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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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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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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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Thrive Motorcycle 1951 BMW R51 Restomod

Vintage "Beamer" motorcycles that are decades old still run today, and they still thrill on urban streets and open country roads, but there aren't many legendary R51s left (only 18,000 were made), and Thrive Motorcycle based in Indonesia has just restomodded one to bring it to the modern age. Using…

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Entertainment
Rubber Band Minigun

There are few things that check all of the childhood nostalgia boxes quite like the classic rubber band gun. In addition to being a relatively painless method of settling disputes and having some fun, rubber band guns are also great weapons of office warfare. If you want to absolutely decimate…

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LEGO Originals Wooden Minifigure

Whether you're talking about constructing your own versions of one of the wonders of the world like the Taj Mahal or the incredible Ferrari F40, you can make almost anything with LEGO. In our haste to build each one of those fantastic creations we often forget about the little guy…

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1985 Lamborghini Countach QV “Downdraft”

The Lamborghini Countach stands as one of the most iconic supercars of all-time. The Marcello Gandini/Bertone designed V12 monster is a legend, especially from a design perspective. The Countach has the kind of aesthetics that still make everyone in its immediate vicinity crane their necks to get another look. This…

By Amos Kwon
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Vans Static CC MTE Sneakers

There's no denying that the popularity of weatherized hi-top sneakers is at an all time high, but there are few options that impress like these Vans Statis CC MTE sneakers. Built with the comfort of ComfyCush and the protection of MTE, along with iconic Vans mudguard paneling, a puffed collar…

By Cooper Fleishman
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