Wild Soul Brand

Brand Story

Wild Soul Brand founder relaxing in an Adirondack chair with a Ridgeblade folding knife, black and white portrait

Welcome

Hello friends! Welcome to Wild Soul Brand, an outdoor lifestyle collective, where products are created, stories are told, and memories are carved out by adventure. We specialize in outdoor gear, carefully curated with our audience in mind.

Out there

Gear in the wild

NextPad Camp heated seat cushion on a camp chair beside a lake with a fishing rod and tackle box
Ridgeblade folding pocket knife open on a plaid blanket beside a fishing rod at a marsh
Friends sitting at a forest campsite on NextPad Camp heated seat cushions
NextPad Camp seat cushion carried in its bag at a forest campsite
Ridgeblade folding knife stuck in a dock post while a boy jumps into the pond behind it
Ridgeblade folding knife displayed on a wood slice between deer antlers at an event booth
NextPad Camp seat cushion on an orange stadium seat
Founder relaxing on a porch with a NextPad Camp carry bag on a cooler
Ridgeblade folding knife resting in cattails at the edge of a marsh
Close-up of a NextPad Camp heated seat cushion and its power button on an outdoor patio seat
Hand holding a folded Ridgeblade pocket knife with a wood handle on a fishing dock
NextPad Camp seat cushion and carry bag on a folding camp chair under flowering shrubs

How it began

Started at 3AM

This brand and movement started at 3AM, an awakening in the earliest hours, what must have begun as a dream came sharply into focus once awake. This moment and experience gave me the incentive to act and start Wild Soul Brand. There is no end in sight, just like the rivers we fish and hills we climb.

Vintage photo of the founder's father and his brother each holding a baby outside a cabin

The torch

A promise to my father

It’s the torch and promise I made to myself and to the spirit of a man I had so much admiration for as a child and young adult. My father. Like a lot of sons watching their dad, he was larger than life, his excitement for new ideas and enthusiasm was contagious.

What I learned from him, both as an entrepreneur, and as a person, shapes where I see Wild Soul Brand in the years to come. It is an energy that is growing and instilled in this brand journey. And I hope you choose to be a part of it.

Building the brand

The journey so far

Booths, camp trips, rivers and the people we met along the way.

Wild Soul Brand founder and his son smiling at the Wild Soul booth
At the booth with my son
Wild Soul Brand trade show booth with a Ridgeblade banner at a sportsman expo
Sportsman expo booth
Founder with a camera beside a campfire and an orange tent in a mountain meadow
Camping trip
Sunrise over a foggy farm field with tall fir trees and a barn
Early mornings
Craftsman-style house among tall trees at dusk, home base for Wild Soul Brand
Home base
Wild Soul Brand founder outside the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce office
At the Corvallis Chamber
Founder and his son taking a selfie at a summer outdoor event
Summer with my son
Founder crouched on river rocks holding a camera
On the river
Entrance arch of the Nevada Premier Sportsman Expo
Nevada Premier Sportsman Expo
Ridgeblade retractable trade show banner standing in a hallway before a show
The Ridgeblade banner
Wild Soul Brand outdoor booth tent with Ridgeblade knives and gear on display
The Wild Soul booth
Founder standing beside an orange tent in a mountain meadow at sunset
Meadow camp at sunset
ATV parked under autumn trees with wild turkeys reflected in the side mirror
Turkeys in the mirror
Founder sitting in an aluminum boat on a mountain lake with a camera
Time in the boat
Ridgeblade boxes and a Wild Soul Brand hat on a Rural Economic Alliance REAL Business table
REAL Business showcase
Tent glowing at night under silhouetted pine trees
Night at camp
Founder in a Wild Soul shirt standing in front of the Wild Soul Brand event booth
Working the booth
Founder holding up a fish on a bent rod at a pond dock
Fish on
Wild Soul Brand logo on the courtside LED board at a basketball game
Wild Soul courtside
Founder in camo and a Wild Soul hat in a pine forest in the early morning
First light in the pines
Founder smiling under the Overland Expo arch
Overland Expo
Boy holding up a fish he caught on a pond dock
A good day on the pond
Founder in a Wild Soul Brand hat on a snowy forest road
Snow on the pass
Founder seated inside the Wild Soul Brand booth tent
Booth days
Snow-covered mountain peak framed by pine trees
Founder and his son hugging outdoors beside a marsh
Box packed with a Wild Soul Brand hat, carabiners and gear
Gear in the box
Stack of shipping boxes of Wild Soul Brand inventory outside a cabin
Inventory arrives

A nod

To my brand journey friends

Photographer Melody Jordan photographing gear from a footbridge over a forest creek
Melody Jordan · @musicalcamerachick
Photographer Ryan Heck with a camera on a rocky summit above the clouds
Ryan Heck · @trekkerheck
Photographer Charles Anthony crouching with a camera in a creek bed during a product photoshoot
Charles Anthony · @charlesanthonyphotography
Ian Catt setting up several products for a photoshoot among pine trees
Ian Catt · @roguevisualstudios

With thanks to Beau Payne and Kellie Murphy, mentors and friends.

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