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Cool, January 2026

Cool, January 2026

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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
Our Picks

Featured Stories

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

New year essentials.

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Holiday
The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

New year essentials.

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Holiday
The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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

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

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Feeling the Burn

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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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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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2023 Ford F-150 Rattler

In what might just be the coolest name this side of an F-150 Raptor, the new Rattler is actually at the other end of the price spectrum. Using the base XL trim, the Rattler adds the off-road-ready FX4 package with its skid plates, beefy all-terrain tires, off-road shocks, a locking…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
The All-Weather Basecamp Sandal is Ready for Your Next Adventure

With summer right around the corner, we're getting our warm weather adventuring gear ready. And a pair of rugged sandals is essential for the great outdoors. Whether you're relaxing at the campsite, hitting the trail for a hike, or wading through a river, a great pair of adventure sandals keep…

By John A. Paradiso
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Fashion
John Derian x Todd Snyder: Two Legends Team Up

Since 1989 John Derian has excelled at creating a bygone world of artisanal homewares. For me, his East Village shop is a perennial stop on my trips to the city. Because of this, I’m forever grateful to the fashion gods for putting Derian on Todd Snyder’s radar. Their collaboration has…

By Brett Braley
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Health
Transform Your Overall Health, Performance, and Recovery With InsideTracker

If you're like us, you had no idea that blood testing is important for athletes. There are five main blood biomarkers related to performance and recovery, and by tracking these biomarkers throughout your training cycle, you can transform your overall health, performance and recovery. That's where InsideTracker comes in with…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Upgrade Your Kitchen With the Best Cast Iron on the Market

When it comes to pans you can use for just about anything, there's cast iron and everything else. Whether you're pan-frying chicken, searing steaks, roasting vegetables, or even making biscuits, a good cast iron skillet is something you'll use everyday. That's where Smithey comes in with their USA made cast…

By Pat McLaughlin
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