The Real Deal Brazil Recyled-Tarp Hat -- Not Just for Zombie Killers Anymore!

Lest we forget in all this zombie-killing talk surrounding our Real Deal Brazil recycled-tarp hat's star turn atop Woody Harrelson's head in "Zombieland," the RDB is one wildly unique, tough-as-you-wanna-be head-topper, regardless of who's wearing it. Our distinctive hat was righteously cool long before ol' bad Woody and his movie's mob of angry undead arrived, and is designed for the long haul, way beyond the current zombification of our culture. Just check out what Boating, the world's largest powerboat magazine, has to say about our dang-fine hat in its October issue. (Click on the graphic above to view a readable version of the Boating article.)

The Original Zombie-Killing Hat,

aka the Zombieland Hat!

We're geeking pretty hard on this whole Zombieland thing around here. Our Real Deal Brazil hat has quickly become the world's undisputed leader in zombie-killing headwear. Would Indiana Jones' trusty fedora have stood up to the angry undead? We think not!

Online attention to the upcoming Columbia Pictures horror-comedy has ratcheted up sharply since Zombieland trailers hit theaters recently; zombie chatter is now splattering everything from movie-nerd sites to general blog posts, a happy, bloody, reanimated mess of fanboy speculation and fashionista fun. On top of that, Zombieland is now opening sooner than originally scheduled. Initially, the opening date was set for Oct. 9, but due to some studio conflict, national release has just been moved up one week.

The movie is now set to hit theaters Friday, Oct. 2. So prepare to get your weekend zombie on! Zombieland, starring badass Woody Harrelson as a crazed zombie killer who does his undead re-demises via iron skillet, car door and AK-47, all while sporting one of our very own Real Deal Brazil recycled-tarp hats, looks like a scream (no pun intended). It'll be, to say the least, a very lively bit of entertainment (OK, pun intended that time).

If you go to see it, then don't be shy: Wear your own RDB hat to the theater! And if the goober behind you says anything about his view being blocked by your stellar head-topper, stand up and announce to everyone there that you can do any damn thing you please. After all, you're the only one in the room in a true zombie-killing hat!

To the South Pole and back!

A couple of weeks ago I was handed some very awesome pictures.  A fan of ours had traveled to Antarctica with his hat and had some once in a lifetime kind of shots taken with it.  I wanted to share a few to you because they are so cool.  If you’re a true adventurous person I think our hats capture that spirit and displays it for the whole world to see, even from the South Pole!

Our hats have almost been all over the world and if you have any pictures of where you and your hat have been please send them in!!!  Email them to us!!

TAIBA!!!

Beautiful - Absolutely Beautiful!  Taiba is a wonderful little fishing village along the Brazilian Coastal line.  Everything here was very relaxed and I felt as if I had almost stepped into one of those brochures people hand out to tourists.  You know the ones with all the happy, smiling beautiful people and the beautiful scenery.  When I was walking along the beach I was captivated by the boats that scattered the shoreline. Now not the boats your thinking of, not the huge sport and fishing boats we see here, these boats had the look and feel like they had been passed down from generations to generation to fish with.  Here are some pictures of a couple of guys pushing their boat out into the ocean to go fishing with.

Belem!

First, let me apologize for not posting this sooner.  It's been a little hectic around these parts, actually I think its been a little hectic everywhere!

The 2nd destination on my last trip to Brazil was Belem, you could kind of consider this city as the entrance way to the Amazon.  It is a very busy place and everyone is constantly moving.  I flew there because to travel there by boat would have taken about 96 hours, now I like a nice boat trip but that is a little too much even for me!

Here are some pictures from the flight;

This city was amazing and there was so much to see and do.  While I was there I found out that approximately 2 million people in this city, I believe it.  Every street was packed with people and every corner had a merchant or two on it.

Manuas!

These are just a couple of pictures I took while visiting Manuas.  After going back and looking at these pictures I got to thinking about what I found so interesting about them - I think besides the beautiful colors and atmosphere its the shear size of everything.  This town is inland on a huge river (and I mean HUGE river) named the Rio Negro.  For more information about this town check out this link.

This first picture is the view from my hotel room.

This is one of my favorite pictures.  It's a picture of a riverboat, this is one source of main transportation in Manuas, and the smaller boats that this boat is pulling are used to carry to your destination if the riverboat can't make it.

I took this picture as I was wondering around.  This town is very busy, the street is lined with different merchants selling a variety of items.

The fish market - look at all those people and this is just a section!

I captured this picture because to me it was just so interesting.  One small boat on a huge river - it really shows the immense size of the Rio Negro and really helps put things into perspective.

You can't see it in this picture but the trees down there are just big, lush and beautiful.

One section of the town. It may be to small to see but the river front is lined with merchants.

I was walking down to get on this boat and saw these kids just having the time of their lives.  Man how I envied them!

Traveling through Brazil

I’ve just returned from Brazil, as always want an amazing place!  You may not know this but we have added some Real Deal Bags to our collection (we decided that just a hat wouldn’t do), you can view them here. 

You may notice that some of the names of these bags seem rather peculiar, maybe somewhat interesting.  Well I can show you exactly where they are on a map.  I’ve visited each town and this time I brought back pictures of just about everyone of them so that I could show you what a wonderful little towns they are and why they deserve to have something named after them – after all they are what inspired us to get into this recycled tarp business.

On this map you can see where each city is and I even marked out my trip.

Check back next week to see pictures of Manaus!