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Surf the Concrete Jungle

Snowboard season may still be a ways off, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get practice in now. The Flowlab Skateboard ($80) is the brainchild of an effort to design a board for San Francisco riders that tackles the city’s steep slopes, and it works. The fact that it can replicate the feel of snowboarding [...]

A Year Ago on Gear Patrol

First Class

Sourced from fine Blue Weber agaves harvested in the highest regions of Jalisco, Mexico and distilled through a rare, ultra-slow, proprietary process, Tequila Avión ($45-$55) isn’t your every-day tequila. Its filtration process takes about 10 times the length of traditional ones in order to reach something Tequila Avión calls “the moment of elevation.” In fact, [...]

Innovative Improvement

Walking, that’s the way the golf is meant to be played. Not all of us are die-hard luggers though, and the constant weight of your golf gear can be a real pain. Not to mention, shoulder strain can lead to bad shots. Last year we introduced to you the Clicgear Pushcart 2.0. From a company [...]

Aquaman Would Want One

The Benarus (ben-air-us) Watch Company began with a clear vision to design and build high-quality diving timepieces, which carry the same spirit as the big dogs of the dive watch world. All this, while keeping the price competitive, like the line from RedSea that we recently covered. To ensure exclusivity, Benarus crafts their watches in [...]

With classic Americana showing no sign of stepping down from its post as the king of trends (cases in point: Handsome American Footballs, J.Crew Denim Workshirt, and Coleman Steel Belted Cooler), there’s probably nothing more authentic than buying vintage. You could spend hours scouring thrift stores, repairing worn-out pieces and updating them for a more [...]

A Look Back at Gear Patrol's Recent Finds

Death to Protein Powder Globs

Situation: It’s been a hard workout. Your body is craving protein. To satiate, you make a protein shake, but globs of chocolate protein powder hover around the surface of the glass. You shake, stir, curse, but no amount of force will break it up. Sound familiar? A recent procurement from the local health store has [...]

A Revisit

When we were first introduced to ShirtsMyWay more than a year ago, we walked away happy with our shirts, but some of our readers emailed with complaints about the first run of product. Nearly a year and a half later, we’ve revisited ShirtsMyWay and are pleased to report that the kinks have been worked out. [...]

Just Add Water

The only thing that mixes worse than Lindsey Lohan and alcohol is water and rope. Anyone who has ever paddled a boat can attest to the fact that a seemingly docile line floating in an inch or two of water at the bottom of your raft can become a veryserious problem if you take a [...]

Lebron's Got Your Back, Kinda.

With music being the fundamental push behind the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android becoming a core workout accessory, all the major sports brands are looking to push the envelope with various workout companion apps. All with a focus to motivate and help track performance. Sometimes through old-fashioned techniques like, well, yelling. Nike Boom is a [...]

Behold Sweet Duffel, Nay Crappy Overnighter

The weekend bag brands its toter like no other piece of luggage. North Face pack? Student heading to Vermont, weed in stow. Oversized Adidas gym bag? Recent grad returning from Vegas, empty-handed. Frequent trips to exceptional places demand an equally unparalleled carry-on like the Gräf & Lantz Duffel ($950). Gräf & Lantz, a Los Angeles-based [...]

Class: Bargain Denim 501

When it comes to denim, raw is where it’s at. Those pre-faded, pre-whiskered, even pre-ripped jeans found in suburban malls should be left in the clearance bin. Premium raw denim has been discussed before (here and here), but not all men can shell out for three figure price tags. Levi’s to the rescue with a [...]

A Year Ago on Gear Patrol

As you know, our gear reviews typically publish after we get hands-on time. But alas, we are men and appropriately flawed, particularly in the department of patience. Recently, the itch became a bit insatiable with a few gear arrivals – particularly the Canon 7D, a couple of new lenses, and oh… a rip-snorting 481 horsepower [...]