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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

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The Most Incredible Things Ever Built Out of LEGO

Ole Kirk Christiansen was an ordinary man, living an ordinary life, working an ordinary job as a carpenter. That is, until The Great Depression hit. Christiansen lost his comfortably ordinary job and needed desperately to figure out a way to make ends meet for his four children. After seeing the…

By Maxwell Barna
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Gerber Devour Multi-Fork

Whether you're talking pocket knives or multi-tools, Gerber consistently produces some of the best and most affordable EDC pieces out there. The stalwart brand wants to help you tackle eating on the go with the new Devour Multi-Fork that was recently unveiled at Outdoor Retailer 2018 ahead of an early…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gravity Jet Suit

People have been dreaming about being able to fly themselves places without an airplane since someone invented the hot air balloon. So even before the airplane. We understand why, as we’re sure you do. Flying looks like a hell of a good time as long as you don’t have to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Tendo Tent and Camping Shelter

Your average tent is great for catching some shuteye at a campsite, but you probably don't want to hang out in one during the day. Not only are you missing all the wonderful nature you trekked so hard to find, but it's pretty cramped in there too. Tendo, a concept…

By Mike Newman
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The Everyday Blade Is the World’s Smallest Folding Utility Knife

As Korcraft, the team behind the Everyday Blade, likes to point out, the best pocket knife is the one you're carrying. So while that multi-blade behemoth can handle a lot of tasks, it's so frustrating to carry around that it eventually finds its way into a drawer in your garage…

By Mike Newman
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