Mission:
Our mission is to serve people who love camping and being outside. We produce fun, uplifting, and amusing apparel for people who love spending time in the Great Outdoors.
Vision:
Our vision is to build a company that:
1. Celebrates the camping community,
2. Unifies people within the camping community, and
3. Brings positivity to campgrounds across the nation.
Focus:
At Camp Nerds, we love camping of all sorts, from tent camping to bumper pulls to RVs, and everything in between. Camping is the peak of the American Dream!
Camp Nerds was started in 2024 by Matt and Tiffany McCoy. They tent camped most of their adult lives while raising their two kids. After the kids were grown, raised, and moved out, Matt and Tiffany bought their first bumper-pull trailer and they were hooked!
During their travels, they noticed a sense of community that’s pretty unique to people who camp. For the most part, camping people are kind, helpful, and wish each other well. Some campers are very outgoing and want to interact with their short-term neighbors, while others are very private and reserved.
The camping community is a wonderful mix of all kinds of people with great stories and backgrounds. They come from all over the United States and the world. And they all come for the same reason: To enjoy the Great Outdoors.
Matt and Tiffany experienced and observed the challenges that come with camping. Whether you’re backing in the camper for the third try, drying your tent after a freak thunderstorm, or gagging while dumping the black tank before you go home, camping has some funny moments that lead to life-long memories.
Matt and Tiffany noticed that there wasn’t an apparel company that specifically served the camping community that they’ve grown to love. So, in July 2023, they came up with Camp Nerds to fill that need.
They launched the company in January 2024 with one, singular focus: