Miami Dolphins
You know the fan I’m talking about. The one who has lived through the Marino years and the heartbreaks and the maybes that felt real but fell short. The ones who are still there on Sunday. Still rocking the aqua. Still believing. Shopping for them can be easy. Or incredibly difficult depending on your mindset. Easy because they know exactly what they like. Difficult because they’ve probably seen all the generic licensed gear that money can buy and none of it has felt special.
When we started this we knew there was a Dolphins fan out there that deserves more than whatever discount team store got tossed on a supermarket shelf. Each piece in this collection was vetted by us with one simple question. Would we give this to someone we actually cared about? Or are we just covering our bases. So many options were eliminated because they felt generic, or like a lazy way to slap a team logo on something useless, or simply cashing in on the team logo without any idea of what it means to the fans who wear it.
Fans of the Dolphins are loyal for reasons that run deep. This franchise may not have recent championships but it has an identity. It’s the sun and the sea and a certain attitude that comes with rooting for a team that you feel belongs to you and your city no matter what the standings say. Gifts for the best Dolphins fans should feel the same. Personal. Not promotional. As if somebody who understands took the time to find something that celebrates that attachment not to just anybody but to them. And finds something special, not something that ends up forgotten in a drawer before kickoff of week 4.
Because of that we searched for items with some heft. Products that will be on display or used regularly instead of sidelines till next season. Whether it’s a birthday, the holidays, or a new home gift for that Dolphins fan in your life there’s something here that will hit home. Aqua and orange runs deep. And for once we wanted these gifts to do the same.