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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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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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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

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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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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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G-Shock GM-2100 Stainless Steel “CasiOak”

G-Shock watches are popular enough with the active/law enforcment/military/outdoorsy crowd to begin with, and then the hexagonal "CasiOak" analog-digital timepiece took the world by storm. Certain colors sold out, and watch modders customized it with metal to mimick the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. Now, G-Shock is listening to their adoring…

By Amos Kwon
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Brooks Aurora-BL

You can up your running game by putting the future on your feet. Brooks' BlueLine Lab recently debuted its Aurora-BL that's packed with an impressive set of running technology in a truly audacious shoe. The nitrogen-injected DNA LOFT v3 cushioning provides cushy strikes, and the Glide Roll heel and toe…

By Amos Kwon
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The Best Bar Carts You Can Buy Online Right Now

Whether you live in an apartment or a home, a good bar cart can contribute to the right atmosphere of hospitality. But not just any bar cart will do. It has to have all the right details. First off, it needs to make a style statement that either blends well…

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MIT Built a Magic Carpet That Tracks Your Movements

Motion tracking for exercise, gaming, and even safety has been around for quite a while now, but it always required cameras or body scanning for effective tracking. That changes now with, as you might have guessed, research and development out of MIT. MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)…

By Cooper Fleishman
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762-Horsepower Hydrocar

Amphibious vehicles aren't exactly practical, but they're certainly gawk-worthy. Such is the case with the massive yellow Hydrocar. Built back in the early 2000s, the Hydrocar houses a Chevy big block V8 engine good for 762 horsepower and can go from road to waves without skipping a beat. The Hydrocar…

By Amos Kwon
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