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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
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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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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
These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans 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

Greyson's limited-edition collection brings old-school style and premium craftsmanship to 17 NFL teams.

By Lanny Fuller
Drinks
World’s Smallest Corkscrew

There are dozens of clever solutions to opening a bottle of beer when you have no bottle opener: the edge of a table, a lighter, and if you're desperate, your teeth.  But opening a bottle of wine is a different story--you need a corkscrew, and corkscrews don't exactly fit on…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Fashion
Suunto Core Wristop Computer

Suubto's Core Computer watch is an impressive device: altimeter accurate to fractions of a foot, compass that guides you with commands, barometer and temperature gauges, the list goes on. We're half-expecting next year's model to have random go-go gadget arms and time travel.

By Wylie Overstreet
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Audio
Etón Soulra iPod Speakers

A day at the beach is best accompanied by music, but battery-powered iPod speakers die too quickly and sound like a kazoo. So Eton decided to make the Soulra, a set that endlessly powers good speakers with a giant, spherical, thermonuclear fusion bomb. Some folks call it "The Sun", but…

By Wylie Overstreet
Eton Soulra iPod Speakers
Accessories
Stanley & Sons Bags

It always catches our eye when someone is sticking to the tradition of constructing quality products in one-off quantities. Yes, these bags by Stanley and Sons are not cheap: you'd think that by "waxed cotton cloth" they mean "waxed cotten dyed with platinum dust and washed in unicorn tears". But…

By Wylie Overstreet
Stanley Sons Bags
Food
The Sportula

For men, there is little - if anything - more important than the sacred art of preparing meat by way of fire. Your badass barbecue may be charcoal or natural gas or propane but you learned how to cook with tinder so that's less important than the rules. The woman…

By Cooper Fleishman
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