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By now you may have heard that the 8×8 water rule (8oz, 8 times a day) has been debunked. The truth: It’s basically an arbitrary guideline that dates back to 1945, and there’s no real science behind it. Feeling duped? Don’t—it turns out the science surrounding water isn’t all that advanced in 2015, either. “Water is absolutely crucial for the body, but it’s a forgotten nutrient in science. We don’t have the best tools for measuring how much we drink, and so the literature around hydration is about as advanced as smoking research was in the ’70s,” says Stavros Kavouras, Ph....

Where is the best place to live and be a standup paddler? That simple, eternal question drove the latest iteration of SUP Magazine’s Paddle Town Paddle. This year, we broadened the query to its logical limit: Where do the most professional opportunities meet the best SUP lifestyle potential? Naturally, we had to expand our scope beyond North America to the top cities across the globe. Our selection criteria was simple: Urban hubs where you can maximize days on the water and enjoy different types of paddling adventures within a day’s drive....

While most inflatables just can’t compete with the general performance of their hard board counterparts, the Red Paddle Co. Sport comes as close as any iSUP we’ve tried. That’s no accident: Red specially engineered the Sport to achieve stiffness and speed unparalleled by other inflatables. It’s equipped with their proprietary MSL fusion composite layup, which incorporates a second layer of polymer in the drop-stitch core to resolve hand-gluing errors, decrease weight and make the board stiffer at lower pressures....

Love a solid glass of bourbon? Chances are you’re very familiar with Bulleit whiskey. The liquid gold from Kentucky is an American staple at any good whiskey bar, and while you may know it goes down easy, neat, or in a variety of cocktails, there’s a few facts and statistics about the original frontier spirit you may not be acquainted with. Here, 11 of our favorite kernels of knowledge about Bulleit bourbon....

Full admission: during our time on Maui for the highly anticipated, longingly awaited Maui Dream Retreat, we have not been posting as much as we should be. There’s good reason for that. After all, if you were learning to downwind standup paddle from some of the world’s best SUP athletes and coaches on the world’s best run surrounded by some of the world’s best people in one of the world’s most paradisiacal settings, would you be toiling over your computer in your luxury accommodations during your downtime?...

MacCallister Higgins, founder of self-driving car company Voyage, captured video of Apple’s self-driving software in action, installed on a Lexus SUV. Going to need more than 140 characters to go over ?’s Project Titan. I call it “The Thing” pic.twitter.com/sLDJd7iYSa — MacCallister Higgins (@macjshiggins) October 17, 2017 This Self-Driving Car Made a 3,400-Mile, Coast-to-Coast Road Trip Read article While it’s been speculated Apple has been working on self-driving technology, the company has never confirmed they actually are....

This piece was produced with support from Visit Montana. Sometimes, there just aren’t words. St. Mary Lake. Photo: Courtesy of Tevin Trinh/Unsplash There’s a reason Montana is known as “Big Sky Country,” and it’s not just that the sky looks bigger here (although it does). At more than 147,000 square miles, the fourth largest state in the U.S. is also one of its most naturally diverse. In short, it’s an outdoor adventurer’s paradise....

It’s that time of year again. Summer is winding down, school is back, and the weather is starting to turn cooler. Between packing up your summer gear, planning your fall getaway, and changing your wardrobe to coats and sweaters, there’s nothing better than jumping in front of the television with a warm drink and a new TV show or movie to watch. For September, Netflix has a huge list of new stuff hitting the platform, from major movies like Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time, to classics like Scarface and The Breakfast Club....

Like many kids, I was enchanted by the idea of Hawaii from an early age. Lush rainforests, cascading waterfalls, bustling reefs, and warm water year-round – it seemed like a place so special it could only be found in movies or on postcards. When I was thirteen, we took a family trip to Oahu. A few years later, we found ourselves on Maui, exploring and surfing as a family. While both trips were every bit as dreamy as I imagined, I was after something different—an older Hawaii, that was less built up and contained more remnants of the ancient culture....

