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The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

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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The Emergency Cash Stash

Leave your wallet behind, or lose it altogether, and you’ll realize just how important it is to have money with you at all times. For a little extra cash should that happen, drop the Emergency Cash Stash on your key ring. The mini canister holds one rolled up bill for…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
The Messograf Pen

Your average guy uses an an average pen: unremarkable and cheap. It writes, and that's the extent of its talents (maybe you occasionally use it to pensively chew on). But considering we all use a writing implement virtually every single day, it makes sense that aforementioned implement incorporates a little…

By Wylie Overstreet
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One-Piece Leather Wallets Made in Brooklyn

Your wallet holds some of your most important items and it’s with you everyday, so why would you buy something poorly made that you hate looking at? These wallets from Death at Sea are constructed out of one stunning piece of leather that’s been laser cut and folded into a wallet…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Hobo Eat Kit

Call it the Swiss Army knife of the dinner table or Voltron of the flatware world because regardless of how you look at it, the Hobo Eat Kit is going to revolutionize how you dine on the run. It’s for all those times when that cheap plastic shit fails you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Learn To Pick Locks With Lockpick School In A Box

Lock picking is one of those "for informational purposes only" skills that you'll probably never need but should still know. No one is advocating anything that's going to result in a run-in with Johnny Law, but the wooden desktop Lockpick School in a Box from Maker Shed will teach you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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