PART ONE I started out my week as usual, having work that has to get done prior to any paddling. As Thursday rolled around I knew I would make my deadline and the trips I was planning for on Friday and Saturday. Nothing crazy was planned, actually just the opposite. I have a few friends […]
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I’m underwater… Don’t breathe…..I’m Okay……. I am alive…. I was in awe when my eyes met the sun again. I took a deep and much appreciated breathe. For you see I’d just had my first swim. Not even in the great state of Idaho for 12 hrs and I’d felt the effects of failure in […]
I have a story… Me and a bunch of raft guides got a gig as talent on a movie shoot. (In Hollywood terms, that’s a notch above extra.) The only talent we had was guiding rafts. We were gonna be Portuguese sailors. We were directed to land three longboats on shore, with our actor passengers, […]
Our homie Mike Nosbaum is embarking on an epic mission to raise awareness in his canoe for Lymes Disease which has stricken his wife. We caught up with him last Friday to interview him before he put on. He is well under way now! “I would like to invite you all to participate in this […]
If you didn’t go to Muddy Rivers Fest (MuRF) than you missed one of the best events I have been to and may ever go to. In only its second year, MuRF has huge potential. With the feel of a big family party, and an open camping area that provides spaces close to the action, […]
{Editor: Kassie was selected by popular vote as Dirt Bag Paddlers’ TOP DOG in our contest in February of this year (see the article from 3/6/15 TOP DOG – The Winners Profiled). Now her best friend Tye tells the crazy tail (wink wink) of one serious Class V pup!} PART TWO ~ Class V Life […]
Editors: Kayaker Peter Ely, a transplanted Californian who makes his home in the mountains of North Carolina, recently completed a mission down the Colorado River in pursuit of the ultimate Good Livin’. He shares his journal entries with us in this series, which will run Tuesdays as we travel 20 days with him. ENJOY!! PART […]
Joe Chesney started rafting the Kern River in 1979 at the age of 17, and after 20 years of guiding formed his own outfitter, Eagle Rafting, in 1996 in Kernville, California. The Kern is home to 100 plus miles of commercially run whitewater and 6 other rafting companies. It is located in the far south […]
Check out https://www.dbpmagazineonline.com/event/aint-louie-fest/ Our new event page link for ALF 2017! {Photo of our homie Donnie Woodland Wallacing Baby Falls, by Muskrat Photography} One of the lessons you learn in life, at an early age if you’re lucky, is that sacrifice is a part of the game. But as you mature you learn to balance compromise into […]
Each week Dirt Bag Paddlers selects a special female paddler to recognize in our Woman of Whitewater WEDNESDAY feature on our Facebook page. It’s an honor to elevate a person and spread their story to inspire others, especially young girls coming up and joining our community, and also to give our WOWWs their props, which […]