Author: DBP

Not every festival can have amazing prizes for the winners and huge parties… But ours can!  Dagali River Festival is a chill little festival at the end of festival season here in Norway. It is located in the valley of Dagali, a small place in the mountains. The place maybe small, but we have one […]

It was a foggy late afternoon when I received a wire from DBP Headquarters about a mission to gain Intel on one of America’s most notorious Kayakers, Pat Keller. Well, I don’t know much about kayaking but I know even less about Pat Keller. I knew I would have to be cunning and elusive and […]

Nestled in the western corner of Pennsylvania lies Ohiopyle, a town centered on the biggest waterfall on the Youghiogheny River, Ohiopyle Falls. The falls is an 18 foot sheer drop with a tricky slide approach and a massive boil at the bottom. For years, this falls remained illegal to run but, through the negotiations of […]

GoreFest went down a couple of weeks ago, August 21-22nd, and it was a blast. Tons of dirtbags, hardly any carnage, piles of pulled pork, a surprise band, streakers, (illegal!) fireworks, campfire wrestlin’, and lots of fun paddling. The festival started Friday with a good crowd showing up to register and to enjoy the donated […]

What a summer! It goes by so fast, those hot days when the river is so inviting… But it lingers in the heart and soul forever.  We had a rip roaring good time this year, with old friends and new ones, hammering whitewater in the back yard for the individual dirtbag but around the world […]

I really didn’t have any expectations about my return. It’s not like I could have forgotten how to guide. Though as anyone who has worked there will tell you, it’s much more than memorizing routes. The question is: can you remember rocks that can’t be seen, little moves that defy common sense and practice, and […]

This might just be our favorite time of year here at Dirt Bag Paddlers. It’s a time of celebration and running classic whitewater with our friends from all over the country, as Admins and homies gather together from Wisconsin, Colorado, Maine, Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and more in West By God… FOR […]

Dirt Bag Paddlers has at it’s core a talented team of dedicated Admins from all over the globe, made up of paddlers of every discipline and skill level who truly help bring all of the richness and diversity of our community to the world, and each other. One of the brightest up-and-comers on the team […]