As a DJ, I often go through phases when it comes to music. Like many of you, my tastes are wide-ranging. Recently though, I have stumbled across a small microcosm of the music world that seems to be blending an awful lot together. Hip Hop, Soul, Electro, Rock & Roll… all smashed into something I [...]
Be A Better Man In 30 Days | Day 27: Bring More to Your Relationship
Relationships are not easy, in fact, if you don’t work at them constantly, they breakdown. The longer you’re in a committed relationship the easier it is to take it for granted. It’s sad, but true. We don’t profess to be experts in love but we do think our life experiences have revealed a few tips [...]
Chacos
Your New Summer All-Season Sandal
Summer is here (well hopefully by you, in Maine it’s still Monsoon season..grrr). Either way, good sandals are irreplaceable and essential when it comes to the helter-swelter. After spending the last two years in the South, I became acquainted with the best sandals this side of Rainbows, and they’re Chaco’s. They have yet to make [...]
Mohonk Mountain House & Golf Course
The New York Crew Takes a Much Needed Retreat to New Paltz
The Gear Patrol crew has been burning the candle at both ends lately (read: always) and, suffice it to say, a little R&R was desperately warranted. So, the Editors packed up Eric’s Rover and headed to New Paltz, NY for a weekend of golf, grilling, and general male bonding. If you’re like me, you may [...]
Letter From The Editor: You Make This Sh*# Absolutely Worth The Effort
The sixth month of 2009 proved to be a rainy one in New York, but that hardly put a damper on progress here at Gear Patrol; June turned out to be our best month, ever. Normally, I’d be writing the crew now, thanking them for their efforts, but it’s not only them I have to [...]
SensoGlove
Get a (better) Grip
If you watched any part of the final round of the recent U.S. Open, then you certainly witnessed how pressure and stress can derail a golf swing. This generally manifests itself in two forms: faster swing tempo and an increase in grip pressure. Today, we tackle grip pressure (note: Dusty and Torrey will take on [...]
Baraka (Blu-ray in 8K UltraDigital HD)
The Most Visually Stunning Blu-Ray Ever Made
By Gear Patrol Reader Jason Glazier No, it’s not a documentary about the storybook rise of our President, but rather a film considered to be a definitive “must have” in any movie collection. Baraka, which means “blessing” in several languages, focuses on humans and the spaces they interact between. Yes, it’s a bit all over [...]
Link Patrol | July 9, 2009
As of today, our national debt is well over 11.5 trillion dollars. I just read somewhere that on this same date in the year 1795, James Swan, a financier and patriot, paid off the $2,024,899 US national debt in one fell swoop ($25,318,850 in today’s value). That’s got to be one helluva check. Welcome to [...]
Illy iperEspresso & The Francis Francis X7
Espresso Technology Done Right
Recently here on Gear Patrol, we’ve had a great dialogue about one of man’s favorite drinks, coffee; we’ve collectively debated the various ways the brew can be prepared and consumed. Some of us seem hell-bent on using a french press as the only way of doing the brackish ambrosia justice, while others in the business [...]
Quick Mix: The Whitest Boy Alive, Blocparty, Kennedy, Glasvegas, and Elevation
Filling Up Your iPod, 5 Tracks At A Time
Say hello to the Gear Patrol Quick Mix, a new initiative to get you some new tunes on your cobweb laden music collection. We’ll spoon feed you a variety of new tunes with each new Quick Mix covering a variety of music genres from a variety of tastes. Some you’ll like, some you’ll hate, but [...]
Mercedes AMG Driving Academy
Blisteringly Fast. Ridiculously Safe. Awesomely Fun.
How does this sound? Spend two grand to make your heart stop. Not too appealing, right? Well, Mercedes AMG Driving Academy aims to do just that. In exchange for $2,100 (starting), the skilled madmen of AMG will give you the chance to train with a master instructor behind the wheel of an AMG vehicle, including [...]
Element Grill by Fuego
Turn Up the Heat with Some California Cool
When it comes to buying a grill, there’s no doubt that your primary concern is finding a unit that can get the job done. Every man needs a deckhand that will help him sear, char, and grill with the greatest of ease and aplomb. Now, thanks to Fuego and their new Element Grill, there’s no [...]
Sri Lanka In Spandex
Jason Heaton Takes On Sri Lanka’s Hill Country By Bicycle
By the middle of Day Three, Upali’s knee could take no more. Turning the cranks caused him shooting pain and his knee was starting to swell. We had 1,500 metres of climbing ahead of us, and he wisely chose to flag down a tuk-tuk to take him on ahead. When they disappeared from sight, I [...]
McDavid Hexpad Technology
Sports Protection Evolved
As I get a little older, I don’t bounce back from bumps and bruises quite like I used to. My mind still wants to go like I’m a kid, but my body inevitably pays the price. Now, with McDavid Hexpad Technology, I can still enjoy my contact sports without the fear of being gimpy the [...]
Oppo Blu-ray BDP-83 Player
The Pinnacle of Blu-ray?
July 6th, for most men, will always be remembered as the second day of recovery following the summer’s worst hangover. However, this July 6th was a day most videophiles had marked on their calendar (re: nerds like me) for an entirely different reason. That’s because the long awaited Oppo Blu-ray BDP-83 finally hit the market. [...]