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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.

By Cool Material
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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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The 11 Best Umbrellas to Keep You Dry

If you're anything like us, you spend way too much time agonizing over your gear purchases. The one thing we never seem to think about though is one of the most important accessories for the spring, the umbrella. Unless you already own something that didn't come from the local drugstore,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Orbiter Fidget Toy

If you’re anything like us, fidgeting is part of your creative process. Simply sitting still and trying to think up ideas never works. Instead of tapping your feet and snapping your fingers, pick up the Orbiter. The Orbiter is a titanium toy that leverages powerful Neodymium magnets to allow you…

By Mike Newman
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Repelica Bags are Built for Busy, Creative Lives

Today's world demands that you hustle. When it comes to transporting and protecting your gear while you do so, you need a bag designed for busy, creative lives. Repelica has built exactly what you're looking for. The three initial bags—the Square Pack, the Rucksack, and the Daypack—are all built from…

By Mike Newman
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The World’s Smallest Tactical Pocket Knife

Billed by Bomber & Company as "the world's smallest tactical pocket knife," the B-2 Nano Blade is a mini tactical knife inspired by the B-2 Stealth Bomber. With a fully opened length of 80mm and a closed length of 48mm, it definitely lives up to its "discrete concealability" premise and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Wax & Jackson Record Bags

Most record bags make us think of DJs from the club scene in the early aughts. Any time we see one of those jet black bags with a record label's name splashed across the front, we expect the guy carrying it to whip out 12" copies of the Percolator, Zombie…

By Mike Newman
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