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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Holiday
The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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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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Orbit Watch Winder

Anyone serious about taking care of their mechanical automatic watches should have a watch winder as part of their horological gear. Most winders look decent enough, but the Orbit Winder is positively mesmerizing. Not only does it imitate the movement of a watch tourbillon, but it also turns the winder…

By Amos Kwon
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Zero Motorcycles x Huge Moto SR-X Concept

It's not like Zero Motorcycles needs help making its bikes cool. But their work with Huge Designs to modify the SR/S for future duty is downright awesome. Dubbed the "Huge Moto SR-X", the bike uses styling elements from both streetfighter and track bikes. A concept bike only, the SR-X is…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
Nike Puts Comfort First with Their ACG Moc

A cult favorite, the ACG Moc was previously known as the Air Ida (for the shoes' resemblance to the Idaho potato). These slip-ons from Nike promise to take you off-road and into the heart of adventure. With its basic construction, no element of this shoe was overlooked. It features a…

By Brett Braley
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Cantieri di Pisa Akhir Series

There are boats, and then there are boats. The Italian-built Cantieri di Pisa Akhir Series are most definitely the latter. These three boats were born from the mind of former Bugatti automobile designer Etienne Salomè from Berlin. Three boats comprise the series in the form of flybridge yachts that measure…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Nixon Partnered With Santa Cruz Skateboards for Limited 50th Anniversary Watches

Whether it's their iconic artwork or their squad of legendary riders, Santa Cruz Skateboards has become synonymous with skateboarding itself. The true OGs are celebrating their 50th Anniversary by partnering with Nixon to bring you three special, limited-edition watches based on some of their classic graphics. The collection includes two…

By Pat McLaughlin
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