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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

The swim shorts, half-zip, and retro runners that became the 20% of my summer wardrobe doing 80% of the work.

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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
By Lanny Fuller
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Travel
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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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The Sunglasses You Should Be Wearing This Summer, According to An Expert

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Federal Moto X Royal Enfield Grand Trunk Express

The last time we checked in with the people at Federal Moto they were building a badass beach tracker based on a 1978 Yamaha SR500. Now they've partnered up with the one and only Royal Enfield to turn a 2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT—already a gorgeous cafe racer in its…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Machine Era Field Pen

We've covered a lot of great everyday carry Kickstarter pens over the years that have featured bolt action mechanism and springy pocket clips. The Machine Era Field Pen is the first we've seen that combines both those features into a single, fluid mechanism that's easy and fun to use. After…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Teaser Trailer

We've been on board with serious Vince Vaughn since we got wind of him starring in the second season of True Detective. Admittedly, that didn't pan out, though that was far from Baba Ganoush's fault. We're getting another taste of the actor in something other than a laugh-out-loud comedy with Brawl in…

By Mike Newman
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Travel
The World’s Most Remote Pop-Up Shop Opened on a Cliff

Pop-up shops, by definition, are hard to get to. They open and close without the majority of the public being any wiser. Not in the area at the right time? Out of luck. Well, Cliffside Shop, a pop-up from Work in Progress, just took things to another level of inaccessibility.…

By Mike Newman
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Features
3 Ways to Store Cigars Using Household Items

We've all been there: the bachelor party/wedding/birth of your buddy's child where someone hands you a cigar you may want to smoke someday. The problem is if you don’t have a humidor to store it in, that cigar will dry out and become unsmokable in a matter of days. Whatever…

By Pat McLaughlin
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