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Hey everybody — my name is Chris and this will be my first post highlighting some of my favorite clients and their designs!
It is not often that you get to work with bands that you’ve listened to your entire life. Think big time. For me, one of those bands is Sublime, which took on a new lead singer about 10 years ago. Their name is Rome Ramirez and they are pretty amazing. The inquiry came over through none other than Cheez who works with other awesome artists as well.
They reached out to me prior to a show that Sublime with Rome was playing at Lake of the Ozarks, and we were able to rush them to them prior to the show. They were not only used as custom neck gaiters but it was bike week and they turned out to be a smash hit. What an awesome way to show your support for a band!
I was able to attend the annual Dirty Head’s Orlando Vacation this year and saw Sublime with Rome, and it was great to be able to wear my custom Hoo-rag with their logo and got lots of questions about it from fellow concert-goers. If you’ve been living under a rock for the last 30 years and haven’t listened to their music, check out Sublime with Rome on iTunes, Amazon Music, or anywhere you can consume music!
In the case that you’d like some awesome custom neck gaiters, or another custom product for your company, give me a call or shoot me an email. I can be reached at Chris@hoorag.com or 1.888.831.9344 ext 109.
Design is available from Pesca Panama and cannot be found at hoorag.com
Hey guys — my name is Kody and we’re starting a new weekly blog where we showcase some of our favorite clients and designs. Let episode one commence!
We hadn’t heard from Mike at Pesca Panama for a while, probably due to COVID and travel restrictions, but he got in touch with us recently about a re-order. Mike operates an offshore fishing lodge in Panama where guests come and live on his floating 80′ boat and go out sport fishing. The background image on their custom bandana design is actually a blown-up fish fin from an image he had taken on one of those trips. The colors definitely make me think of the ocean and fishing which is why they make perfect gifts for his clients. They serve as a nice little reminder of a week spent in a tropical paradise catching some huge (And I mean HUGE) fish.
Mike hasn’t offered me a free trip yet, but I’m assuming it’s in the mail still and will be here any day! In the meantime, you can check out their awesome spot by searching for Pesca Panama on Google, Facebook, or Instagram.
If you ever need a custom bandana, hit me up. I will make sure you get hooked up! You can e-mail me at Kody@hoorag.com or call me at 1.888.831.9344 ext 107
Knowing how to layer winter clothes will help you enjoy winter even more. And SubZeroMax by Hoo-rag is here to help you stay warm even when Jack Frost is slinging enough frozen weather to whack The Iceman Wim Hof!
Since we can’t all wear shorts and flip-flops in January like Mr. Hof, we need to utilize layers with our winter clothes. Why? Because you can wear the heaviest coat on Earth and it won’t keep you warm if you are facing extreme elements. Layers utilize trapped air to keep you warm. One layer, regardless of the thickness, cannot keep you as warm because the warm air will quickly escape the one layer.
Another reason layers are recommended in wintertime is because each layer has its own function. Like The Iceman – his function is to make us feel bad about not being able to hold our breath for 9 minutes! The inner layer of winter clothes should function to keep moisture off your skin. Moisture-wicking material such as Hoo-rag’s polyester microfiber is best for this inner layer.
The middle layer is the main air trapper. This is the insulator that warms you up with the air trapped between the outer and inner layer next to your skin. Each layer is crucial to keeping your body temperature at a safe level.
The outer layer does this by keeping the elements out! Wind and precipitation should be blocked by your outer “shell,” because once the elements defeat that barrier then the inner two layers are at risk of getting wet and becoming cold fast!
Gifts for dad should not stop with Father’s Day. You know it and we know it. We owe this guy a lot. Who else would have told us to stop acting like a jerk when we just thought we were being cool? What about those loans to bail us out of jams? And who better to threaten wayward boys who dared disrespect daughters near and far? Dad is the man!
If Father’s Day is staring your calendar down like a father looking at your shamefully dirty car, Hoo-rag is coming to your rescue. Getting disowned by your pops at any age is no fun. We can quickly ship super cool gifts like:
Arm sleeves for basketball dads.
Bandanas for motorcycle men.
Neck gaiters to cool the old guy off on the lake.
