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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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Be the Guy Who Always Has a Pen
By Beau Hayhoe
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Gear
SPC/LST Review: Purpose-Built Gear That Lasts a Lifetime

It's pronounced "specialist."

By Travis Haley
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Gear
The Most Important Shoes You’ll Never PR In

Performance shoes get the glory. These do the repair work.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Gear
The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable

Nike’s cold-weather era is peaking, don’t miss out.

By Cool Material
Food
Dometic Cool-Ice Beer Cooler

The newly released Dometic Cool-Ice Insulation Box looks less like a beer cooler and more like an upgrade box you might come across in a video game. The rigid square body seems a touch out of place amidst the current cooler market that tends to have the slightest curvature in…

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
Montblanc Reintroduces The Baby Pens from the 1910s and ’20s

Historic pen brand Montblanc’s rich history means that we’re treated with heritage designs from the vault every once in a while. The Baby model comes from a silhouette that was popular in the 1910s and ’20s, which was early days for the company, but thick in the Golden Age of…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
Sixty Years of James Bond Live Auction

Call off the dogs, dammit. All our money is going here. EON Productions of Bond films fame is launching the 007 auction of all auctions. This fall, EON and Christie's will put up 25 lots for auction that celebrate 60 years of James Bond awesomeness. They include costumes, props, watches,…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
Dynafit Ultra 50 and Alpine Trail Runners

Outdoor brand Dynafit has engineered the perfect solution for trail running with their Ultra 50 and Alpine shoes. Dynafit, an Austria brand launched in 1950, has earned many design awards for their focus on crafting gear that can handle steep elevations and rough terrain. The Dynafit Ultra 50 sports a…

By John A. Paradiso
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Accessories
Stilform AEON Pencil

Pens, we get. But it's tough to get excited about pencils, until now, that is. The Stilform AEON is more than just a pencil. You can swap the magnetic tips from a conventional graphite pencil head to a metal tip that actually writes. Not only does it minimize waste on…

By Amos Kwon
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