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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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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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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Wilco Collaborates with Chicago Store Foxtrot on Cereal, Snacks, and Beer

The alternative stylings of the 90s and early 2000s are back in a big way. So it only makes sense that indie darlings Wilco should have a moment in the spotlight once again. In a partnership that is almost too perfect, Chicago market/corner store Foxtrot has teamed up with seminal…

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18 Apps Every Car Owner Should Have On Their Phone

There was a time when owning a car meant investing in maps for the glove box and a collection of tools to tinker under the hood with. Those days are gone. (Though we still keep a trusty leatherman at all times.) Now the phone you keep in your pocket can…

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Discover the History of Iconic Logos with Logo Beginnings

If you're looking for a new intriguing coffee table book, pick up a copy of Logo Beginnings. This book from renowned publisher Taschen takes a look at the history of iconic corporate logos. Author Jens Müller has examined historical trademark registers and design publications and has found more than 6,000…

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The Honbike Is a Seriously Cool Folding e-Bike

Folding e-Bikes with tiny wheels are a bit on the dorky side, honestly. They're also not really great to ride, either. The Honbike changes all that with a slick design and a powerful shaft drive system that makes chains and belts obsolete. The 240W motor powers the front hub, and…

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Hookie Co. Cake Ösa+ “Silver ANT”

Hookie Co.'s Cake eletric moto is awesome all by itself, but it's the Cake Ösa+ Silver ANT we want. This one-off is a custom build specially made for the Glemseck 101 race and festival in Leonberg, Germany. 2022 marks the first year of an all-electric class, and the Silver ANT…

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