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There are specific moments in life that make you feel uncharacteristically badass. Shredding Smooth-by-Carlos-Santana-featuring-Rob-Thomas-Of-Matchbox-Twenty on air guitar. Finally finding a place to wear your secret assless leather chaps. Throwing your shoe across the room & killing the cockroach on the first try. The parking lot after a Fast & Furious premiere. ...Then the Paul Walker song comes on, you find yourself crying in the passenger seat, and the moment is over. Today we bring you an opportunity for one of those moments: an object of renegade confidence. Game on, cowboy. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the baddest of all asses, Bernard Goods. Mixing functionality with an A+ aesthetic, the 64 oz K.O. growler has a chalkboard finish, and taking beer-notes has never been more inspired. Based in DC, the guys behind Bernard Goods manufacture their products 100% domestically. In addition to growlers, Bernard Goods will soon be launching a Kickstarter for their new flasks! Sign up to get the Kickstarter price here! Each winner will get a KO Growler from Bernard Goods, a Grand Theft Otter Freaker & Freaker Feet to match! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave us a comment with something that makes you feel uncharacteristically badass. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Wanderlust is a magical thing. Wanderlust took Dennis Rodman to BFF-ville, North Korea. Sean Penn found El Chapo via wanderlust. Lance Bass's wanderlust almost took him to the moon. (RIP to Lance's broken dreams.)  We're here to encourage your child-like wanderlust with reckless abandon... with a little help from our friends:  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the natural history all-stars, The Wild Wander! A husband-and-wife team of naturalists, illustrators, doers, makers, dreamers based out of Richmond, Virginia.  "Following in the footsteps of early American naturalists, [Wild Wander is] inspired by dusty libraries, cluttered studies full of artifacts, and an abiding curiosity for forgotten history and the natural world." Screenprinted by hand, using environmentally-friendly water based inks and paper sourced from US mills, Wild Wander is producing enchanting products the right way.  "We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still." - Carl Sagan Each winner will get a Carl Sagan star-chart print, an Orbit Please Freaker, and a pair of Freaker Feet to match!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and share what your wanderlust has shown you. Use the hashtag #FreakerWander for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Ritualistic dance moves, superstitiously assigned-seating, lucky cross dressing, and foam fingers - letting the world know that INDEED, your team is #1! When trash-talking becomes a competitive sport and excessive beer drinking is the uniform, you're officially ready for some football. The world of game-day rituals is a vast and magical. We're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring our line of NFL Player Freakers and Freaker Feet! Wearing jerseys and gaudy team-colored accessories have long been in the roster for Americana fandom. We're here to expand your game-day fashion rituals to include your sips (chugs) and steps (stomps). Each winner will get their choice of a NFL Players Freaker, Freaker Feet, and a Jock Itch Freaker in their team colors! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and tell us your weirdest game-day rituals in the comments for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Adventure time is always better with the inclusion of certain elements:  Something reliable. Something excitable. Something pliable. And of course, something furry.  Your dingos are your prime time partners in crime. Dress them accordingly.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the clean classics of Dog + Bone!  With simplistic design and dependable durability, Dog + Bone's collars and leashes are crafted to last. Continuing the tradition of our love affair with American made products, Dog + Bone handmakes their entire line of quality pup accessories in Austin, Texas. Using locally sourced materials, they have both our hearts and our wags.  Each winner gets a bright adjustable leash from Dog + Bone, a Ramen Poodle Freaker, and matching Freaker Feet!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us how you spoil your pet with the hashtag #freakerdog for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

As a child, did you ever make a time-capsule for your future self to find? Were there pogos and poloroids and pogs and pokemon and polio?! Did it include a mosquito encased in amber to preserve your DNA so future generations could make a theme-park with your unsuspecting clones? I KNEW IT. Life finds a way. Stay wild, child. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the cool collections of Wild Medicine! Wild Medicine is a team of badass women bringing the healing and cleansing properties of the stones, crystals, and essential oils of the world into your everyday life. Each of their soaps contain cleansing crystals/stones along with a combination of beneficial essential oils and exfoliates.Bonus points: you can pretend you're in the science lab of Jurassic Park everytime you shower. Each winner also gets a Dirt Nap Freaker and Freaker Feet! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us the most obscure thing that you'd put in a timecapsule. Use the hashtag #FreakerMedicine for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

When CEO Zach Crain was a little boy, he wanted to be "Jean Claude Van Damme" when he grew up. Mullet? Check. Splits? Check. Time traveling karate super-stardom? Getting there. One of the silliest perks of working at Freaker USA is coming up with new designs and wonkydonk weirdo concepts. Even though Zach did not grow up to be a Belgian martial arts master, he's a litttttttttle bit closer to that dream with the help of our new karate [pork] chop friend, Jean Claude Van Ham. We don't think we're alone in our nostalgic absurdity. Come on in, cuddle up, and let's share stories. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring our new line of Freakers and Freaker Feet! There are some instant classics in our fall collection, including Hall & Goats, Grand Theft Otter and Turn Down for Tut! Each winner gets a Freaker + Feet combo of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know in the comments which of our designs speaks to you the most and why. See the new collection here! