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The Most Refreshing Hop Waters, Ranked

The Most Refreshing Hop Waters, Ranked

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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

New year essentials.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

New year essentials.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Backcountry Hut Company System S Prefab Sauna

Backcountry Hut Company has always impressed with their line of affordable, well-built, prefab cabins like the original Backcountry Hut and System OO A-Frame Cabin. And now, they're expanding their line of IKEA-esque products and easy-to-build structures with their latest, the System S Prefab Sauna you see here. As they like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Earth Motorcycles 1993 BMW R100RT “Halier”

Earth Motorcycles took what many consider to be a well-built, albeit awkwardly vintage moto, and turned it into something altogether different. The 1993 BMW R100RT donor bike was stripped of all its bodywork and fairing, but the double-cradle steel frame and air-cooled 980cc boxer engine remain. Earth performed a teardown,…

By Amos Kwon
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Official Trailer

Almost a century ago, King Kong would make his first appearance in the eponymous 1933 film. Godzilla would follow just over two decades later. After both franchises got rebooted a handful of years ago, we're finally at the heavyweight monster title match we've all been waiting for--Godzilla vs. Kong. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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STEAL: Up to 70% Off Over 4,100 Sale Items at Nordstrom

We're not going to pretend like the state of the world is to the point that we really have to put pants on everyday, but we're starting to get sick of the same rotating pairs of sweats, shorts, comfy cloths and masks--even though we're going outside a whole lot less.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Paul Walker’s BMW M1 AHG Studie

Not all Hollywood actors who have fancy cars are car guys. The late Paul Walker certainly was one, as exemplified by some of the enthusiast cars he owned, including this rare BMW M1 AHG Studie. First of all the BMW M1 supercar is an icon, and the AHG Studie was…

By Amos Kwon
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