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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)
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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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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

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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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

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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

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Casetify Phone and Accessory UV Sanitizer

Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Sanitize. Repeat, repeat, repeat. That might be everything going on when we actually have to interact with the outside world or the delivery drivers, but when you're on the couch, you're probably playing with your phone the max average of 2,000 times a day.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Zooz Electric Concept Motorcycle

We love motorcycles. We love bicycles. So, naturally, we'd love any machine that combines the best aspects of both. And that's where Texas manufacturer Zooz comes in. The Zooz Concept 01 can hit a top speed of 60 mph, weighs just 85 lbs and is completely devoid of pedals--despite the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Greg Olijnyk Makes Incredibly Detailed Sculptures out of Cardboard

The extent to which we use cardboard on a regular basis is generally limited to carrying recycling to the dumpster or creating templates for other projects. This is not the cae for artist Greg Olijnyk who uses it as the primary building material for his incredible sculptures. We're not just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Stay Home: Emergency Solar Hand Crank Portable Radio

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. Sure, we're all trapped inside, under lockdown, with specific orders to spend as little time outdoors as possible. But in all honesty, the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Travel
Airbnb Lilypad Floating Villa

If you want to camp out over the water, a boat just won't cut the mustard. The Lilypad is the brainchild of Australian designer Chuck Anderson, and it's pretty damned decadent. Located just north of Sydney in Palm Beach, the Lilypad has an expansive living area with untrammeled views of…

By Amos Kwon
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