrips.

Stay tuned for Young, Wild, and Employed. Coming soon. Hopefully...

Young, Wild, and Jobless from Dani Nations on Vimeo.

Weekend Warriors

Every day that goes by, I always seem to be working for the weekend. With school and work loading down my weekly schedule, I'm always looking forward to what adventure awaits when the weekend arrives. The past few months, the weekends have held long drives and short drives up, down, and all around California. It goes from being in SLO one day, San Diego the next, and Sacramento to follow just a few days later. Most of the time the weekends are spent water skiing or wake boarding for a few days.

This past memorial day weekend, my roommate Trevor and I decided to take a trip back home but make a couple stops along the way. We packed up our surfboards, wake board, and water ski and made it on our way.

We started off leaving SLO Friday evening around six pm. From there we made our way along the windy coast line north of San Luis up to Big Sur. We were told by a friend, about a campsite on top of the hill overlooking the coast. We made our way into the fog not 100% sure as how far to go but ended up finding a great little spot to pitch our hammocks. Climbing up through the fog, we were banking on having a nice layer above us to keep us warm but the higher we went, the fog didn't seem to follow us. We were suddenly embraced by a warm setting sun and a billowy soft blanket of fog wrapping itself around the hills. Many stops were taken to capture the beauty of the sunset but pictures couldn't do it justice.

Racing the sunlight, we sped along the windy dirt road, bumping up and down, sliding around turns, thankfully making it safely to our campsite shortly before the sun set. We found a clearing with a patch of dirt just big enough to light our fire and a tree perfectly structured for two hammocks to go up. The clear sky above the fog layer left a beautiful night for the stars to gently tuck us in for a quick night sleep.

Waking up at 6 am, we quickly packed up camp and were on the road again by 6:30. The sun was up and guiding our way down the hill back into the thick layer of fog. It felt like a whole new day when we got below the fog. The sun was hidden and we were shrouded in the thickness all the way back to the water. Next stop: Santa Cruz, CA.

We made it to Santa Cruz around 9:30 am. 1 year ago, we made this same stop on a drive back home during Memorial Day weekend. Trying to surf at steamer lane, we were welcomed by a contest taking priority of the break so we continued searching along the coast for a good break to surf. We came across a spot with only a few surfers, so we followed them and hung out for about an hour before hitting the road again.

After sharing stories with a "traveler" and enjoying a super burrito from a local Mexican restaurant, we were back on the road headed for home. And not just for my home. We got to stop in San Jose to visit Trevor's childhood home. After the detour in San Jose, we continued north to Granite Bay where we spent the majority of the time on the boat, behind the boat, or in the water. Check out the video from the weekend.

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The Anthem: Memorial Day Weekend

Cave of Munits

This past week I caught the nasty flu that's been going around. It's the sickest I've been all year and I was stuck in my bed for three days. By the end of day 2 I was starting to go crazy not being able to be around people or go outside. By day 4 I didn't care how I felt I needed to do something, anything. 

I am very much the type of person who wants to get in the car and drive anywhere, I don't care how far, to do and find new things whenever I have more than 2 days off in a row. Lucky for me right now, this happens a lot. Unluckily for me, not everyone has the same philosophy about this as I do. Every once in a while though I can throw some people in the car and head off on adventures. I'll take it.

After I (kind of) got over my sickness we headed up to LA to go and find the cave of munits. Looking at the mountain from the outside you would never guess the little hole in the rock leads to a cave. We climbed some rocks and got inside the cave. As soon as we got into the cave I remembered I am terrified of bats. I heard something flying above me and quickly curled up into a little ball and had a baby panic attack. It was pigeons. I obviously got made fun of but the pigeons scared everyone so jokes on you guys! They make terrifying noises (way louder in a cave) and pop out all over the place. Those things move fast. We were able to climb up on top of the cave and climb around on more rocks  and get scared by more pigeons. And yes, it was worth the three hour drive to see a cave (anyone else who feels this way, be my friend). 

Hate you pigeons.

Adobe Falls

This place has practically been in my backyard for two years and I never knew it existed until yesterday. I think sometimes I get caught up in big, grand adventures and I forget that adventure is all around me. It's important to get out and explore new things, but it's also important to enjoy what's right in front of you.

I love this

Sometimes this type of work can be hard for me. I have ideas in my head that I want to share with the world but drawing and designing have never come easy to me. Hopefully with in the next couple of weeks Beej and I will have new designs out in our online store. Thanks again to everyone who constantly supports what we are doing. It is a journey and we hope that it is a long one. Now I'll spend the day doodling and hopefully producing something great, and this will go in a frame up in my house because this is the greatest piece of advice on a poster I have ever come across.