Dirt Bag Paddlers is always fully stoked to represent the world wide whitewater community, helping to shrink the distances and open our eyes to the opportunities abroad, and discover the oneness of our tribe everywhere. Regardless of where it is we call HOME, Dirtbags are AT home wherever we roam! I invited my friend Serkan […]
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Malaysia is a country of extraordinary variety. From heavenly tropical islands to lush, verdant rainforest, they have it all. Including whitewater adventure, the wild kind that Dirtbags love. That’s what Malaysia International Wild Water and Slalom Kayak Race at the TREE TOP WALK WHITEWATER FESTIVAL is all about! Named for the 950m-long Tree Top Walk […]
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY MORNING FEATURE. We hope to share with you our readers the songs of the River, that they may either start your work week off right or recharge your batteries after a long weekend with the custys… We heartily accept Submissions ENJOY! From our friend Joseph Oneke: Since you did a segment on Black […]
The #WhiteWinterWhiteWater video contest held the last ten days of January was absolutely what one would expect: entertaining, with epic runs, gorgeous shots, and killer music highlighting big boy rapids and drops. Everyone was a winner! Andy Lockey came in First Place with a killer edit of a winter paddling trip down the PNW classic, […]
DIRTBAGS by “Chicago” “Chicago” guides for Kosir’s Rapid Rafts in Wisconsin. Harass him here BUBBLE STREET by Paul Mason Mr Mason is a whitewater canoeist and artist who is available for commissioned pieces. His work is at http://bubblestreet.ca/ CAT NIPPED by Beth MacKenney When she’s not guiding or goofing off with her family on the […]
Part Two: Jay Young brings to life the story of the Cheat River in the aftermath of the Flood of 1985.
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How to Freewheel By: Alex DePue
Me freewheeling Boonton Falls How to Freewheel By: Alex DePue This week, in my new weekly how to article series, I’m going to walk you through the freewheel. One of my personal favorite moves, the freewheel combines playboating with river running. It is essentially a cartwheel down a vertical drop. You can throw them on […]
{editors: We are celebrating Throwback THURSDAY by running this piece that first appeared on the IRF website MAY 28, 2013, by permission of our good friend Nada and the great people at the International Rafting Federation. We included the original photo from back then, as well as some pics from events in 2014 to highlight […]
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Associate Editor Taz Riggs reminisces on rowing a baggage raft on dory trips down the Grand Canyon with a true legendary Woman of Whitewater, Ote Dale.
Life is funny… Taz Riggs is now a leader of the Dirt Bag Paddlers Admin team, and frequent contributor to DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE, but he was once just a funny name on Facebook (back before when you could use nicknames…) when I first stumbled across his writings on an invite only group called RAFTGUIDE UNION […]