What to Bring to Carve PDX to Make Sure Your Trip Isn't Ruined

With Carve PDX just around the corner, I thought it’d be a good idea to list off things to not forget. Making this into a Wiki so others can add suggestions. Please leave all non-serious, sexually infused items in the comments :grin:

Good things to not forget:

  • Your board(s)
  • Spares - tires, tubes, belts
  • Tools - road side repair stuff, stuff to reassemble board if shipping it partially disassembled
  • Safety gear - helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, impact shorts, gloves, riding jacket for colder evenings and/or rain, lights so you can be seen and see others
  • Chargers - for board and remote
  • Chargers - for board and remote
  • Chargers - for board and remote
  • Remote
  • Recording gear
  • Portable phone charger (a usb cable or two at least)
  • Clothing for riding in what will feel like 55°F (13°C) at night at speed
  • FLASHLIGHT and a spare if possible, it gets really dark in Portland
  • First Aid/roadrash care items (hopefully not needed :crossed_fingers:)
  • Powerstrip/surge protector
  • Wallet with some cash for places that don’t accept card
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Clothespins to plug your nose if you’re allergic to patchouli

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condoms

butt plugs

dickasaurus

mental prep for the chance of breaking your board

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Added “charger” two more times just so people get the idea

Annnnd you fucked up the formatting. Thanks Kevan

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I’ll probably bring a tire inflator to carry around with me.

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are tires the only thing it can inflate?

You already know the answer to that question

:smirk:

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Power strip/surge protector for public charging

PS: great idea JinTinTin

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Added+ first aid/roadrash care items

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here’s all the stuff i’m actually beinging esk8 related

wallet
backpack
lipo chafger
psu
ev charger → ac outlet adapter [tentative]

helmet
cardo
jacket
gloves
kneepads
clothes

all my board battery modules
4wd board
2wd street racer
2wd shorty

flashlight
backup flashlight
backup backup flashlight
strobe light
phone charger
led strop power bank
remote
all cables needed for charging

field tool kit:
torx key
hex key
adjustable wrench
tire pump
2 spare tubes

bench toolkit
remaining hex keys
soldering iron
helping hands
solder
flux
random bits n bobs parts

sounds like a lot but it’s what i bring pretty much on every ride

those who need corrective sight
it is very helpful to have a pair of contacts especially for night where it could foggy

i’m just you know, but if not, trust me
you don’t want condensation on your glasses when you’re traveling over 20 in the dark with only a flashlight to light your way

don’t forget yout dildos! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Oh god is it gonna be allergy season up there? I thought that was like May

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:man_facepalming::man_facepalming::man_facepalming::man_facepalming::man_facepalming:

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What?

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Patchouli is an essential oil typically lathered onto hippies to mask their offensive body odours.

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The more you know

To be fair I’ve had HORRIBLE allergies in Oregon/washington before

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You probably caught it from the hippies

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TBF, I smell it much less these days so either the fad has died down or I hang around much less hippies.
It’s not bad in smalm doses, but can be sufficatingly over done.

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When it comes to chargers – I highly recommend soldering an XT-60 connector pair between the charger and whatever charging plug you’re using. Sometimes shit happens and you might have a charger die, so being able to quickly swap your charge connector onto someone else’s charger can be a life saver!

Personally I solder the female end to the charger so that you can’t short anything when plugging the charger into the wall (which you should do first to avoid sparks), but often people terminate raw batteries with female XT-60s, so consider making female-female and male-male adapters in case they’re needed! (Now that I think about it, you only need one such adapter if you always keep it in series with your charger and charge connector, i.e. they use the same connector.)

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Let’s get fuckin weird :woozy_face:

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