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The Iconic REEF Fanning Sandal Just Hit Legal Drinking Age

Four new models join the family of clever, beach-bum approved sandals featuring a bottle opener in the sole

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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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The 7 Toughest Hiking Boots for Your Outdoor Treks

It’s finally getting to the time of year when we can take a long walk outside without turning our clothes into soaking messes of human sweat. Let’s take advantage of that. Get your backpack out, pick a national park (domestic or international), find your tent, and get back out there.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Inside the Insane and Delicious World of Voodoo Doughnut

Maple Blazer Blunt. Tangfastic. Cock-N-Balls. To get a glimpse inside the minds of Kenneth "Cat Daddy" Pogson and Tres Shannonn, founders of Portland-based Voodoo Doughnut, it's easiest, perhaps, to look at some of the flavors they offer. To delve deeper, we spoke with Sara Heise, Executive Wrangler, and Pogson about their favorites,…

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BMW Vision iNEXT Crossover

BMW finally released details about its Vision iNEXT Concept Crossover. As expected, it's filled with all the future tech you'd expect. Autonomous driving. Hyper-connectivity. Intelligent personal assistant. Electric drivetrain. Zero emissions. Smart seating. Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management at the BMW Group, said, “The iNEXT project will…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Lightweight J.Crew Hoodie Is on Sale for More Than Half Off

If J.Crew Factory—aka J.Crew's outlet store—isn't one of the places you're regularly checking for deals on staples, you don't know what you're missing. One of our 12 must-visit online menswear shops, J.Crew Factory produces a lot of the same wardrobe basics and preppy pieces you'd expect to find at normal…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Küschall Superstar Wheelchair Is Made with Formula 1 Technology

Küschall is a wheelchair manufacturer widely recognized by institutions like MoMA and the reddot design awards for its unique, effective and lightweight designs. Their latest, however, really takes the cake. The Küschall Superstar is an incredibly innovative mobility tool that was designed in partnership with Formula 1 manufacturers to make…

By Cooper Fleishman
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