I'm Zach Nash. I founded Lucid Reality Xtreme Sports in April 2025 and run every part of it — brand, marketing, content, the store you're reading this on. One Veteran, one stubborn refusal to do anything else with my life. This is the story of why.

Two branches. Five years. One reason.

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    Navy Reserves · Seabees

    First, Navy Reserves Seabees — Steel Worker out of Schenectady, NY. Honor Student at "A" School, Blue Jacket of the Year FY19. Seabees build what other units need to exist.

  • Person in military uniform with gear standing in a mountainous landscape

    Army Active Duty · 19D Cavalry Scout

    Then active duty Army — Airborne Cavalry Scout out of JBER, Alaska. Sergeant E-5 leading a team of paratroopers in some of the harshest terrain this country has.

Seabees build. Scouts go first. Somewhere in those years, I figured out what I actually wanted out of life. It wasn't a paycheck. It was to be awake for it.

When I got out, I tried to fit. It didn't take.

I came back to civilian life and did what most Veterans do — tried to be normal. Heavy-civil construction. NYSDOT inspection, welding, project management. Real work. Good work. Work that paid.

It also slowly drained the part of me that had ever felt alive.

So I started carrying a camera again. Not for work. I'd come home with footage of people doing the thing they loved, and I'd realize I was watching the only people in my life who looked actually awake.

There's a whole tribe of us out here — Veterans, athletes, artists, blue-collar lifers, mountain people, weekend warriors. The thing we have in common isn't what we do. It's that we refuse to sleepwalk through it.

So I quit the safe job and started Lucid Reality.

Why this brand exists.

  • One Tribe

    For the people who refuse to sleepwalk through their week. The shirt is the easy part. The life it stands for is the point.

  • Veteran-Owned

    100% Veteran-built and run. Five-plus years of service across two branches went into the discipline that runs this brand. You're not buying from a corporation. You're buying from a guy who learned how to lead a team in Alaska.

  • Made-to-Order

    Every piece is made when you order it. No warehouses. No surplus. No waste. Ships in 3-5 business days. Slower than Amazon. Built better than anything Amazon sells.

Where I am now.

I run Lucid Reality solo out of Charlotte, NC. In January 2026, I completed Syracuse University's Military Founders Lab. This fall, I'm transferring to UNC Charlotte's BFA Photography program.

I'm not pretending I have it figured out. I'm building this the same way I did everything else worth doing — one decision at a time, with the people who showed up before there was any proof.

If that's you — thanks for being here.

Where others dream, we create reality.

— Zach Nash, Founder
Lucid Reality Xtreme Sports

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