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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

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

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Reigning Champs x Prince Tennis Apparel Collection

With Wimbledon in full swing and the rise of tennis gear in modern fashion, it's no surprise that Reigning Champs has teamed up with Prince, a legend of the sport, for a limited collection of tennis gear and apparel. The 10-piece capsule recalls Prince's early design language, capturing the retro…

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The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots

Look, I’m going to say it - we need more idiots in media. I want things dumbed down, easy-to-follow, and without a lot of highfalutin language to put me off from reading any further. That’s why, when first hearing about The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots, I…

By Brett Braley
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7 of the Best Playboy Magazine Interviews of All Time

While Playboy Magazine has long maintained a reputation for being a destination solely for smut, those in the know are well aware that the men's lifestyle magazine also featured some of the best writing ever published. Between short fiction, cultural coverage, and in-depth essays, there was a high-brow literary side…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Smoll Leather Wallet

Origami, by itself, is a fascinating art form that I’ve always admired. So imagine my surprise when I find a wallet on Kickstarter use the principles of origami for their wallets. Introducing Smoll, a company who has ingeniously found a way to create a super-stylish wallet out of one piece…

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Tesla Cybertruck Space Camper

We've never seen so many camper units created for a vehicle that's not even out yet. This one is known as the Cybertruck Space Camper, a huge pop-up unit that's practically integrated into the angled bed of the radical electric pickup truck. The modular unit has room for a fold-down…

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