We’ve even got extra-large sizes for larger-than-life dads – big daddies if you will.
For those with deep pockets, our suggestion at this post’s end will hook you…
Custom designed fitness gear for your next big race shouldn’t be difficult to order. Hoo-rag believes in ease so we put custom design templates at your disposal. You may be in charge of a 5k, 10k, half-marathon, or a go-cart race – we’ve seen it all. Regardless of the race type, we want to enable you to design your own bandana online simply with zero confusion.
Sure, some folks will keep wearing the one item they got printed 27 years ago in their first road race. But others like to keep it fresh by wearing apparel related to the current race and decade.
“1983 Peachtree Road Race” shows your longevity if the tee hasn’t faded completely.
T-shirts are good for warm weather only – a custom bandana is rockable all 4 seasons.
Design your own headband online so you can hang with the cool running kids.
We’re dropping the top 9 activities that are made more awesome with a neck gaiter. It’s frighteningly obvious you guys want to wear your Hoo-rag 24/7, even when fighting off wild animals. But let’s focus, people! Here are our top 9 activities:
Easy Running And Insane Runs
Going on a casual run without sun protection is bold but reckless. You can’t defeat the sun even if you’ve gone mad and entered a 50-mile trail race or OCR. An urban adventure that requires a tad of running can also be enhanced with a moisture-wicking neck gaiter.
BTW – it doesn’t matter if these runs are in the cold or during the dog days of summer. A Hoo-rag is made to convert your comfort level in either extreme. Yes, the paisley design is cool but works in January too!
Ski Time – Snowboarding vs. Skiing
News flash. It gets cold on those winter slopes. We don’t expect you to know climate facts like that – that’s why we’re here. When it’s ski or snowboard time you’re all fired up, but get chilly when the adrenaline fades. Layers help but so does a neck gaiter to protect that Adam’s Apple from Jack Frost.
Whether you love snowboarding or skiing more, just know that a Hoo-rag gaiter can be quickly slid up to cover your face. Handy for cold weather storm pop-ups involving a little too much falling ice.
A custom headband can do wonders for you ladies looking for breathing room for your head! Let’s face it, long hair can really raise the temperature on your brain when you hit the gym or go for a run. That can mean trouble for you… and your family who depend on your big brain to keep things running smoothly at home.
For example, if you overheat your mind during a hot yoga session, who’s gonna remember to get the dog groomed and kids picked up from music lessons? The hubby? Funny – you better prepare for the kids to come home flea-dipped and the poodle playing the piano.
Even if you’re not running a household, you still have to keep your cool. Design your own headband and you’ll never quit your marathon training early. Hey, some hardcore ladies have been sidelined due to smothering their head with extreme heat wearing only a cap. All a heavy cap does is hold heat in and causes you to run into low-hanging branches! A lightweight custom headband keeps the sweat out of your eyes, defends against UV rays, and adds style to your stride.
Before anyone gets offended, we are not against sweat! Sweating can prevent colds and infections. A good sweat boosts your energy level and preps you for stressful situations like:
Parent / teacher conferences.
Traffic jams.
A child trying out their salon skills on their sister.
College exams.
But we are highly against sweat derailing a solid workout. How can you pick a proper playlist mid-run when your eyes are full of sweat? You might end up clicking a John Legend or Adele album which could cause you to mope all the way home at a 42-min / mile pace. Believe it or not, you can handle head sweat with a fashionable custom headband that’s breathable while showing off your personality.
We print your personalized headbands right here in the USA. We’ll even help you craft a cool design for your running group, birthday party, or yoga crew. Our designers are eager to help you (for free). One, in particular, loves working with ladies on custom head scarfs, mainly to skip out on her spin class. We won’t mention any names.
Over the years we’ve had some amazing Half-hoo headbands createdonce groups learned they could make your own headbands online. Ladies get super-creative when it comes to fitness apparel. We’ve seen hilarious jogger mottos, logos that rocked, and fundraising designs that inspired us all.
Now you have no excuse to hang onto that wool NASA cap that’s bound to cause a miniature coconut tree accident eventually. That itchy Reebok headband from 2012 can go to Goodwill the garbage bin. Show the world your team’s personalized style and keep sweat in its place with a custom headband that can be transformed into a facemask, ponytail holder, and more.
