Boreas Packs

Design-driven gear from a new brand founded by outdoor industry vets

Smart, simple and functional design drives Boreas Gear, the outdoor gear startup set to officially launch this fall. Although the company is just getting started, the guys behind the scenes all hail from some of the biggest names in the biz (The North Face, Timbuk2, Eastern Mountain Sports, etc.). The team found themselves bored with a market made stale by the overabundance of complicated, tech-driven, …

Beer Craft

A compact illustrated guide to mastering at-home brewing

Any excitable amateur who dreams of making their own bathtub brew knows there’s a plethora of literature serving up more opinions, instructions and methods than any one determined brewmeister could ever sift through. That’s why Beer Craft, written by two actual amateur beer enthusiasts, makes a refreshing take on the endlessly fascinating culture. William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill deliver all the info needed to get …

Female Foosball

Flat-pack platforms, Playboy's archive for iPads, a sneaker encyclopedia and more in this week's look at the web

Showing up in NYC for ICFF, the first-ever female foosball player finally puts the ladies in power on the table.