Here at Bourn Adventure Gear we don't just design adventure based products, we live them! What that means is, our adventures (domestic and international) act as a source of inspiration for our product design in a digital form that following production, transfers into a tangible, in hand product which is displayed everyday by our customers and friends around the world on their adventures. 

An idea for us that started almost 10 years ago is now a brand that is recognized and used globally. There is not a day that goes by that we are not grateful to our customers and friends for allowing Bourn Adventure Gear to be a part of or in some cases, inspire their adventure. Somewhere out there right now a Bourn Adventure Gear sticker, patch, and/or other product is ridding shotgun on an adventure. It might be in Arizona or it might be in Egypt, ether way, we are amazed and thankful to be a part of it.  

Long before starting Bourn Adventure Gear we had a passion and desire for adventure. From then to now we have traveled to and driven two vehicles to all lower 48 states (some several times over) and visited more than 25 counties. We have hand carried our products on all of those adventures to include some epic international destinations like: Petra, Nairobi National Park, Pyramids of Sudan, and Borobudur Temple. 

Bourn Adventure has been fortunate enough to have people all over the world read our articles, participate in our adventures, and support us through purchasing our products. 

We take great pride in the connections we have made across the globe and we look forward to making many more throughout our journeys. We are humbled by our customers and thankful for their eagerness to rock Bourn Adventure Gear on their adventures. There is a good possibility that one of our stickers, patches, hats, t-shirts, or other products are currently being used on an adventure somewhere in the world right now!

As it stands, we have shipped Bourn Adventure Gear to all 50 states and to more than 35 countries.    

What started as a cool way to display our designs and adventures has now grown into a large market filled with creative and talented makers. Although our patches were initially marketed to Toyota owners for use on their headliners, we have now expanded our design spectrum to include a wide variety of themes. 

People all over the world rock Bourn Adventure Gear patches on their jackets, bags, hats, hiking equipment, photography equipment, camping gear, tactical vests, vehicle headliners, and much more. 

We have physically carried our patches with us on adventures all over the world. They have traveled to places like Petra, Zion National Park, the Dead Sea, Arches National Park, Wadi Tiwi, and Niagara Falls, to list a few.

To us and many other people, our patches are more than just designs, they are a lifestyle! ​

Bourn Adventure Gear started as Bakes FJ Gear in late 2012. It was Bourn out of necessity for Toyota specific stickers and later patches (read our: Patch Story). At that time, it was difficult locating unique stickers or decals that were Toyota or off-road themed, so we began to make our own.

One of our first designs was the Challenge Accepted sticker, followed by our My Toyota Rocks! sticker, which paid homage to the 1980's Toyota colors made famous by racing legend Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart. I remember the yellow, orange, and red colors splashed across the Toyota race trucks when I was younger but did not truly appreciate them until getting our FJ Cruiser. ​

Those three colors mean a lot to me and influenced many more unique Toyota themed designs to include: Toyota Mountains, Desert Yota, Toyota Sunrise, Retro Capture the Journey, and Toyota Action. ​​

The idea then was to make stickers just for us. We did the design work in house and outsourced production to another business online. Just like most companies, there was a minimum amount required for production. Since we only needed one or two stickers for ourselves, we decided to give the extras away to our friends in the Bayou State Land Cruiser Association (BSLCA), sister Toyota clubs or other off-road related communities.

At the time, we had no intention of making additional production runs of designs as this was more for us. After handing out all of our extra stickers people started contacting us asking if we could send them some too. Flattered by all the requests, we obliged and made more, which we mailed out for free.

We did not anticipate what would soon follow. More and more people reached out to us asking if they could have or even purchase stickers and when new designs would be available. Luckily for us, we already had BakesFJ.com (our FJ Cruiser travel blog) and all that was needed on our end was to add an online store section which we called Bakes FJ Gear. 

We continued cranking out new designs and operating under Bakes FJ Gear for several years until we rebranded in 2017 to Bourn Adventure and Bourn Adventure Gear following a roll over in our Toyota FJ Cruiser. Shortly after that, we separated the two websites, allowing them to grow and operate independently. ​

To read the story of the accident in the FJ, please click here: The Roll Over

We also started a Bourn Adventure postcard series which is included with every order. Each postcard series showcases a beautiful picture on the front from one of our adventures and brief description of the journey on the backside. More importantly, it allows us the opportunity to personally connect with each individual who places an order. To learn more about our postcards, please click here: Postcard Adventures 
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We now have over 250 product options available in our store, which covers a wide variety of design themes, to include: adventure, freedom, tactical, ect. Our goal is to continue to create great products that are enjoyed and used by people all over the world. 

A Toyota ('82 Celica) was my first car and it gave me my sense of freedom. Many years later, a Toyota ('12 FJ Cruiser) gave me my desire for adventure! We have designs now that pertain to everything, but our inspiration is still driven by those beautiful Toyota colors. ​