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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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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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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Lifestyle
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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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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Death Machines of London Airforce

Death Machines of London is a name Cool Material readers should be familiar with. From the Airtail to the bike in honor of Hunter S. Thompson, we've featured a handful of the outfits motorcycles. The latest badass two-wheeler to roll outta the shop is Airforce, a bike built in honor of Giovanni…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Gravity Chopsticks 2.0 Never Touch the Table

Chopsticks are some of the simplest, most utilitarian and well-designed utensils that have ever been created, which is probably why no one has really iterated on the design significantly since they were invented over 6,000 years ago. Once you overcome the learning curve, the only real issue with them was…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
2019 Ford Ranger

Ever since we first talked about the official return of the Ranger we've been champing at the bit to get actual information from Ford about what this new model was going to include. The blue oval has finally delivered with the official unveiling of the 2019 Ford Ranger. Designed and engineered…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Vans ‘Made for the Makers’ Classics Collection

There are a select few pairs of sneakers that really make us think about our formative years—almost every single pair of Vans classics is on that list. Sure, there isn't a celebrity name attached to any of them, but that hasn't stopped the Authentics, Slip-On, Old Skool or SK8-Hi from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ Teaser Trailer

Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) tapped a bevy of stars for his next project that's set to hit theaters in May. Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah, Hill, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black star in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, a film based on John Callahan's autobiography. Callahan was a…

By Mike Newman
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