Meet Jamie Fulton of Gnarly Brand in East Valley

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jamie Fulton.

Jamie, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
My name is Jamie Fulton and I’m from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When I was younger, I’d always want to help people and would strive to be different in everything I had ever encountered. Still to this day, I find myself with the overpowering need to help others in anyway I can. As I got older, my urge became bigger than I’d ever imagined, which lead to my family and I relocated to San Tan Valley, Arizona. I immediately saw a need for change within my city. I have this saying,” Leave your footprint in the sand of the earth”, so I started to do a lot of different things like producing music for others, mentoring others in their life issues, and setting up photoshoots.

Unfortunately, nothing seemed to stick to the way I had envisioned, but this wasn’t the end, it was truly just the beginning. I knew I had to keep the determination and love I have for creating something bigger than myself and to hopefully have an impact on others along the way. So as I was sitting in my room, a name hit me like a ton of bricks “Gnarly Brand ” When I started to look up the definition of the word ‘Gnarly’, it was exactly what I wanted to represent. Once I got the name, I immediately started working because I knew this company would be a household name one day. As I was working at Walmart, I began to buy and invest in myself. I started with the heat press, then registration of the name/company then started a website. At that point, I knew I was ready to go. 2016 l put together a youth basketball tournament that was very successful.

From that, I knew that we were able to reach the youth with activities that pushed them to unremarkablelimits. I knew that was our target and we were to aim for that everyday. Now four years later, I have been able to shipped Gnarly Brand clothing everywhere in the worldlike Florida, Georgia, California, DC, and now Africa which is a huge deal for the brand. As a company the goal is to make sure that youth has light in the tunnel not just at the end of it. The mission statement is Defy all Odds, Dare to Different, Change the Game, Stay Gnarly. Stay Gnarlyis a phase that is designed to empower the youth and know that it’s ok to be different as well as embrace who you are. So everyday, all day l want everyone to Stay Gnarly.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
This journey was not a smooth at all, my struggle has been learning patients, and do not rush hard work.

Please tell us about Gnarly Brand.
Gnarly Brand is a clothing line that provides comfort and uniqueness to your daily wear. We as a company, strive to reach out to the youth in our community to empower them and to reshape their minds. We are most proud of the accomplishments we have endured over the years and the amount of kids we have impacted the lives of. We know we are different than other companies because everything we do is based around the impact we have on youth and changing the lives of the young people.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
My best childhood memory is when my family and I got together for dinner, jokes, just a good time, life was very simple then. When I was younger, I didn’t have to worry about the things that today’s generation has to worry about like cyberbullying, social media credit, as well as all the negative things that corrupt their minds from looking ahead at the future.

Contact Info:

• Website: gnarlybrandusa.com
• Phone: 480-406-3668
• Email: gnarlybrand@yahoo.com
• Instagram: @gnarlybrandllc
• Facebook: @gnarlybrandllc
• Twitter: @gnarlybrandllc

Image Credit:
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