Your joy for Johnnie Walker can only be surpassed by sharing it with others in a Johnnie Walker Private Tasting. It’s only available to Striding Man Society Members (free registration), but it’s an experience you will undoubtedly win much praise and adoration from your friends for hosting.

A Johnnie Walker Master of Scotch will bring all the necessary components to host a tasting event at your location of choice including Johnnie Walker Red Label, Black Label, Green Label, Gold Label and the much beloved Blue Label. The concierge will organize every detail of the event from the invitations right down to arrangement of transportation home for your guests after the event.

Cost: $2,500+ @ Johnnie Walker Private Tasting

Does three grand sound prohibitive? Well, host your own Johnnie Walker tasting event then.

Purchase a Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Tasting Kit, your JW Labels of choice, I suggest starting with Black Label, invite some friends over and enjoy the finer taste of life.

Cost: $50 @ Johnnie Walker

Dinner In The Sky brings an entirely new meaning to “work dinner”. If one were inclined to make a contrived joke here, they might even jest that it brings dinner to entirely new heights, but that would be too obvious.

Make your next meal, meeting, drinks, gathering unforgettable with Dinner In the Sky, an offering that essentially takes a catered meal, complete with chef, waiter, entertainer, and 12 lucky guests 50 meters into the air on a custom platform. And there is no limit to where you can participate so long as there’s 500 square meters of secure space. An additional crane can elevate a band, second dinner platform or item of your choosing. Trying to make an impression? Can’t think of a better way than Dinner In The Sky.

Now, it’s time to convince Eric to make this happen for a few lucky Gear Patrol readers.

Cost: $5,000 for 2 hours + options @ Dinner In The Sky

Gents,

Here’s toasting to a fantastic new year. There’s never been a greater time to be a guy. Keeping you up to speed has been our job and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Keep coming back because 2008 will only be filled with more gear, lifestyle tips, and a few other secrets we’ve got up our sleeves.

Life’s short guys, don’t waste you’re time letting it pass by.

- Gear Patrol

It’s Fall and Fall means football. Football means tailgating and tailgating means food folks and fun.

Make your tailgate the true show with Gameday Customs’ Ultimate Tailgate. The 14k price tag may not be easy to swallow, but read on to see what you get.

• 26″ LCD TV
• Satellite Dish
• CD/DVD Player
• 1000 Watt Generator
• 10 Gallon Fresh Water System
• 5 Gallon Holding Tank
• Complete Draft Beer System
• Electrical Outlets
• 30 AMP Electrical Converter
• Battery Charger
• Thetford 585 Toilet
• Spare Tire
• Mag Wheels
• 36″ x 36″ Concession Door
• Double Rear Doors
• 32″ Side Entry Door
• Aluminum Diamond Plate Stone Guard
• Aluminum Diamond Plate Fenders
• ¾” Plywood Floor/Checkerboard Flooring
• Stainless Steel Sink

What this means to you: Welcome to a new echelon of tailgating.

Cost: $13,900 @ Gameday Customs

The US Open is upon us and most likely you’re hopeful for the Nadal | Federer match up as much as we are.

Those of you who aren’t able to attend the US Open here in New York may want to pick up this awesome toy/souvenir. It’s a giant US Open Tennis ball (you can see the size difference in the photo) that’s bound to look great in your office or home. It’s been an exclusive purchase only sold at the US Open but now it’s available year-round.

The ball is covered in real tennis ball felt, it’s 9″ in diameter but you’ll need to inflate it on your own unless you’re at the Arthur Ashe complex… we know we’ll be.

What this means to you: I mean, it’s a giant tennis ball for pete’s sake. What’s not to like?

Cost: $34 @ US Open Shop

Whether you spend the day watching Transformers, grilling steaks to delicious perfection or just kicking it back with a beer in one hand and a gorgeous companion in the other it’s important to realize that 231 years ago this country liberated itself from the throes of colonization. It’s also to important to know that those colonies would later go on to be states and eventually form the United States of America; spreading our brands, fast food, painfully gorgeous women, and much envied lifestyle across the world.

It’s also important to give a shout to our fellow men overseas who are missing the chance at that pool side brat and beer. This ones for you gents.

It’s also important to know that this day is one of the few where everyone can revel in things blowing up in the air - we sure plan to.

- The GP Team

Ranked 26 on Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses in America, Number 1 on Golfweek’s top public courses in America the Black course at Bethpage Black is no sunny Sunday afternoon course. A 7,386 yard course, 144 Slope Rated, A.W. Tillinghast designed course the bunkers (in triple digit quantities) will amaze, astonish, and ass-kick you like no other course.

What this means to you: Prepare to be laughed at like you you’re a righty playing with a set of southpaws. But who cares for $60 bucks.

Cost: $120 Out of State, $60 In State @ Bethpage

It’s Not Your Father’s Golf Tournament. It’s Not Your Mother’s Either.

Why spend 4 or 5 hours chasing a little ball around a well-manicured lawn when you and two friends can compete in an exclusive 9-hole competition brought to you by PUMA and Stuff Magazine? Registration in New York, LA, and Chicago open now.

Full contest info and link to official contest rules after the jump.

What this means to you: “Gaming, Golfing, Gambling! Need we say more?”

Cost: $25 per golfer (three golfers max/min) @ Pumapalooza

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(photo credit: Robert Caplin)

Visitors to Rockefeller Center will have the opportunity to take the most intimidating shot in golf at ‘The UBS Golf Challenge: Experience The Players Championship.’ The scaled replica of ‘The Players’ Stadium Course’s iconic island 17th hole will serve as the centerpiece to an interactive exhibit. The exhibit coincides with the actual tournament. The 1/4-scaled replica will allow fans to hit a shot to an island green surrounded by water. The exhibit will feature putting areas, as well as a full-swing net. Instructors from the new TOUR Academy, headquartered at TPC Sawgrass, will be on hand to provide tips.

Visit Robert Caplin’s site for more photos.

What this means to you: Some of us will never get a chance to play TPC Sawgrass. Who’s to complain about getting a shot at the infamous 17th hole absolutely free? The only cost to you is the embarrassment of a shank into the water (or someone’s face).

Cost: Free

At the end of the earth, on an opposite corner of the Pacific Ocean, 20 time zones away, lies Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand, the leader among the many cliffside courses that claim to be “the new Pebble Beach.”

[via GolfDigest.com]

What this means to you: Do you have a list of things you want to do before you die? Well, whether or not you’re a golfer, you should have this on there. If only to take a photo.

Cost: $288 US Dollars for International Players, $25 for Cart, $54 for Callaway Rental Clubs + Airfare to New Zealand @ Cape Kidnappers Golf Course