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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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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
Our Picks

Featured Stories

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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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

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Watches
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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Marshall Emberton Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Marshall's claim to fame is its iconic guitar amplifier that The Who's Pete Townshend inspired Jim Marshall to build back in 1962's London, and the rest is history. The brand didn't rest on its laurels but went on make amps and speakers for the music industry for over half a…

By Amos Kwon
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Deus Ex Machina Atramental Two Five

There's something unique about Deus Ex Machina's latest creation, the Atramental Two Five: it looks somewhat anonymous and totally special, at the same time. Its basic motocross DNA is combined with a black, silver, and gold colorway that's a head-turner. The base bike is a low-displacement but capable Honda CRF250R…

By Amos Kwon
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Videos
This Murphy Ladder Commercial Is Hilarious

Ever since online streaming became the de facto way to watch television--let's be real, we're talking mostly about Netflix--we have all saved ourselves a shitload time by not watching commercials. Netflix alone saved the average user from 9.1 days of commercials last year, and we've all been watching more since…

By Cooper Fleishman
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At Home: Barebones Flatware Set

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. At this point in the quarantine, you've upgraded to a Bourdain Approved Chef's Knife, a Lab Decanter, and a new Cast…

By Cooper Fleishman
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1963 Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide

Custom motorcycle builds wouldn't be the same without Arlen Ness, a true legend with a career spanning 40+ years. An AMA Hall of Fame inductee, a Quail Moto Gathering “Legend Of The Sport”, and a recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement” Award at Sturgis, he will forever be a two-wheeled icon.…

By Amos Kwon
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