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How Danner Makes Its Perfectly Rugged Boots Right Here in the U.S.A.
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How Danner Makes Its Perfectly Rugged Boots Right Here in the U.S.A.
By Beau Hayhoe
The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland
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The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland

Two lesser-known Alpine destinations. Two very different takes on the year-round après-ski lifestyle.

By Jay Gentile
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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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How to Make Bacon from Scratch

Bacon.  It has a wonderful place in human history. Humans have eaten it for thousands of years, traded it as a staple of economies, and most recently, turned it into an internet meme. It’s no mystery why we have a love affair with Bacon. It’s the Christina Hendricks of meat…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Gentlemen: What Your Drink Says About You

Gentlemen: What Your Drink Says About You                                                                            

By Wylie Overstreet
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Badass Barbecues

Memorial Day is right around the corner, so you're probably scrambling with all the last minute preparations for the beer fueled, grilled meat decathlon that is the annual barbecue. Since grilling is the ultimate display of all things man, your grill should be a reflection of yourself - and excessively…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watches More Confusing Than LOST

There used to be a time when a man wore a watch to tell the time and watched tv shows that you could talk about intelligently without needing a PhD in Theoretical Physics - or bullshit. Those times are long gone. Lost is exactly what you're going to be with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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15 Motorcycles To Make You A Man

There is something about a motorcycle that is fundamentally manly. Even if there's a woman on the bike (for the picture obviously) the beast beneath always shines through. If you don't own a motorcycle, you want one. If you do own a motorcycle, you want more. No amount of crashes,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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