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These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
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These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
By Lanny Fuller
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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?

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
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TASER Pulse Is a Non-Lethal Self-Defense Weapon

Founded in 1993, TASER is a company that produces self defense and law enforcement weapons in a variety of non-lethal categories. Their latest creation is Pulse, a high-tech, subcompact weapon with a concealed carry design that is capable of immobilizing an attacker for up to thirty seconds from up to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Plazmatic X Is a Dual Beam Lighter

Unless you've got some one-off Zippo, it's rare your lighter will command attention. That is, of course, unless your lighter is the Plazmatic X. The world's first flameless, windproof, dual plasma beam, USB rechargeable lighter looks like it's from the future. Not only does that mean you'll never have to…

By Mike Newman
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Vicis Zero1 Football Helmet

If you don't want professional football to morph into a high-speed game of two-hand touch, you better hope someone provides a realistic solution to the current concussion issue. That means looking at the potential of a smarter helmet—something like the Zero1 from Vicis. Designed by engineers and neurosurgeons, the Zero1…

By Mike Newman
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Turn Your Disposable Lighter Into a Pocket Torch

Using a disposable lighter to try and ignite firewood or get a camping stove going isn’t easy, but that doesn’t mean you need a different tool for the job. With The Pocket Torch, your cheap disposable lighter transforms into powerful little torch with a flame temperature of 2,300 °F. A…

By Mike Newman
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Unclip Quick Release Carabiner Keychain

San Diego-based creative upstart Unsettle & Co has been hard at work rethinking the way we all carry our keys. At this point, it's more common than not that you have some sort of carabiner you use you to attach your keys to a belt loop for easy access. In…

By Cooper Fleishman
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