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Today we're celebrating the ingenuity of unexpected objects. Fancypants international spies get the most credit for wacko gadgets, with their pencils that double as rifles, and pet ferrets with micro-chipped webcams. But what's stopping the rest of us from joining in on the fun? Ladies and gentlemen, it is with extreme and wonky honor that we introduce you to the James Bond of plantlife. Ready? GO: WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the king of unorthodox planters, Wyatt Little! Wyatt Little is a Texas-based designer that makes clever homegoods with mass appeal. His ceramics specialize in seemingly everyday objects with a twist - mixing humor, talent, and utility to create the perfect-storm of radness. From Zac Morris cell phones to dapper baby tennis shoes, knight your green friends with perpetual stylepoints. Each winner gets a planter from Wyatt Little and a Blue Jay Z Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us an unexpected object with the hashtag #FreakerLittle for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Has the swell of excitement for summertime adventurism hit you yet?!!??!! Close your eyes, remember being 9 years old- school just let out for the summer, and your brain is ON FIRE with excitement for upcoming adventures. Now imagine being 9 years old forever. Congratulations! You have just discovered the secret for living happily ever after.  Summer is here. Let's roll out, y'all.  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the all-star cheerleaders for Team USA - July Nine!  Based in Oregon, July Nine is on a mission to bring back manufacturing jobs stateside and inspire enthusiasm for others to do the same.  Their handy nylon tote bags are perfect for summer adventure-time, as they roll up into itty-bitty space-savers. Use it when you need it, roll it up when you don't.  Each winner gets a roll-up bag from July Nine and a Freaker of their choice!  HOW TO ENTER: Let's go! Hit the trail! Shake a leg! VAMANOS!  For your chance to win, get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know in the comments what catchphrase you use to tell your crew it's time to go find the adventure.  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Grill master. BBQ boss. Smoking specialist. Cookout captain. Summer is unofficially here and the pros are out to play. But what is a king without a crown? A panda without a webcam? A bachelorette party without weird phallic accessories? All the pros know that the right accessories are half of the equation. We're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the grill-masterminds of Wildwood Grilling!  This environmentally-aware family-owned business was founded 20 years ago and was the first to bring grilling planks to the retail market. "We love the Pacific Northwest so much that we decided to build a company that was worthy of these amazing surroundings." And that they did. Pure people, pure Americana, pure business practices, and pure flavor. Wildwood sustainably makes planks, wraps, and smoking chips that will skyrocket any grillmaster's artform. Each winner gets 2 prizes from Wildwood Grilling, and a pair of Steak Charmer Freaker Feet!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram, find this graphic, and show us why your dad is rad with the hashtag #WildFreaker for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Captain Planet sure knew how to use the elements (and his minions.)  Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. ...and also some kid who failed science class and thought "heart" made the VIP list. The Captain isn't the only one who uses natural elements for The Dopeness. Each and everyone of you is the captain of your own planet, and we want to know what element keeps your in orbit. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the calming simplicity of Moon Rivers Naturals!  Nestled deep in Hawkins, Texas, Moon Rivers Naturals is a family owned company that uses essential oils and elements to create natural products for your skin's cravings. From natural soaps to charcoal masks and floral exfoliants, Moon Rivers makes sure that you're covered naturally, from head to toe.  Each winner gets a prize from Moon Rivers Naturals, a Squirlfriend Freaker & Freaker Feet to match!  HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us how you use the natural elements. Use the hashtag #FreakerNaturals for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Curiosity killed the cat, huh? Was there an autopsy? Who exactly was responsible for this cat? Please don't tell me it was Schrodinger. As a species, cats should consider a restraining order on that guy.  Curiosity can be blamed for more than just cat massacres. Curiosity is a desire to KNOW. Curiosity propels inspiration forward and finds the inner child hiding within all of us. Long live the curious! Long live the cat!  WHAT YOU'RE WINNING:We have 5 care packages this week featuring the yumyums of Curio Spice!  Officially? Curio Spice is a "a local, independent, woman-owned Public Benefit Corporation working to provide a better life for farmers, protect the environment, and unite people around food." On a less official note, Curio Spice is the modern American version of ancient Silk Road trading. Claire Cheney has taken the adventurism of worldly flavors and made a fairy-tale of a company, bright with the colors of international curiosity. Clear eyes, full hearts, good food, can't lose.  Each winner gets a prize from Curio Spice, a Burgha Belly Freaker, and a matching pair of Freaker Feet socks!  HOW TO ENTER: Curiosity allegedly killed the cat. What did it do to you? Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know in the comments for your chance to win!  Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Once upon a time, a Freaker was handmade. It all started when Zach Crain was living in his car, gallivanting around the country, and wandered into a Stitch-And-Bitch knitting group in Wilmington, North Carolina. He learned to knit a beer koozie and BAM! The next generation of insulating-kickassery was born.  To be fair, he was a terrible knitter and soon turned to local manufacturing - but that one handmade Freaker sowed the seeds for something weird and wonderful.  Now, we want to see what wonderful weirdness your hands are capable of! Tag, you're it! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring the artisan loveliness of In Blue Handmade!  Snuggled up in the love nest of Asheville, North Carolina, Mary Lynn Schroeder and her dream team make quirky embossed leather products that put your imagination wheels in motion.Unlike Zach's single knitting-accomplishment at the Stitch-And-Bitch, the hands behind In Blue make a wide variety of charming products. Flasks, journals, bags, belts, wallets, guitar straps, and wallets - oh my! Each winner gets a prize from In Blue Handmade, a Tom Cat Cruise Freaker and a matching pair of Freaker Feet! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us something that your hands have made. Use the hashtag #FreakerBlue for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!