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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
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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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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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America’s 10 Dumbest Drinking Laws

We are a country built upon three fundamental and unalienable human rights: The right to drink good whiskey, the right to party all night, and the right to listen to rock and roll music as loud as we want (that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” crap is for…

By Maxwell Barna
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Tech
The Luna 360° Camera Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

360° cameras have been popping up all over the place this year, but few of them have been affordable or portable enough to justify pulling the trigger. That changes with Memora’s Luna camera. The 6cm sphere (that’s about the size of a pool ball) houses two spherical lenses, smart AI,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Custom Lightsabers You Can Actually Duel With

Depending how old you were the first time you saw any of the Star Wars movies, your options for recreating epic lightsaber battles with family, friends and kids from around the neighborhood were limited to sticks and shitty "licensed" toys built with plastic that extended like police batons. Those are…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Wear This: Splitting Wood

In this fancy world of iPhones, Internet security cameras and Nest Thermostats, throwing another log on the fire isn't exactly something that's required... but splitting wood is still something you should be capable of doing. Regardless of whether or not you need the wood for survival purposes, to supplement a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Flowchart: Which Bill Murray Movie Should You Watch?

So you watched A Very Murray Christmas and you're hankering for more Bill. Understandable. Luckily, with such a vast catalog, there's a Bill F*cking Murray flick for whatever you're into. Need help deciding which one to fire up? Our handy flowchart is here to help. While we couldn't include all…

By Mike Newman
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