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

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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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
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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

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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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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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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The Puff Rubber Chicken Bong Squeaks When You Smoke It

When it comes to accessories designed and built to accommodate the smoking of the electric lettuce, we've seen quite a few interesting contraptions over the years. Watermelons. Apples. Pineapples. Other fruits of all sizes and shapes. Baby bottles, Tide bottles, Pringles cans, Honey Bears, golf balls, Super Soakers, Hot Wheels…

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LifeFuels Smart Nutrition Bottle

Now that it's nearing the end of the year, it's time to take stock of all the New Year's resolutions you made and how you're doing in terms of progress. If you're anything like us, you made some of the appropriate gains and losses, but nowhere near the amount you'd…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hardgraft Big Brown Boots

Key folders, phone wallets, multi-use bags, vertical dopp kits, laptop bags and, well, the list goes on and on when it comes to the everyday carry pieces that Hardgraft revolutionized with their impressive leather goods. The brand has now turned their eyes from one piece of everyday carry essential to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Oris Teamed up with The Walt Disney Company for Two Limited Edition ‘Star Wars’ Watches

Oris is one of our favorite watchmakers because their high-quality, mechanical timepieces combine over a century of design and technical proficiency to create wearable pieces of art that are as accurate as they are stylish. Now we see them teaming up with The Walt Disney Company for a limited pair…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Give the Gift of Custom with a Unique Nixon Watch

When it comes to the watch you wear everyday, you have a lot of options. Nixon has always made some of our favorites because of their unique combination of sleek exterior, quality construction and everyday wearability. It gets even better this year because of Nixon's in-store and mobile custom shop…

By Cooper Fleishman
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