Michael Potter takes us with on a Wallace filled weekend at GAF
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FROM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO THE ZAMBEZI RIVER ~ STAND UP PADDLEBOARDING. by Chris Macdonald ENGLISH CHANNEL Two years ago I crossed the English Channel in a sea kayak and then I started a new course in watersports Instruction at Falmouth Marine School in Falmouth, Cornwall. Before I joined this college I had never […]
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Video Contest 2017
We have reached 20k likes! To celebrate, we are running a video competition with over $300 worth of prizes, including a gopro. Videos need to be less than 5 minutes long, with the theme “People, Places and Paddling”. Anyone all around the world can enter. Check out our video contest here
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Paddling Banter: Just keep rollin’
As we get towards the end of May, it is time for another instalment of paddling banter! May has seen record flows across much of the USA and Canada, with awesome events like Send’s Unleashed! We also strongly recommend checking out the new Podcast from paddling banter. We start off with another funny depiction […]
Editors note: We bring you a story from Cavan Williams of the first Duo attempt at Metlako Falls back in 2011. It is an interesting story, and puts the recent riverboard descent by DBP Admin Mike McVey into perspective! Wearing a blue drysuit, black helmet and yellow life jacket, Sam Freihoffer sat in his kayak. […]
Pesh Fest was great this past weekend! High flows on the Peshtigo and the Midwest kayaking community enjoying every minute of it. This was the 2nd annual installment and it was the best so far! The Peshtigo was running around 29 inches the whole weekend! That is the highest I have ever seen it and […]
Another month, another instalment of the excellent paddling banter! For those of you in the USA, the melt has really got going, with pics all over Facebook of the meltwater paddling that is going on. Stay safe, and check out the send unleashed competition happening soon! Those guys don’t need arrows! Take a look at […]
The rains came to visit East Tennessee on Friday, March 17th. I was happy to see the water levels rising, knowing that I would be home on Saturday and have something good to kayak. When I got the weather forecast I started watching the gauges of my favorite rivers. The main one that I was […]
EDITOR’S DESK– Here in America, children grow up learning the simple rhyme, “April Showers bring May Flowers.” April’s wet weather also brings the rivers up and marks the traditional beginning of the commercial whitewater rafting season. Although hardcore dirtbags never truly pack away the boats and gear, this is the time of year that hardcore […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Dirt Bag Paddlers, One Love One River, and World Wide Wallace… The main phrases of our community embody our ethos of unity. Taken directly from our official mission statement- “Reminding each other that our community is the same no matter where the River is, the color of skin or language spoken. On The […]