DBP MAGAZINE ONLINEThe Dirtbaggin lifestyle
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: Dirt Bag Paddlers is an international community. Wherever rivers flow and whitewater roars, you will find us. No matter the local language, there we communicate. No matter where you call home, you will be at home. That is our firm belief, as stated in our mission statement. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: All […]
EDITOR’S DESK: It’s a fact. Although we are all human beings, constructed of the same strands of DNA, breathing the same air, dependant on the same clean water, born into this world the same way seeking the same shelter, existing because of the same love… we are surrounded by walls that divide us, and governed […]
Once again we welcome Paddling Banter to lighten up the end of the month with their awesome comics. With the weather warming up, paddling event events are starting to loom large in the calendar. Check out the events section on the site to keep up to dates near you! Wear your helmet! It’s the most important […]
If you weren’t in Frankfort, Kentucky last weekend, you missed one of the best paddling parties of the year in the Southeastern USA. If you WERE there, then you won! On February 17th and 18th the Bluegrass Wildwater Association hosted the National Paddling Film Festival at The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort to benefit American […]
My introduction to Dirt Bag Paddlers was purely coincidental. A group of paddlers from Georgia posted their annual event, the Nantahala Icebreaker, to take place on January 16, 2016. Although new to the whitewater scene, I had already met some of the folks who would attend this event. I also wanted to meet others in […]
WELCOME TO AFRICA! The reason behind this write up is to hopefully give insight on a few aspects on what the Uganda paddling scene is like for a first time visitor whilst leaving loads for you to explore. Who knows, this might get your juices flowing to get a trip organised in the next year […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Aaron Erdrich is the biggest Dirt Bag IN THE WORLD. Hands down. He boats hundreds of days every year, sending stouts around the country as a sponsored rafter in his Hyside Mini Max, Paddlecat, or Paddlelac IK, depending on what he’s feelin’ that day. AE will send the gnarliest Class V, send stouts […]
EDITOR’S DESK: This month on the cover of our Magazine we’ve featured four fantastic Women of Whitewater, or #WOW! from four different forms of paddling. Our ultimate goal is to inspire young girls and women to try paddling, to rise up and tackle what they may think isn’t possible, to reach out to the local […]
Titan Kayaks is a kayak company run by paddlers, for paddlers. As they are not part of a larger organisation they are free to push their designs to match their dreams with innovations. The spirit of the company is a welcome relief in a world where outdoor gear seems to get ever more “corporate” and […]
Long, long ago, and far away, I walked down a rocky and dusty road about a mile from camp to my favorite hot springs along the Rio Bio-Bio in Chile. There, surrounded by a ring of rocks next to the river, I found luxuriating in the warm water, a Whale. As hard as it would […]