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This 1970s Seiko Is One of the Brand’s the Best Vintage Dive Watches
The Seiko 6105 is an unlikely legend but one that's earned its reputation.
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OutdoorsA Visit to Thule’s U.S. Headquarters in Seymour, CT
If you’re into the outdoors and own a car, chances are you own or have owned a Thule product for hauling your skis, bikes, kayaks and other outdoor gear. Nearly 80 percent of the company’s products for the U.S.
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ArchiveGray Skies, Snow, and Surfing
In New England, winter surfers spend the summer dreaming of frigid waters, storms and angry seas.
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OutdoorsKit: Winter Surfing
When it comes time to hit the surf and temps are in the 30s rather than the 70s, the right gear is the difference between channeling Bodhi and becoming intimate with the symptoms of hypothermia. While it’s admittedly tough to be toasty in water less than half your body’s normal temperature, with the right kit you can at least pursue your hobby and live to tell about it.
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StyleAthletic Guys, Consider These Easy Wardrobe Staples
There are a lot of great menswear companies making high quality clothes to fit most guys and most budgets. Perhaps unexpectedly, one guy who has been overlooked is the athlete.
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FitnessTested: ECCO BIOM Terrain Plus
Over the years we’ve owned a number of different hiking boots in a continuous search for just the right balance of sufficient support, stability, and grip without being so rigid and heavy that they feel like Tony Soprano concrete specials.
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OutdoorsKit: Waterskiing
Sprinkler, fire hydrant, beach or pool: they’re all great ways to cool off when the mercury spikes. Then there’s waterskiing.
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HomeTrimming the Hedges: Best Home Landscaping Tools
One of the “luxuries” of being a home owner is having a yard — having the space to grill, garden, and maybe even build a moat (it is your castle, after all). Sadly, that yard is just waiting for you to turn your back so it can start creeping and growing past its carefully manicured boundaries.
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ArchiveStaff Favorites: Jon Gaffney
In the latest edition of Staff Favorites, we turn to one of Gear Patrol’s longest standing contributors, Mr. Jon Gaffney.
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OutdoorsKit: Music Festival
Ah, the music festival. Concert after concert under the hot sun, huge fields of camping fans, available yet astronomically priced food, and port-a-potties stretching to the horizon combine for a strange breed of “roughing it” with large doses of civilization mixed in.
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StyleClear for Takeoff: 5 Aviators for the Summer
Finally the brightness of summer is on its way. Now, for the harsh reality: you’ve had plenty of time during the last five months of gray to forget where you left your last set of sunglasses.
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ArchiveDesign Spotlight: Halley VI Antarctic Research Station
February 5 marks the official opening of the new Halley VI Minnesota Antarctic Research Station, which replaces the 20-year-old (you guessed it) Halley V. Creating the new home of the British Antarctic Survey was a difficult project given the unique (a.k.a.
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StyleFair Ends Caps Winter 2013
While we love a good baseball cap, we don’t always want to be advertising our favorite sports teams. Maybe it’s that we’re getting a little older and a little more refined, or maybe our team is just bottom of the barrel this year (if you ask us which one it is, you’re as likely to get a straight answer from Manti Te’o).
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StyleStyle Pick: Ledbury Sport Coats and Blazers
Ledbury has been making some truly great shirts at reasonable prices the last few years. Recently they launched their first foray into men’s suiting with their new sports coats and blazers.
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