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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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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 Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Taylor Stitch Custom Art Jacket Auction to Benefit Australian Wildfire Relief

What better way to help out Australia's horrible wildfire crisis than to bid for and hopefully win a beautiful handmade corduroy art jacket as a wearable memento of your efforts? Taylor Stitch has commissioned three of their old-school chainstitch embroidery partners to create a singular interpretation of their ‘Responsibly Built…

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Nike x Comme des Garcons Air Max 95 Sneakers

The brand Comme des Garcons might be most well-known for their ability to put their heart with eyes logos on just about everything, but the brand has also done quite a few collabs of note over the years. Case in point, the recently available Nike x Comme des Garcons Air…

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Luminox X Bear Grylls Survival Collection Watches

If Bear Grylls' name is on the product, it'd better be tough. Such is the case with his new line of watches from Luminox, known for their rugged timepieces. The Bear Grylls Survival Collection includes six watches designed to take punishment while looking appropriately ready for the worst the great…

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Taylor Stitch’s Piston Jacket Is the Essence of Old School Cool

There are plenty of great jackets on the market you could be wearing on the regular, but few are as effortlessly old school cool as the Taylor Stitch Piston Jacket. Inspired by the classic Harrington style zip-up jacket (think James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause) but made out of…

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Anthony Bourdain’s “World Travel: An Irreverent Guide”

Anthony Bourdain comes back to haunt us in the best of ways via the medium that made him famous: a book. Written by Bourdain and his faithful assistant, Laurie Woolever, it covers key insights into his favorite global locations, including access, accommodations, and of course, food. More than just a…

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