As many of you probably know, with plane tickets, hotels and transportation travel can get expensive. To help out with some of the expenses incurred by constantly traveling around the world, I’m going to start doing some fund raising. The primary focus of this fund-raiser is to help get my parents over to Denmark so they can watch me compete in the world championships in September of this year. I’m very excited for the opportunity to represent the US for the first time at this level. This will be a great experience for me and it would mean the world to me to have my parents there to see me go for the gold! They have sacrificed and given so much of themselves to help me realize my dreams and I would love to return the favor. Hopefully, with everyone’s help, I can accomplish this.

I’ve just finished my first t-shirt design and I think it turned out great. The design can be seen in a previous post by clicking here or by scrolling down. A good friend of mine, Paul Johnson, that I wrestled with in high school now owns a graphic design company, Spin Top Designs, and has been awesome to work with as my vision for this shirt has evolved from vague idea to a final product. I knew that the process of communicating a concept from one person to another would be challenging, but with the assistance of someone as well versed in the field as Paul, it was no challenge at all.

For the printing portion of the process I’ve chosen All Custom Apparel. They come highly recommended from a good friend and mentor. They are extremely professional and they offer quality work at affordable prices. What’s not to like?

Here are a couple of low resolution images of the printing process (I was allowed in the back for a sneak peak at the process!)

If you would like a shirt, they are on sale for $20. I have a fairly good supply with sizes from x-small (youth large) to xxx-large. If you would like to get a shirt from me directly, ask me when you see me around. If you would like to have me mail one (or more) out to you, contact me (or whoever might be assisting me) at sales at rcjohnson dot net and I’ll gladly make sure you get taken care of. If you’d rather not bother opening your email, leave a comment below and I’ll gladly get things rolling for you (all personal information will be removed from comments before they actually post, but to be on the safe side, just let me know you love them and we’ll go from there).

You can purchase one of these awesome shirts at http://www.allcustomstores.com/rcjohnson/ or you can contact me when you see me!

Thank you all for your support, without it I wouldn’t be able to continue to compete at this level!