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The Bucket List of Remote Places to Kayak

Here's your guide to the coolest places to kayak.

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A Better Way to Spend a Winter Night In
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Dry January Isn’t New. The Drinks Are, Though.
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic
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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic

The monk strap’s journey from blog-era favorite to modern classic

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable

Nike’s cold-weather era is peaking, don’t miss out.

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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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Swimply Lets You Rent Swimming Pools by the Hour

If you want to make a little bit of coin with the in-ground pool you only occasionally make use of, Swimply is your answer. Essentially the Airbnb of swimming pools (no, you don’t sleep in the pool), Swimply lets renters make use of your swimming pool (not your house). Users…

By Amos Kwon
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‘1917’ Trailer

At the height of WW I, two British soldiers are given an impossible task--cross enemy territory and deliver a message to prevent a massacre of more than a thousand soldiers, including one of their own brothers. That's the basic gist of the upcoming film 1917, director Sam Mendes' World War…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Elizabeth Taylor’s 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II Convertible is Going to Auction

Elizabeth Taylor is an iconic actress that requires no introduction, well, anywhere. What you might not know is that she owned one particular, very special Rolls-Royce that was with her longer than any of her husbands. In 1960, Taylor had a one-off, custom 1961 Rolls-Royce Cloud II Convertible made--one of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vans Vault Mt. Vernon Collection Is Decked out in Railroad Stripes

There's no doubt in our minds that every single one of you reading this has owned or currently owns a pair of Vans. And yet, every time something new comes out of the Vans Vault we still get excited and try to clear room on the shoe rack for the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Indian x Traeger Wood-Fired Grill Motorcycle

If barbecued meat is more important to you than companionship, custom bike builder Thor Drake has the motorcycle of your dreams. He merged a powerful Indian Springfield Dakrhorse in matte Thunder Black paint with a big Traeger Ironwood 885 grill as its sidecar. Rather than looking like something Frankensteined together…

By Amos Kwon
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