No Excuses… Sky Snap was started by myself and my wife, Ivy Lampe. Ivy has a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences with a triple minor in Leadership, Biology, and Natural Sciences. Being a diabetic since the age of 5 has presented its own challenges, but nothing that couldn’t be overcome. In 2014, after her legs were numb for over a […]
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Name and title: Bethany Overfield, former NPFF director and current and continued Jack of all NPFF Trades, research geologist in real-life. Shown here with Ben Marr at last year’s festival. Background with NPFF and the Bluegrass Wildwater Association: I started kayaking in 2008 and was completely swept away by the sport. I got involved with […]
In the first sentence of Thomas Paine’s essay, “Common Sense,” he states that “a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right….” Having spent more than half of my life in the whitewater industry and community, I consider myself to be quite fortunate. I’ve been to places, […]
It’s that time of year again! The Muddy Rivers Festival 2016 is just around the bend, March 18th through 20th, and the party going to be bigger and better than ever! With live music and DJs Friday and Saturday nights, the Spring Creek boatercross, Waterloo Falls Huckfest, freestyle events, disc golf course and more, Cookeville […]
The Tyne Tour was originally conceived to support recreational whitewater paddling, in 1980, at a time when the only way to really get into whitewater was through competitive disciplines. Nowadays, it is hosted by Hexham Canoe Club and the two day event is billed as “EUROPE’S LARGEST MASS PARTICIPATION CANOEING EVENT.” Held last November 5th […]
Editors note: this was an old post that we no longer stand by. Please see this article for our current position: WHO NEEDS TO CHANGE TO SEE MORE WOMEN IN WHITEWATER? ~ By Laura Oakley
To get a feel for what Broken Paddle Productions, look at their Facebook page. “Follow Cooper Fitch and Calvin Bauer,” it reads, “as they give updates on all their adventures and misadventures past, present, and to come! Be proud to be a beater!” The description continues, “We’re just two college student who like to go […]
DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE is charging hard into the new month. I looked for an image to use for February’s cover photo that would be as bold and innovative as the image I have for the future of Dirt Bag Paddlers. I found what I was looking for in the manipulated screen shots of DBP Admin […]
We close the month with some photos from a few of the Dirt Bag Paddlers Admins. For some it IS Summer in January, and for the rest of us Summer is a long ways away… yet a short “Last Look” back… Enjoy! Taz Riggs: “Bye bye!” Looking back to the summer Chattooga. Daniel Young: Playa […]
One of the most favored books in the whitewater section of my personal library is “Breaking into the Current – Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon” by Louise Teal. The copy that I have is warped and buckled, the pages are stiff and mildew stained from an unknown number of trips down the Colorado River in […]