Sports

THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE WHO TRAINS WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE STILL ASLEEP. THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE WHO TALKS ABOUT THEIR SPORT LIKE THEY NEED TO CALM DOWN. THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE WHO ALREADY OWN EVERYTHING BUT NEEDS SOMETHING… It’s hard and easy buying gifts for them. Easy, because they’ll care about good kit. Hard, because they’ll know way more about it than you will and they’ll notice if you stuff up. With that breath of anticipation hanging in the air we built this selection. We didn’t want to bombard you with ‘sportsy’ printed coffee mugs that’ll sit in a cupboard until Christmas. We picked things that will earn their keep in someone’s gym bag, in their routine, in their sport. We’ve picked things that a respectable human being will actually use. So what does that mean? It means we ignored most stuff. Forget logo water bottles that look like they’ll leak. Forget ‘recovery’ tech that promises the world and vibrates slightly. We ignored powders that look cool because they’re powders. If we didn’t think we would use it ourselves, if we weren’t sure a legit athlete would give it a good score we didn’t include it. So what’s left is pretty damn sleek. Gifts for every sport. Gifts for every type of sport person. The runner who is as worried about their joints as their stride. The gym rat who has been saying they’ll sort their sleep and recovery forever. The cyclist who probably has the kit but who could do with some upgrades to the actual ride. Lots of overlap there, we found stuff that works for multiple. Hell we even kept prices realistic. Some of the best items aren’t expensive because great gear doesn’t necessarily need to cost a small fortune. Things at different price points because the athlete in your life could be 18 or they could be 50. We value effort here more than monetary spend. BUY what will suit them specifically. That’s why we built this kitlist.

Badminton

The unfortunate truth is most folks don’t appreciate just how much people love badminton. To them it’s dusty racquets stashed away in a garage and a fuzzy bird’s nest that refuses to fly where you want it to fly. Hang out with actual players for any length of time and you’ll see athletes who take the sport seriously, train for it accordingly and love every minute of it. That’s why any gifts featured here are useful. Novelty badminton merch and fan gear do not fall under useful. Don’t get us wrong, finding that perfect gift for your badminton enthusiast can…

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Cricket

If you know a cricket fan you know they take their cricket seriously. This is the first thing to know before you go looking for their present. Cricket isn’t a sport you pay half-hearted attention to. You can recite the scorecard, you can recall the history, you know exactly who should have been in the team for last summer’s Ashes and you have strong views about it that could get you through a whole Sunday afternoon. When somebody cares that much about something it changes what makes a good gift. Our problem was that cricket presents aren’t great. Cushions, mugs,…

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Football

The difficult thing about buying for a football fan is that the easy stuff is already spoken for. They have the shirt. They have the scarf. Aunt Mildred bought them the mug with the badge on it three birthdays ago. When you’re scrolling/waiting in line/wandering around aimlessly hoping inspiration will strike you really don’t want to consult the generic football aisle. We built this with you in mind. We picked everything on this list because we know and love the game, and recognize the difference between a gift that’ll get used and a mug that ends up in a drawer.…

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Golf

On paper, golfers are some of the easiest people in the world to buy gifts for. Get down to it, however, and it becomes one of the hardest. Golfers that play enough have everything they need. Golfers that don’t play enough don’t want to be reminded that they still can’t break ninety. The tired generic golf gift, the novelty ball marker that comes with a tiny umbrella, the box full of branded tees, the mug adorned with a golfer mid-swing – these gifts gather dust in drawers or get regifted immediately. We’ve bought them before too. We know what we’re…

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MLB

Baseball fans can be particular. Not hard to please, just particular. They know who they root for. They know EXACTLY how they feel about that team. And believe me, they will know if you messed that part up. What they root for is your in. Once you know that, you have already done half the work. The rest is just figuring out what will feel earned rather than just dropping a logo on something. We compiled this collection because there is a vast canyon between officially licensed gear and genuinely good gifts for baseball fans. There is a lot of…

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NBA

Basketball fans aren’t easy to shop for. Anybody that’s attempted it will know exactly why. They’ve either bought the things they actually want already. Or what they want is licensed merchandise they can find anywhere but that’s cheap and completely forgettable. Or you take a gamble on a jersey and get the wrong team. God forbid you pick the wrong player. At that point you might just as well give up and buy them a toaster. We’ve bought all of the above so you don’t have too. We’ve compiled every gift idea here for the person for whom basketball isn’t…

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NFL

Football fans are easy to buy for. Which is precisely why it’s so easy to buy rubbish. Throw a lid on it and you’re done. Grab anything you can find with a team logo on it. A mug. A keyring. Anything team-coloured that was clearly designed in four minutes on Photoshop and printed when you ordered it. We’ve all got a cupboard full of that stuff. This isn’t it. We built this for the sports fans in your life that care about the NFL. Not just as a bit of Sunday background noise. We built this for the ones that…

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NHL

Hockey fans don’t often jump between teams. We’re loyal, through good times and bad. When you support the NHL it doesn’t just become a hobby, it becomes a part of who you are. How you speak. Where you spend your Sundays. Just how much hatred one missed shot can stir up. If you’re buying for that kind of person you’re either going to have it easy or find yourself wishing you did a little more research. When we noticed we kept seeing the same problem coming up again and again we decided to do something about it. Parents and friends…

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Rugby

Rugby fanatics are their own animal and they know it themselves. Rugby demands different things of those who play it and those who watch it. There’s an intensity to how they experience the sport that bleeds into every part of their life; the mud they wake up in on Saturday morning, the pints they down after the final whistle, the way they can sit and watch a scrum unfold and actually know what the fuck they’re looking at. If you’re buying for someone like that you need that same level of specificity. Generic sports gifts won’t work here. Trust us,…

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Tennis

Tennis players are particular folk. If you’ve reached gift-buying intimacy with a tennis player, you already know this. They care about their racket like its theirs. No weather will keep them off the court. Their backhand has a personality you should probably get to know. Trying to find them a gift should be easier than most - interests can’t really get more specific than this - but then you look online and find a thousand personalised water bottles and towels with monogrammed initials stitched into the corner and realise nothing is going to work. We built this collection with sweaty…

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