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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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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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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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What We're Buying
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

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

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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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Classic Recreations Will Build You a Modern 1967 Shelby GT500

The skilled technicians, craftsmen and mechanical visionaries at Classic Recreations out of Yukon, Oklahoma, have spent more than a decade making some of the finest custom cars in the world. If you've been thinking about owning and driving your very own Shelby GT500 ever since you laid eyes on the…

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Accessories
J.Crew and New Balance Team Up for Sneakers Inspired by National Parks

Any time J.Crew and New Balance team up it's worthy of mention, as every pair of sneakers the two brands have collaborated on have been on our Want list the second they hit shelves. The latest collection is no different, only this time there's an added reason to toss them…

By Mike Newman
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The Revolve Wheel Collapses for Easy Storage and Transport

Reinventing the wheel is something that's always jokingly referred to as impossible because the design is so simple and elegant that it can't be improved. The founder and inventor of the Revolve folding wheel, Andrea Mocellin, begs to differ. The Revolve wheel uses a mechanism similar to those found in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Williams Tactical Key Self-Defense Tool

There's an Onion article that claims, the average guy is 4,000% less effective when fighting than they think they will be. Yes, it's The Onion. Yes, it's a joke. That said, like many posts on the satirical news site, there's truth in comedy. Should you need to defend yourself, don't go assuming you're…

By Mike Newman
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Only Smoke the Finest with the Ashton 5-Cigar Assortment

Five of the finest premium, aged Ashton cigars tantalize the palate in an iconic assortment of award-winning blends. The world-renowned brand has enjoyed classic status in the cigar collections of seasoned connoisseurs for decades. Tasting notes of cashews, coffee beans, cedar, and graham cracker accompany signature Dominican spices patiently blended…

By Cooper Fleishman
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