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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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New Year’s Resolutions That Will Make You a Better Man

Another year has come and gone, and only foolish men believe they did everything right. In fact, the best men are those who can look back on a great year and find ways to improve for next. So even if we didn’t conceptualize at least a part of this story…

By Maxwell Barna
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Tech
You Can Pre-Order Oculus Rift Tomorrow

When we first heard of the Oculus Rift, Obama was still in his first term, Linsanity was just a misspelled word, and we hand't yet tasted a Cronut. Now, many years later, we can finally get our hands on the groundbreaking virtual reality headset. Almost. That's right, pre-orders for Oculus…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
Boomstick Makes Any Pair of Headphones Sound Better

As much as we love a great pair of cans for listening to music or taking conference calls at home or work, traveling with large, over-ear headphones on a daily basis is kind of a pain in the ass. On the flip side, most earbuds or other headphones that we…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Cocoon’s GRID-IT Backpack Organizes All Your Gear

In case you're not familiar with Cocoon's GRID-IT system, it's essentially a series of interconnected and overlapping straps designed to stretch and hold an entire trip worth of gear in an organized fashion. One GRID-IT will hold a camera, portable hard drive, chargers, tools, cords, plugs and batteries in an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Ray-Ban Clubround Sunglasses

Ray-Ban has been making iconic glasses for over half a century. While they might be best known for the Wayfarer and Aviator styles, the Clubmaster is another timeless silhouette that's been making waves ever since it was introduced. Ray-Ban's newest release, Clubround, takes the classic Clubmaster and updates it with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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