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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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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

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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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
By Travis Haley
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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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

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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…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
Mojo Contact Lenses Essentially Give You Superpowers

It seems like these days everything tech is all about the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality experiences that all our favorite brands and sites can provide. Now you can finally skip the giant goggles and the weird, multi-colored glasses in favor of something better--Mojo Lens smart contact lenses. With a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
The Airbus Flying Whale Beluga XL Aircraft Has Taken Flight

Airbus has never been a company to shy away from injecting a bit of fun into their functional airplanes. They also seem to have a thing with animal names and designs--see the Airbus Bird of Prey Concept Airliner--and that's never been as true as it is with the Beluga XL.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Nike ACG Air Terra Antarktik Winter Boots

Over the years, Nike has produced quite a few interesting releases under their All Conditions Gear (ACG) label. Joining the likes of unique offerings such as the Tallac Flyknit Boots and the campsite classic ACG Moc are these upcoming Nike ACG Air Terra Antarktik Winter Boots. If we're being completely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Seiko Prospex Black Series Limited Edition

Seiko's Prospex line of tough timepieces just goes to show you don't have to spend huge money to get a great automatic watch. Their new Black Series takes on a decided dark look for some of the best affordable dive watches on earth. Each version gets a bluish-black hard case…

By Amos Kwon
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