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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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WKRMN Star Wars Knives

You shouldn't bring a knife to a lightsaber fight, and you shouldn't grab a lightsaber for workshop duties (mostly because they don't exist). WKRMN, however, is letting you bring a little Star Wars fandom to your workbench. Coming soon are a small series of folding knives inspired by Star Wars…

By Mike Newman
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Reigning Champ x Spalding Limited Edition Basketball

Reigning Champ is a Canadian company that designs and manufacturers essentials using original fabrics, rugged construction and unrivalled comfort. They're probably best known for their sportswear, which is why a partnership with the centuries old Spalding sporting goods company most known for their basketballs makes a lot of sense. This…

By Cooper Fleishman
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TrekNotes Custom Travel Journals

Designed to be the perfect addition to your travel pack, each 5” x 8” TrekNotes PerfectBound journal has 200 uncoated, matte pages that are filled with wanderlust inspiring images that range from mountains and lakes to deserts and glaciers. Each journal is also customizable with your own location-based, satellite style…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Carry Duct Tape on Your Keys

Everyone knows that if you can fix it with duct tape it ain't really broken, which is why duct tape (in any of its forms, really) is one of the most versatile tools on the planet. You can use it to label homemade drink concoctions. You can use it fix…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 2016 Standard Memorandum

Inspired by his wife's great-grandfather's pocket journals from the 1900s and the detailed picture that each notebook painted of his life, designer/illustrator Jon Contino (his work has appeared on everything from clothing to walls to liquor to beer) teamed up with Word. Notebooks to create a modern iteration of this…

By Cooper Fleishman
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