“Roark is everything that embodies a life worth living. A pretty generous statement for a clothing brand, but Roark is so much more. The companies ethos and mission statement is a mirror of the relationship I share with my brothers. Once a year, my childhood friends and I make a annual stand against the drudgery of everyday life by planning what we call “the Trip”. The Trip is a unifying goal each of my friends long for every year. People have a way of letting life get in the way of their friendships, I refuse. This idea was born over a simple conversation and has manifested into us hiking mountains and white water rafting in the Tennessee hills, snow boarding through unsolvent powder in the high reaches of Copper Mountain and battling monsters on a rickety old boat in the depths of the gulf. As the years pass, the trips impact looms larger yet simultaneously more difficult to capture. Through marriage, corporate jobs, kids and pandemics, life begins to weigh down the escape in my mind. But then I receive a Roark guidebook, the Roark crew traveling the far reaches of the unknown with a crew of nomads, wanderers and storytellers, shoots a adrenaline shot through my veins and has me yanking at the noose we call a tie while sending out the signal to my brothers reinvigorated with ideas of this years Trip and what adventures we will stumble upon. I drape these bones in Roark’s clothing around the house as well as on every trip, the durability and comfortability is why it has quickly overtaken my entire wardrobe. The graphic T’s with every wear have me subconsciously spinning the wheels in my mind of the prospects of locations that will host the Trip. But the reason I wear and represent Roark the most, is it plays a motivational role of keeping me who I am. The company inspires and encourages a wandering soul like my own. Following this brand through travel guides, graphic Tees, pictures and stories, has played a part however big or small, to remind me to never stop leaving. We are only afforded one life, one planet, one soul and I would be remised if I didn’t use them. Come Hell or Highwater, every year, I’m making the Trip and Roark plays a prominent role in reminding me to never stop wandering.”
“Ive bought this tee as diets for a couple people in my sphere, and they've been pleased. I didnt take it out of the bagbefore wrapping it, but it was well presented with professional graphics.”
