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Your Kid Doesn't Care About the View

The best family hike is short, wet and slow. Pick the trail for what's at ankle height, and let the kid set the pace.

GuideHunting & ShootingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Buy the Boots First and the Rifle Last

A gear budget that actually matches how hunting goes wrong, from the ground up to the glass on top.

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GuideSportsSam OrtizSep 30, 20266 min

Give Every Kid a Job and They'll Fall for the Big Game

Kids don't learn football by watching it. They learn it by working it. How to run a family game night that turns spectators into fans.

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The Family Gear That Survives Twenty Weekends a Year

What to spend real money on, what to buy cheap on purpose, and the four items that quietly end more family trips than weather does.

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GuideHobbiesNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Hobbies That Get You Out of the House and Into a Real Group

Six hobbies with a standing meeting time, a beginner on-ramp and gear under $200, plus how to find the local group this week.

GuideSportsCal BrennanSep 30, 20266 min

The Safest Off-Season Lifting Program Starts Lighter Than Kids Want

A twelve-week plan for high school athletes that builds real strength, and why the garage max is the lift that hurts people.

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GuideOutdoorsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Buy the Camper Your Truck Can Actually Pull

Start with the payload sticker in your door jamb, not the floor plan. Then pick from teardrops, truck campers, off-road trailers and the buy-once stuff.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideHobbiesNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Start Painting With Watercolors for About Sixty Dollars

A pad of paper, three tubes of paint and one good brush will get you further than a 48-color set ever will. Start tonight.

StorySportsMarcus ValeSep 29, 20266 min

Three Dads, a Wiffle Ball and the Game That Took Over America

Pickleball started as a fix for bored kids on a Washington island in 1965. How it went from a backyard to pro leagues is a great American sports story.

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GuideOutdoorsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Camping Gear That Survives the Outback and Everything Else

Australian brands build for corrugated roads and 110-degree afternoons, and that standard is why their gear outlasts yours.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideHobbiesDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Start Welding in Your Garage With a Flux-Core Machine

For about the price of a decent grill, you can join two pieces of steel forever and start fixing things instead of replacing them.

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GuideSportsDean ShawSep 29, 20267 min

Your First Pickleball Tournament Is Mostly Waiting. Plan for It

Brackets, ratings, partners and the cooler that decides how you play at 2 p.m. Everything nobody tells you before your first entry.

GuidePlayMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The cheapest way to spend more Saturdays outside is a used camera

A camera won't make you an artist. It will get you standing in a wet field at 6:15 in the morning, which is most of the point.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideHobbiesDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your First Kayak and Your First Calm Lake

Rent twice, buy used, and paddle into the wind first. What a beginner kayak setup really costs and where to find people who'll paddle with you.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Sports6 min

The shot that gets you from 3.0 to 3.5 is the soft one

Play6 min

How to get a ham license and actually key the mic

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GuideHobbiesCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to Find the Local Club for Almost Any Hobby

The club already exists in your town. It's just terrible at advertising. These are the searches, phone calls and counter conversations that turn it up.