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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.

By Cool Material
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Spare Me Auto Rescue Tool

The patent-pending and multiple award-winning Spare Me is a multi-function auto rescue tool with five different features that will get you out of almost any jam that doesn't require AAA. It scrapes snow and ice off your windshield. It shovels debris from around your tires. It can be used as…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Folding Matchstick Revolver

A word of warning: If you take the Folding Matchstick Revolver to your place of business to engage in some playful office warfare, you can expect security to handle you swiftly and aggressively. The Folding Matchstick Revolver does not look like a toy, with its 304 stainless steel build and…

By Mike Newman
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Aer Just Launched an All-New Active Collection

Aer is probably best known for their incredibly designed, well built and versatile Fit Pack. In addition to making one of our favorite summer backpacks, the brand makes quite a few other useful bags. All our favorites are getting upgrades because Aer is launching an all-new Active Collection. The new…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Yaket Ice Pack

Our love for great beer is the reason we launched Hoppist and churned out articles like this. It's also the reason we've hit plenty of can releases far from home and dealt with the annoyance of keeping a few cans cold for an extended period of time. The Yaket Ice pack…

By Mike Newman
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HVRNT Axes and Hatchets

HVRNT—it's short for "hivernant," the French word for "winterer"—is a Minnesota-based duo that uses their experience in everything from adventuring and photography to illustration and design to create awesome products of both the digital and physical variety, like the HVRNT wood-burned axes and hatchets. Each of their gorgeous chopping or…

By Cooper Fleishman
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