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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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SMOcan Portable Smoking System

This is a tobacco product. This is not to be used for anything other than the inhalation and storage of tobacco-related paraphernalia. Wink, wink. The SMOcan portable smoking system is the Swiss Army knife of paraphernalia. It grinds (twice), it stores a lighter and a pipe and a poking stick,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
TGT Wallet

If bulky wallets are the bane of your existence, first of all that's really weird and somewhat depressing, and second, check out your new favorite money and card holster. The TGT or "Tight" Wallet is the simplest and smallest cash carrier we've come across. Based off the mindset that no item…

By Mike Newman
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Outdoors
Quadski

Well that does it, we're selling our car. Actually, we're selling our car and some prized possessions so we can afford the $40k Quadski when it gets released next month. The quad-meets-jet-ski vehicle has just skyrocketed to the top of our "Must Have" list. With the ability to hit speeds…

By Mike Newman
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Zombie Survival Kit

We're not going to try and bullshit you here, the zombie apocalypse is coming. Listen, we ran a few numbers and did other official type stuff and can now confirm we're going down in a bloodbath with some walkers. If you don't want to be the first to go, pick up this…

By Mike Newman
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Goods: Cut the Cord

One day we’re going to look back and laugh at the fact that we were once tethered to our electronic devices. “Cords,” we’ll say. “I remember those! I had one on my rotary phoning device.” In fact, right now we’re transitioning out of the cord-era. If you’re looking to start…

By Mike Newman
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