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cover photo: Curtis Warner pilots his hand-made drift boat West Virginia’s Upper Gauley. Photo by Ted . EDITOR’S DESK: This article by DBP Admin and Staff Writer Joe Mayer first appeared on canoekayak.com the online arm of the veritable Canoe & Kayak Magazine, long considered a literary bastion of the paddling community and a publication […]
What a year 2016 has been. It’s winding down fast, but we still have one month to celebrate, reflect on what we’ve accomplished, and look forward to the new year. December is a month for giving, and do we have gifts in store for you! as well as an opportunity for you to give back… […]
There is only one downriver whitewater race in the world I will ever compete in. The Animal Race on the Class V Upper Gauley River in West Virginia. Why? It is summed up succinctly on their group page on Facebook: “The Gauley River…. just the mention of it causes a whitewater paddler to go into […]
Have you ever had one of those spur of the moment opportunities that you just can’t pass up? I mean something that you have no idea what is going to happen, but dang it you’re rock solid, dead set, no matter what, going to do it? That’s the way this amazing weekend came about for […]
We here at DPB have always made it our goal to provide a little bit from everyone, from everywhere and as many disciplines as possible. Though much of our focus is whitewater, we discovered that many enthusiasts enjoyed other watersports as well, so those became part of our mix. We know as well that we […]
EDITOR’S DESK- We are back with another installment of Highlight Paddling Media with an inside look of one of our favorite photo/video collectives, Black Owl Media (BOM)! These guys have been sending stouts with many of our Admin team over the last few months. The roots of our name “Dirt Bag Paddlers” is from the […]
Article by Michael Potter, Ythsta Prather Resovich, and Mike Toughill; photos by Michelle Terrell, Kurt Stegen, Jesse Rider, and Valerie Gordon. Photo – MTerrell We the People: the first words of our constitutional preamble; words of power, words of hope and words that guarantee that our voice will be heard. Over 150 peaceful protests are scheduled […]
We once again welcome a guest post from Nick Boreham of River Stench, this time with a very funny recounting of a rather dry trip to the Scottish Highlands. The Scottish mountains are old, older than the furthest reaches of comprehension. They do not expend their energies on the frivolities of spires and sharp peaks […]
Adam Piggott is a man who’s been there, done that and now written the book on it. Twice. Last year saw the release of his first book Pushing Rubber Downhill, memoirs of over 15 years of experience commercial raft guiding and professional dirtbagging across the globe. From the Tully to the Nile, the Rockies to […]
The Nantahala Outdoor Center provides a Guest Appreciation Festival for the southeastern community each fall. This gathering is based mostly, but not solely, around whitewater events. The event is highly publicized and brings an astronomical amount of people to converge upon the sleepy little valley located due west of Bryson City, NC. to paddle the […]