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vans x quasi tote bag
backpacks just havent been hitting the same recently.
only a few small things come with me every session. extra t shirt, skate tool, resistance band, shoe spray, liquid bandage, iphone charger, wax, and alcoholic refreshments.
moving with a half empty backpack between spots and the mta cant be the answer. especially when i have to take damn near everything out (awkwardly) to find the smaller shit. anyone rocking with the totes?
Inherited a Dakine backpack from my wife so that's all I use. I carry a lot of stuff with me to the session: 1.5L of water, electric screwdriver because the park is poorly maintained, snacks, skate tool all the extra bits, tripod in case the homie wants to film his technique, hand sanitizer, extra mask, wet wipes. Tote would be bursting at the seams.
It feels so good to be able to go skate a city, with nothing on you. But it’s costly and wasteful (buying shit instead of bringing), and your session can get ended prematurely by some bullshit (equipment failure, needing that one thing you don’t have: extra contacts, shoelace, bearing, whatever).
I truly hate having my phone, but can’t seem to leave it behind.
Totes looked cool, I guess, for a moment, but I can’t see how they are practical compared to a backpack. This might be an age thing. This is probably an age thing.
In the end you still have a sack/bag of mixed hits and pieces king ratting away. Always sucks.
I use a nylon Jansport. Probably because of my age, thing.