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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
Health
ChapFix

Men don't use lip balm all that much.  If we do, it's normally in situations where lips actually have a tendency to get chapped--say, ascending a mountain or sailing an ocean. Problem is, when those situations arise, we're usually left with the stuff that is a off-putting shade of purple…

By Wylie Overstreet
ChapFix
Food
Stanley Lunch Box Cooler Set

Likely the last time you used a lunch box was when your shoes fastened with Velcro. Turns out lunch boxes have grown up in the time you have; they're no longer tiny boxes adorned with well-muscled heros. Take Stanley's Lunch Box Cooler set for instance. No matter what situation you…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Food
Boxsal Cardboard Picnic Boxes

There are a number of reasons guys love picnics: looking at women running, working on your tan (hopefully that's just what you tell her so you can look at women), and getting drunk in the middle of the day. The problem of course is the fact that when you're done…

By Cooper Fleishman
Boxsal Cardboard Picnic Boxes
Gear
Logic Lodge’s Sportsman’s Grill

Several years ago one of our editors, on an alpine camping trip, decided to make a fire and grill some food.  We won't go into details, but some lessons learned that day were 1) don't make a fire at 2 in the morning after downing six beers, 2) sleeping bags…

By Wylie Overstreet
Logic Lodges Sportsmans Grill
Accessories
Mnmur Inner Tube Bags and Wallets

We're always impressed when people take old, thrown-out objects and turn them into new, cool things.   Take Mnmur's line of messenger bags, wallets, and accessories, for instance.  They're all made from discarded bike inner tubes, and they win points with us for both their unique look and MacGuyver ingenuity.…

By Wylie Overstreet
Mnmur Inner Tube Bags and Wallets