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

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The Communal Reddit r/place Mural Has Been Recreated on Minecraft

The subreddit r/place got a relaunch a few weeks ago, which you already know if you regularly check Reddit. For those out of the loop, r/place is a digital communal mural where users can add to the project one pixel at a time. And while you might assume the result…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Float on the Ocean in the Pearlsuite, a Luxury Hotel Room on the Water

Lazzarini Design Studio specializes in the kind of conceptual design that always reminds us the world we live in often looks exceptionally boring. Take beachside vacation resorts, for example. They’re usually antiseptically luxurious and set on sandy beaches or cliffsides and have some vaguely modern design style. The Pearlsuites throw…

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Rethink Your Underwear With These Fun Print Options From Shinesty

If you're anything like us, your underwear choices are strictly limited to size and the choice between briefs / boxers or the hybrid boxer briefs on the regular. Contrary to popular belief, there are quite a few other options on the market, and that's where Shinesty comes in. Created for…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Proof’s Rover Pants Are Built for All Your Everyday Adventures

What if you took all the durability, technical performance and comfort of a work pant with a pigment dye that wears in like raw selvedge denim over time? Would that be enough to make you think twice about grabbing a pair of denim everyday? It's something you actually have to…

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Our 15 Favorite Items from the J. Crew Spring 2022 Collection

We are tantalizingly close to spring and with that comes the promise of some new clothes (if, like me, you finally took that bag of rags to Goodwill). J. Crew’s spring line-up provides a great template of basics to add to your existing wardrobe to freshen it up a bit…

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