Two days after a North Carolina man was bitten by a shark after grabbing the hooked predator by the tail fin, a man in Florida was featured on video handling a much larger hammerhead shark in similar fashion. Unidentified man grabs an 11-foot hammerhead shark by its tail fin off Panama City Beach, Florida. The first incident, which occurred last Thursday at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, left a man with a bloodied right arm....

Jason Day is one of the biggest draws on the PGA Tour. A major champion and former world No.1-ranked golfer, the 31-year-old Australian has belted 12 career wins, including the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. How 7 Golfers Train to Blast Powerful Drives on the PGA Tour Read article The story of Day’s start in golf has become legend. After he and his father, Alvin, found an old 3-wood in the local dump near his rural childhood home in Beaudesert, Queensland, Day got swept up in the game....

Our January cover star frequently changes his appearance. Justin Theroux routinely teeters between clean-shaven and bearded, as well as slicked back and intentionally disheveled—with a few bestubbled and tousled stops along the way. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies Of all his looks, we know Theroux best for his textured, mussed hair, paired with a neatly manicured beard, full as it can be (as seen in our photo shoot with the actor and screenwriter)....

This article and video were produced in partnership with Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, which reminds you to leave no trace when you Enjoy Outdoors. Playing “No, this is the best day hike in North Carolina!” is a great bar game, but if you want to play with a trump card then you need to hike The Pinnacle. Located less than an hour from Asheville, the West Fork Trail devours (and then spits out) 1,800 feet of vertical over a little less than seven leg-searing miles out and back, but the rewards at the top are plenty....

You want to shed your love handles and let your six pack finally shine through. But arbitrary goals like this are hard to measure—and therefore harder to accomplish. Something like, say, shedding 5% of your body fat? That’s a number you can form a game plan around (check out these workouts if you don’t know where to start). But shaving 5% off lands you in a different state depending on where your starting line is....

For a lot of people, we are now in our third week of a shutdown. Staying home all the time or most of the time. For those folks, it is a bit of a wake-up call to see how locked into a routine you are. Not being in the office all the time can be kind of weird. If you want to recapture a little bit of normalcy during this time, you can get dressed up as if you are going to the office....

Conor McGregor may have come up short on Saturday against the best boxer of our era, Floyd Mayweather Jr., but it was undeniably one of the most entertaining sporting events of the year. Naturally, with all the hype, McGregor and Mayweather became the subject of every major media outlet, including Saturday Night Live. https://youtube.com/watch?v=48hGClz_c00 In the video, McGregor’s impersonator (Alex Moffat) declared: “I’ll beat anyone in their own game. Next week, I’m going to fight that shark that beat Michael Phelps in that swim race....

Ready, set, drive! The new Ford v Ferrari trailer is here, showcasing the rivalry and teamwork of American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) as they try and win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966. Also, spoiler alert: if you don’t want to know what happens at the race, don’t look up the results of the 1966 race! ‘Ford v. Ferrari’: Everything You Need to Know About the Racing Film...

Nick Offerman was a boy when he received his first hammer. Over the course of his childhood, his father Ric would give him the gift of a new tool to add to his collection. Before he made it in the entertainment business, and eventually as benchmark of masculinity Ron Swanson on Parks And Recreation, Offerman used those tools to make a living building television sets. Currently a man of enterprise, Offerman operates two full-functioning woodshops....

Nicole Pacelli Shredding in Indo Brazilian Nicole Pacelli makes sure not to take life too seriously. But how could you when your days are filled with SUP surfing some of the world’s finest waves? In this new edit, we find the Red Bull athlete scoring some epic rides in Indonesia. The article was originally published on Standup Paddling For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube!...

This article originally appeared on Snowboarder.com and has been republished with permission. Photos by Jesse Dawson. On Monday November 25th, a private ceremony was held in the Spruce Base Lodge at Stowe Mountain, Vermont for Jake Burton Carpenter’s friends and family to commemorate his life. The prodigious post and beam room was filled with people from across the globe, direct family, various Vermonters, and a tremendous assortment of the snowboard community....