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The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season
By Cool Material
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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
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VESSEL Solved One of the Most Annoying Things About Your Golf Bag

The new Player VI Series gives every club its own space and rethinks the golf bag from top to bottom.

By Cool Material
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Inside Nokona, the Last American Baseball Glove Manufacturer

America's pastime may be dying a slow death. Perhaps in this age of instant gratification, a languid game that requires patience and bags of sunflower seeds just isn't fast enough. Nokona, a small company on the outskirts of Dallas, however, isn't giving up on baseball. The manufacturer makes baseball gloves,…

By Mike Newman
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Our Biannual Purge Sale Just Landed

While we’re out finding you the latest and greatest in everything from knives and watches to notebooks and bags for the Cool Material Shop we can lose track of the amount of storage and shelving space we actually have to house all of the best EDC gear and stylish accessories.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watches for Men Who Love the Water

Summer is already more than half over, so hopefully you've been spending as much time as possible in the water. If you haven't been enjoying the beach, the coast, the lake or the pool for fear of ruining your favorite timepiece, worry not. Even though the FTC might have officially…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Napoleon TravelQ PRO285X Is Not Your Average Portable Grill

Most portable grills lack the luxuries found on their larger counterparts. That’s not the case with the Napoleon TravelQ PRO285X. This grill features all the amenities you’d expect in a world-class home grill but it's on a folding scissor cart with wheels that makes it as easy to move or…

By Mike Newman
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Elevate Your S’mores With the Grubstick S’more Kit

Grubstick, described as the "world's first telescoping roasting stick," is a patented stick with an extending arm that's going to elevate your s'mores. The various iterations of the Grubstick S'more Kit contain the extending handle and a collection of attachable devices suitable for cooking everything from s'mores and dogs to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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