Ember Adventure Gear is our way of building something that reflects who we are, and the life we actually live.

More than just a range of products, it’s a collection of gear born from real trips, real conditions, and a genuine love for getting out there.

We didn’t grow up behind glass. We grew up outside it.

Early starts, red dirt underfoot, salt in the air, and hands that were always a bit rough from whatever the day demanded. Learning pretty quickly that gear either works in the real world… or it doesn’t work at all.

It was a life shaped by bush tracks, beach runs, station roads, and weekends that never really felt like weekends. Always packing a bag, always heading somewhere, even if it was just down a track to see what was there.

Back when fun meant loading up bikes, camping by rivers, cooking over fire, and coming home covered in dust, sunburnt, and somehow already planning the next trip before the first one had finished.

That’s where Ember comes from.

Not a boardroom. Not a trend. But years of figuring out what actually holds up when conditions turn, when things get wet, dirty, or pushed too far.

EMBER Adventure Gear is about building equipment that earns its place, gear that’s made for corrugations, downpours, long drives, hard work, and the kind of trips you don’t always plan properly, but remember forever.

Built with purpose. Tested in the real world. Designed to be used, not babied.

This isn’t about collecting products.
It’s about enabling a way of life getting out there, staying out longer, and doing it properly.

— Zak

Meet The Founder

Zak spent 18 years working as a qualified electrician before deciding it was time to step away from the tools and build something of his own. What started as a trade built on precision, problem solving, and long days on the job has now evolved into something far less predictable and a lot more personal.

But this path didn’t start there.

Since his Cub Scout days growing up in England, Zak has always had a pull towards adventure, mischief, and pushing the edges of what’s “allowed” or “possible.” Whether it was finding ways to get into trouble, building things that probably shouldn’t have worked, or chasing the next idea just because it sounded like a good one at the time, that mindset never really left.

It’s carried through into everything since.

That same energy now shows up as a do-or-die attitude full throttle, flat out most days, backing ideas properly and seeing them through no matter how uncomfortable it gets. If something feels worth doing, it gets done properly or not at all.

EMBER Adventure Gear came from that shift. From stepping out of a stable trade and into building something from scratch, with no safety net and no real interest in playing small.

Zak is driven by a simple idea: if you’re going to do something, you may as well push it as far as it can possibly go. Not halfway. Not cautiously. Properly.

He’s here to build, create, test, break, improve and keep going until there’s nothing left to give.

And ultimately, the goal is straightforward.

To achieve everything he possibly can.