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GEAR PATROL SPONSORED POST Earlier this Spring we told you about Leffe’s search for a few good men willing to share stories of character-defining moments in their lives. Well the results of the exhaustive search are in and after hearing from 250 men with passionate, if not downright heroic, stories Leffe has chosen their 5 [...]

GEAR PATROL SPONSORED POST A night with Patrón is always a recipe for fun, but if you think libations are the only thing the luxury tequila maker knows a thing or two about, you’d be wrong. Case in point, Patrón’s Secret Dining Society has been hosting exclusive events across the country that combine cocktails and [...]

Just in case the sh*% hits the fan tomorrow

GEAR PATROL SPONSORED POST Belgian beer powerhouse Leffe is looking for a few good men to spotlight in their Craft Your Character search. Call us biased, but we can’t think of a better collection of adventurers and all-around general renaissance men than you guys. Who better to have their awesome stories shared globally? Oh, and [...]

Do Your Part and Help Those in Need

The disaster created by the 8.9 earthquake and the resulting tsunami is far from over in Japan. As global citizens, we encourage each of you to do your part to help the victims regain their footing after the devastation. You can help out in a variety of ways. The easiest is to simply text REDCROSS [...]

For most, the depths of winter take a mental toll. So to help you get by, we’re highlighting one new product per week, over the next five weeks, to help combat the winter doldrums — courtesy of Hyundai. These posts will be differentiated from our normal stream of finds and we’d strongly recommend giving each [...]

The most liked, most read and most linked-to posts of 2010. All 210 of ‘em. Gear well, gents… we’ll see you in 2011. Start Here »

As you know by now, our man Bradley Hasemeyer is on a mission to check out some of the biggest games in college football this season and award the most bodacious tailgaters with a grip FLO TV’s. Since we’re only hitting five games this year, we didn’t want to leave our faithful readers out of [...]

Ohio, when it comes to tailgating you guys sure know how to bring it.Yours truly, Gear Patrol. Congratulations to Matt Adams, the first winner of FLO TV’s Ultimate Tailgate Tour! Matt and his entire bus dedicated to the craft of tailgating awesomeness. Honestly, any written description would do his work a disservice, so be sure [...]

Four's a Company

Tired of smelling like your deodorant, or just had enough of that same bottle of cologne your girlfriend bought you for your 21st birthday? Well then consider today upgrade day. Polo sent over a complete set of their new Big Pony Cologne for one lucky GP reader. For the math challenged, that’s four separate bottles [...]

Update: The FLOTV Ultimate Tailgate Tour Blog has launched! We’ve also received some great tailgating photos so keep ‘em coming (send to: checkthis@gearpatrol.com) and make sure to visit the Ultimate Tailgate Tour Blog to see if your submission gets posted in the coming days. Sure, watching a video of Bradley learning a cheer from the [...]

We thought we’d bring your attention to GEAR.GP, Gear Patrol’s new shortened, personalized URL (“GE.AR” was taken). Whether you follow us on Twitter or not, we hope you’ll be seeing more of our web tattoo, and more importantly, know where the hell it goes. Thanks to bit.ly for the offer and help to set this [...]

Thanks to all who entered the SeeMore DB4-CS Gunmetal Putter giveaway. We had fantastic turnout, and hate that in the end we only had one to offer. Congrats to Blake Freeland! Hope you put this putter to good use. Hit us up at sayhello @ gearpatrol . com to coordinate details. Thanks to everyone who [...]

Just a reminder that this Sunday night, July 11th we’ll be closing our open call for new crew members. We received an inordinate number of apps and some of you certainly surprised us. If anything, we’re glad to see so many of you stepping up to flex your writing, curating, and discovery skills. Everyone who [...]