DBP MAGAZINE ONLINEEditor-in-Chief "Chicago" Mike Toughill is co-founder of Dirt Bag Paddlers and former Peshtigo River Manager at Kosir's Rapid Rafts in Wisconsin. He's been Wallacing since 2003.
EDITOR’S DESK: It’s a fact. Although we are all human beings, constructed of the same strands of DNA, breathing the same air, dependant on the same clean water, born into this world the same way seeking the same shelter, existing because of the same love… we are surrounded by walls that divide us, and governed […]
EDITOR’S DESK: All month long we’ve delivered stories of some awesome Women of Whitewater in these pages and on our various social media platforms- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. We thought we’d end the month with a quick profile of 12 more rad ladies selected from our 200 Admins around the world who represent Dirt […]
If you weren’t in Frankfort, Kentucky last weekend, you missed one of the best paddling parties of the year in the Southeastern USA. If you WERE there, then you won! On February 17th and 18th the Bluegrass Wildwater Association hosted the National Paddling Film Festival at The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort to benefit American […]
He stands, quiet leaning against the War Pony, looking out over the camp with a faraway stare, seeing the past five months of who and what he is now like a movie playing in his mind. I didn’t understand, couldn’t understand until I got here, the phrases “there is no time” and “that’s old news”. […]
My introduction to Dirt Bag Paddlers was purely coincidental. A group of paddlers from Georgia posted their annual event, the Nantahala Icebreaker, to take place on January 16, 2016. Although new to the whitewater scene, I had already met some of the folks who would attend this event. I also wanted to meet others in […]
WELCOME TO AFRICA! The reason behind this write up is to hopefully give insight on a few aspects on what the Uganda paddling scene is like for a first time visitor whilst leaving loads for you to explore. Who knows, this might get your juices flowing to get a trip organised in the next year […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Aaron Erdrich is the biggest Dirt Bag IN THE WORLD. Hands down. He boats hundreds of days every year, sending stouts around the country as a sponsored rafter in his Hyside Mini Max, Paddlecat, or Paddlelac IK, depending on what he’s feelin’ that day. AE will send the gnarliest Class V, send stouts […]
EDITOR’S DESK: This month on the cover of our Magazine we’ve featured four fantastic Women of Whitewater, or #WOW! from four different forms of paddling. Our ultimate goal is to inspire young girls and women to try paddling, to rise up and tackle what they may think isn’t possible, to reach out to the local […]
Long, long ago, and far away, I walked down a rocky and dusty road about a mile from camp to my favorite hot springs along the Rio Bio-Bio in Chile. There, surrounded by a ring of rocks next to the river, I found luxuriating in the warm water, a Whale. As hard as it would […]
Tim Marozick did a solo IK (inflatable kayak) trip last year through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. We are pleased to deliver Tim’s experience here in series form via one day increments. This month we serve up Days 1 through 4. DAY ONE: Last year, I won a small trip lottery slot […]