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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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Approved: Pens

Many of you reading this, and the guy writing it, can’t justify spending money on what we affectionately refer to as “Rolex class pens.” Those are your Montblancs, Krones, Tibaldis, etc. Spending a couple hundred dollars on a writing instrument that, let’s be honest here, you’re probably going to lose…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Mission Workshop R2 Arkiv Field Pack

We could go on for days about how awesome the things coming out of Mission Workshop are. There's no other entity in the bag industry with their finger on the pulse of what people want like Mission Workshop, and we've probably said something like that before. The R2 Arkiv Field…

By Cooper Fleishman
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SOG Folding Blade Light

When you're camping, you can get by without a lot of things. Those things do not include: a knife, extra beer, a flashlight and a fire source. If you've ever tried to cut timber, cheese or open one of those sweet Jiffy Pop things in the dark, you know it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Meshmedium MA-1 iPad Sleeves

The importance of protecting your gadgets isn't something that we need to explain to anyone reading this--especially when it comes to iPads. The base model (16g) with WiFi and 3G costs $529 without tax and shipping (we know because we just had to replace ours), which isn't an inconsequential amount…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Shelby Leather One Pocket Wallet

When Carroll Shelby passed away earlier this year, it was a sad day for any auto enthusiast (especially one hardcore into Mustangs). It also marked the passing of a man badass enough to not let having a girl's name keep him down. Display some of that badassness with this one pocket…

By Mike Newman
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