A custom bandana or custom neck gaiter for your organization or event is a no-brainer. Why? Well, prop your feet up then check out 5 reasons your logo should get a chance to shine on a personalized gaiter. We might toss in a bonus reason at the end…
Promotional t-shirts are so 1995. Unless you’re wearing a Nirvana t-shirt, no one will remember what kind of shirt you had on at a 5K race. The last t-shirt that garnered real attention had to be the yellow smiley face one made by Forrest Gump. And all it was good for was wiping mud off his grill. A freshly designed Hoo-rag would have protected Forrest from the mud in the first place. Would it have saved Bubba? We can only speculate.
Save their skin. You can be a hero to your employees, team, or running group by protecting them from UV rays. Sure, it’s funny when Uncle Junebug looks like a lobster after falling asleep on the boat in July. But the sun causes real damage – wrinkles are just the tip of the iceberg. Your logo on a custom neck gaiter can prevent that problem with 30-UPF protection. The Uncle Junebugs of the world need all the face help they can get so one day they may luck up and trick someone into marrying them.
Affordability. A custom neck gaiter order won’t put a hurting on your budget like other promotional items – hoodies, sweatshirts, or caps. We’ve seen hoodies that cost as much as a Labradoodle – and not nearly as soft. And sweatshirts can be as costly as a set of used snow skis. Ironically, you can only use both items part of the year. Caps are one-dimensional, while our comfortable custom gaiter masks can convert into a headband, beanie, pirate rag, etc.
Our free design help is available. Not everyone is an artist. It’s OK to let Bob in accounting down easy about his limited design skills. Your logo or company name deserves a true artist to make your design pop on a personalized face mask. If you need to console Bob, we can hook him up with one of our friendly customer service peeps for therapy.
Adaptation. Would we be shocked to see t-shirts, stickers, and promotional pens go extinct in the next couple years? No! These items are still customizable, but their freshness has faded and their uses are limited. Shirts are 99 cents a bag at Goodwill. Stickers have a messy reputation for causing 8 out of 13 backing up accidents due to extreme usage on back glasses. But an SPF neck gaiter adapts to the elements and is here to stay.
Those are 5 solid reasons to put your logo or design on a lightweight custom neck gaiter. But we promised a bonus reason. Here you go…
“The point of marketing is to stand out… not fit in.” At least that’s what the great Don Draper once said while fishing with his custom pirate neck gaiter on.☺ A Hoo-rag stands out. That’s the point of giving your people a custom piece of apparel, right? So folks notice.
We should consider hiring some kids to help design our face masks and bandanas. After all, who do you trust to pick out cool clothes? Dad, who paid good money for that regrettable Nickelback hoodie. Or your child who has been setting fashion trends since pre-school?
It’s a no-brainer right! If not for youngsters, the whole world would be one boring line of cookie-cutter suits and uniforms. Left to us adults, we’d still be listening to Elvis while doing the jitterbug too. Please, no hate-mail from you Elvis fans.
Then Came Full Face Bandanas
The pandemic threw a monkey wrench in… well, everything. Not to mention kid fashion. Moms throughout the land had trouble getting little Johnnys and Jennys to slip on a full face bandana or other face cover. The Dollar Tree was no place to shop for 4th-graders looking to impress the ladies or stay out of Mean Girls’ insult range.
Kids want to look cool and that’s a trend that will never end. Luckily Hoo-rag had a jump on face cover bandana styles. Since 2012, we’ve heard from lots of moms about designs that would make kiddos eager to wear face masks for outdoor activities, sun protection, and fighting off frozen faces.
Adding a splash of cool to any apparel makes it easy to convince young folks to give it a try. No need for trickery – save that for getting chores accomplished. Just ask a certain Hoo-rag team member about that – looking at you Kayla!
Don’t Annoy the Child
Let’s say you succeed in getting a stubborn child (youngest one, right?) to wear a full face bandana because someone cool designed it. Even then you have to deal with a rowdy child saying the face cover is uncomfortable… aka “I hate this thing.” That won’t work, but don’t worry.
