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Wish List: Gifts to Work Hard/Play Hard

  • <p>Send emails in the rain, text messages from the ski slopes. The OtterBox (shown for the BlackBerry 8800 but also available for iPhones) makes your smartphone almost fully impervious to the elements, without sacrificing functionality. $50; <a href="http://www.otterbox.com" target="_blank">otterbox.com</a></p>
  • <p>Accented with micro suede elbow patches and lining by animator Geoff McFetridge, Patagonia's organic cotton corduroy jacket has enough quiet flair for the day that morphs into night. $180; <a href="http://www.patagonia.com" target="_blank">patagonia.com</a></p>
  • <p>Lugging a quiver of sunglasses around for different occasions (café meetings, drive time, fishing) is a thing of the past. Twist the ends of these shades and the frames open up, so you easily switch lenses. $139; <a href="http://www.smithinterlock.com" target="_blank">smithinterlock.com</a></p>
  • <p>Is it overkill if your bottle tracks your fluid intake and feeds you the data on a digital readout? At the office: yes. On the trail: whatever it takes. $30; <a href="http://www.hydracoach1.com" target="_blank">hydracoach1.com</a></p>
  • <p>Weighing in at 5 ounces, this handy cam allows quick uploading of video clips in blog-friendly MPEG-4 format, giving your coworkers a nearly real-time chronicle of your adventures out of the office. $200; <a href="http://www.sonystyle.com" target="_blank">sonystyle.com</a></p>
  • <p>Made from a mix of sustainable harvested wood and with a design borrowed from eight-time world-champion surfer Kelly Slater's big-wave surfboards, this longboard is the key to commuting in style. $230; <a href="http://www.arborsports.com" target="_blank">arborsports.com</a></p>
  • 01 /06

    Send emails in the rain, text messages from the ski slopes. The OtterBox (shown for the BlackBerry 8800 but also available for iPhones) makes your smartphone almost fully impervious to the elements, without sacrificing functionality. $50; otterbox.com

  • 02 /06

    Accented with micro suede elbow patches and lining by animator Geoff McFetridge, Patagonia's organic cotton corduroy jacket has enough quiet flair for the day that morphs into night. $180; patagonia.com

  • 03 /06

    Lugging a quiver of sunglasses around for different occasions (café meetings, drive time, fishing) is a thing of the past. Twist the ends of these shades and the frames open up, so you easily switch lenses. $139; smithinterlock.com

  • 04 /06

    Is it overkill if your bottle tracks your fluid intake and feeds you the data on a digital readout? At the office: yes. On the trail: whatever it takes. $30; hydracoach1.com

  • 05 /06

    Weighing in at 5 ounces, this handy cam allows quick uploading of video clips in blog-friendly MPEG-4 format, giving your coworkers a nearly real-time chronicle of your adventures out of the office. $200; sonystyle.com

  • 06 /06

    Made from a mix of sustainable harvested wood and with a design borrowed from eight-time world-champion surfer Kelly Slater's big-wave surfboards, this longboard is the key to commuting in style. $230; arborsports.com

Mark Borden, Christopher Percy Collier, and Danielle Sacks 12.19.07 11:09 AM

Send emails in the rain, text messages from the ski slopes. The OtterBox (shown for the BlackBerry 8800 but also available for iPhones) makes your smartphone almost fully impervious to the elements, without sacrificing functionality. $50; otterbox.com

A version of this article appeared in the December 2007 issue of Fast Company magazine.

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