I love nothing more than being on The River. Put me in a kayak, paddling with my wife Nikki and a few good friends on a beautiful sunny holiday weekend, deep in a canyon, the water lapping against my hull as we pause to enjoy the moment before setting off again… That is my Shangri […]
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As flows start to drop around the state, many Colorado boaters turn their attention to Gore Canyon and the race through its walls. American Whitewater is excited to host this year’s Gore Fest. In addition to continuing the 30+ years legacy of the Gore race, this year’s event celebrates the recreational gem that is the […]
TODAY ON FRIENDS OF DBP, Dirt Bag Paddlers original Admin and Casper Kayaks’ sponsored kayaker Dale Guarniere gives you an inside look on the man who Put Daniel T Young and #danewho himself on the map! Allen Griesemer owns a sweet boat shop in tiny Nesquehonig, PA, but his worldwide reach is anything but tiny! […]
EDITOR’S DESK- We invited our Staff Writers Jamie Page of Team Rage Cage and DBP Admin Sam Hood to cover FIBArk, America’s Oldest Whitewater Festival. They converged along with many other Dirtbags in June on Salida, CO to paddle and party like only we can, and report back on the good times had by all. […]
Paddlers come in all shapes and sizes, races, ideology, religions, family backgrounds, and so on and so forth. There are as many reasons to paddle as there are people who do it. There is no one solid answer to the equation. If you ask 100 paddlers you get 100 answers, and none of them are […]
With over 100 contributing authors and photographers, Paddling Pacific Northwest Whitewater brings a huge amount of river beta into a format that caters to the present class IV/V paddler. The book features full color photos and maps, in a large 8.5 inch wide by 11 inch tall format. The new guide highlights 11 different regions, […]
This May, on Friday the 20th, the Esprit rafting team members were returning from a big training day, polishing up their lines on both the Petawawa and Ottawa rivers in Canada. The bus had stopped at a gas station to fill up when a call came in, bringing us the news of a fire at […]
I love my paddling buddies more than – well, just about anything. Paddlers in general warm my heart, even if they’re just strangers passing by with boats on their cars on the way to the river. They’re wonderful in so many ways – generous, free-spirited, courageous, irreverent, hilarious – they’re like Mary Poppins: practically perfect in […]
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: For all the Brazilian Dirt Bags out there, here is a trip report of a recent mission, As Corredeiras do Rio Ribeirinha, “The Rapids of the Ribeirinha River”, published by Paulo Saczuk Jr. in Extremos online magazine. Troy Lafayette, one of our Brazilian Admins, got to take part in the epic […]
Chuck Town was the place to be if you were dirtbaggin’ in Iowa last month. Paddlers trickled into Charles City, IA throughout the week leading up to the 5th annual Charles City Challenge held Saturday, June 18th. 2016 Charles City Challenge Friday evening kicked off the event with a film fest at the local R […]