Hoo-rag’s focus has always been on comfort. Making cool face and head apparel is in our DNA. But we know that wouldn’t matter without comfort. No one would wear a full face bandana if:
It’s too tight.
Gets all sweaty.
Makes it difficult to breathe.
A child gaiter mask must be light, comfortable, breathable, and wick away moisture. Those little whipper-snappers move around a lot. And you can’t have your toddler being the stinky kid!
Kids at Heart
Luckily for us, we have designers who are creative kids at heart. They craft amazing designs, making it easy to get kids on board with our children’s bandana mask line-up. The team has created over 20 different fun designs and color options. Not sure when those guys sleep.
Wondering about sizing? Our kids full face bandanas are about 17.5” long x 8.5” wide. Yes, they are made for boys and girls – and provide 30+ UPF protection from Mama Nature.
Now, brace yourself. Your child will attempt to wear their fresh Hoo-rag in several different manners. Mainly a face mask, but prepare for conversions to a neck gaiter, beanie, do-rag, and the dreaded pirate rag. No need to try and stop them. Our bandanas are better because they are meant to modify for all those uses and more.
Plus, you know how kids are. If you stand in their way, it’ll only encourage them to invent 23 more ways to wear their new face bandana. As a side-note, do encourage the hubby to burn that hoodie.
This is serious folks. Lots of grown men are getting left out of outdoor adventure. The reason? Their giant domes are getting in the way! Can a face mask fix that issue? We’ll get to that, but first let’s look at why these particular guys are missing out on the fun:
Friends fear fishing injuries will occur when casting anywhere near a globe-sized head.
Skiing groups can’t risk an avalanche by taking Big Head Ted on the slopes.
And some of the guys can’t afford the 8 tubes of sunscreen it takes to protect their super-sized skull. And the other risk, we’ll get there…
While the situation does sound pretty dire, there’s hope for these fellas with colossal craniums. At Hoo-rag, we are making sure no one gets left out of outdoor activities – regardless of head size.
XL Sun Protection
Need proof? The sunscreen problem is over now that we have extra-large full-face bandanas. These XL Hoo-rags are made from the same awesome material as our originals but are approximately 19” long x 10.5” wide. Available in over 25 designs, they’re rated to 30 UPF (similar to SPF but for apparel).
So no more excuses gentlemen – hit the lake and cover up a bit. Your head will be grateful for the lightweight sun shield. Trust us, your future self doesn’t want to deal with sun damage from your youth.
Slope Safe
What kind of skittish friends do you have if they are terrified of your heavyweight head causing an avalanche? Maybe they’ve watched one too many foreign films detailing ski disasters. While we are not mountain stability experts, we just make insanely cool face masks, we feel the slopes are safe for big heads.
That doesn’t mean trying out tricks you saw on X Games your first time out there, Ted. Ease into it – just in case. You don’t want any trouble. We know you’ll get blamed for any mishap on a mountainside. If something does go wrong you can disguise yourself with your extra-large full-face bandana.
Fishing Face Mask
First off, the reports of emergency room visits by giant-headed fishermen have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors probably started by that average-headed Kevin VanDam. Now, if you’ve got a reckless fishing buddy slinging buzzbaits like a maniac, a treble hook to the face is possible. But most fishing tandems watch out for each other. Well, 86% of them – that’s not bad! To ease your mind about asking your bucket-headed buddy along for some bass fishing, just make sure he’s highly visible. We have plenty of extra-large face gaiters that stand out so you don’t set a hook on a pal’s record-setting forehead.
Wrap Up
Have we done the big-headed population a great service with this article? Clearly.
Men all over the country will be headed, no pun intended, out for adventure with their crew. No stigma about herculean heads holding them back. It does our hearts good to know we did our part to get more fellas off the couch, hitting some lakes and trails, or just camping out with his people. Oh, we can’t leave without mentioning that other risk. Many Big Head Teds have nearly been choked out with traditional gaiters and bandanas made for gen pop craniums. That problem has been eradicated too with our loose-fitting gaiter. You’ll finally feel modern comfort once you slide an extra-large Hoo-rag face mask on that gorgeous gigantic head of yours.
