While most here will rave about the F-Stopper bags, I use the Dekine. Freakin awesome and don't cost as much as the F-Stopper or Crumpler.
Tripods - look at Manfrotto or Vanguard.
Those Dakine packs look really good, which one are you using man?
I'd hate to be one of those guys, but, I've got to put my hand up for F-Stop bags, but as Hux said, they're poisonously expensive. It depends on what kind of shooting you do, I bought a Guru for general shooting and a Satori for the trail. What I love is I can just pull the ICU out of the guru and whack it straight into the Satori (assuming you don't need to swap gear out depending on the shoot). They really are well thought out bags.
There's one thing I don't like about them though, and it's more me than anything else, is that I don't like leaving the ICU unzipped in the bag, and unzipping it while in the bag is a pain. I'm just not a fan of the thought of putting dirty or wet clothing etc in a bag with the ICU open (although it's fairy well protected, I like keeping the ICU as 'sterile' as possible). The only way I can see past it is to use stuff sacks for everything and make sure they're clean to put in the bag.
Have a look at Thinktank bags also, really good stuff.
I've got 3 tripods. A Sirui, Induro, and Gitzo, and I rate all 3 of them. If I had to do it all again, i'd say Gitzo are too expensive (as good as they are), there are plenty of other solid brands out there that cost a lot less. As Hux said, Manfrotto and Vanguard make some really solid stuff, definitely worth a look.