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Where to See the Tallest Free-Standing Totem Pole on Earth

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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
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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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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.

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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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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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Benchmade’s Tengu Flipper Knife Is an EDC Essential

Benchmade Knife Company is one of the most accomplished, storied, reputable and dare we say it, best pocket knife brands out there for good reason--they make knives that can stand up to the apocalypse while still being attractive and downright functional. Their most recent creation--the 601 Tengu Flipper--is still a…

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Sky Haus

Although the Sky Haus looks like its living room furniture was stolen from my uncle's basement, the rest of it is epic in its layout and serene surroundings. Located a couple of hours from Seattle in the central Cascades mountain range, the A-Frame cabin is isolated and ready for rent…

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Laffite G-Tec X-Road Off-Road Supercar

We've covered quite a few performance supercars over the years, but nothing like the Laffite X-Road Off-Road Supercar designed by former professional race car driver Bruno Laffite and his wife. The Laffite G-Tec X-Road Off-Road Supercar delivers on everything the name implies with a 6.2L LS3 V8 power plant producing…

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