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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
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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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What’s the Difference Between a $100 Grill and a $1,000 Grill

Like the old adage says, you get what you pay for. While you can certainly cook a steak on a grill you purchased on the cheap, you may want to consider shelling out the cash for something better. Why? What exactly does your extra money get you? Glad you asked.…

By Mike Newman
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These Inventions Prove People REALLY Want to Keep Their Beer Cold

With the hottest months of the year right on the horizon, we’d like to make a small Public Service Announcement to our readers. Please remember to keep those beers cold, guys. No good beer should go to waste, and with the sun preparing to give us its worst, we all…

By Maxwell Barna
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Ziv’s Portable Smoker Works With Any Heat Source

After over two decades importing and smoking fish, two brothers developed a portable home smoker that works with any source and created results as good as any professional merchandise they tested. Ziv's Portable Smoker works with any heat source from a gas stove or an open flame to a BBQ…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Book Darts Are Better Bookmarks

It seems like every time we actually try to make good on our resolution to spend more time reading books than things on the Internet we always get pulled away. Picking up where you left off in whatever great American novel you're currently reading doesn't have to involve hunting across…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Third Thumb Prosthetic

Artificial human augmentation has to start somewhere, so the thumb must be as good a place as any. The Third Thumb comes from the mind of Dani Clode, who designed it to be one of the first prosthesics for non-amputees. Kind of how tons of video games feature ways to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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