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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Gear
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
Gear
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
Gear
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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Gear
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

By Cool Material
Drinks
Drinique Knuckle Bottle Opener

Combining brass knuckles and a bottle opener is either a recipe for pure excellence or absolute destruction. Unfortunately, because they're "technically" a deadly weapon opening a beer with that dude's face probably isn't going to fly with the cops. But in the event that it does happen (we're not pointing…

By Cooper Fleishman
Drinique Knuckle Bottle Opener
Drinks
Slang Flask

We appreciate Urban Outfitter's Slang Flask for its candor. Let's be honest for a second. When you use a flask, you're drinking. And when you're drinking--if you're like us--you're kind of an asshole. That's truth in advertising right there. Besides, way we see it, at least you're an honest asshole. And that's…

By Wylie Overstreet
Slang Flask
Accessories
Nixon Landlock Backpack

Getting through your daily grind (or your weekend escape) with everything you need can be difficult from a gear transportation perspective. You need a man's bag that isn't a man bag. Something that lets you carry all without being a carryall. The Nixon Landlock Backpack is that bag. With enough…

By Cooper Fleishman
Nixon Landlock Backpack
Accessories
Oceanist Large Messenger Bag

Simple is good, but today's market is flooded with messenger bags that have forgotten the concept.  They come tailored with pockets for everything: your cellphone, your iPod, your laptop, some spare change, your pen, a piece of dental floss, some lint you found the other day in your pants, a…

By Wylie Overstreet
Oceanist Large Messenger Bag
Accessories
Maxx & Unicorn Co. Camouflage Wallet

What do you get for the man who has everything and more money than God? A place to stick it. If the Maxx & Unicorn Co. No.43 Wallets just aren't unique enough for that man then you do what every self-respecting guy does in this situation - buy it for…

By Cooper Fleishman
Maxx Unicorn Co Camouflage Wallet