my story

I left for Europe with a phone grip and no plan to start a business.

At the time I was thinking about skating and filming. I wanted something that could help me mount my phone at different angles, get lower to the ground without having to crouch, and keep it stable while I was moving. I thought the clamp mechanism was interesting and wanted to test what it could actually do.

What I didn't expect was what happened on the trip.

Two months across Europe. Trains, planes, buses, new cities. And somewhere along the way I stopped thinking of it as a filming accessory and started thinking of it as something I just used. Constantly, naturally, without planning to.

The moment that changed everything was a rooftop bar in Istanbul at sunset.

I mounted my phone on the shade cover overhead to capture a timelapse of the view. Hands free, present in the moment, not hunched over a screen. The tourists around me noticed. They asked what I was doing. Where did I get that? Can you share the timelapse with us?

I shared it. They loved it. And I kept thinking about that moment long after I got home.

Not because of the timelapse. Because of what it felt like to put my phone somewhere useful and just be there.

I'd been holding my phone for years without realising how much of my attention it was taking up. Not because I was scrolling. Just because I was carrying it. Constantly. In my hand. Interrupting my posture, my focus, my presence.

Bear Grip started from that realisation.

This isn't about using your phone more. It's about not having to hold it for everything.