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
Category: Archive
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 […]
To give an accurate description of the 5th ANNUAL NANTAHALA ICEBREAKERS EVENT, held a few days back on the lower Nantahala River (Patton’s Run to NOC) in Bryson City, NC. We decided to get two points of view from the far sides of the spectrum: founder and first timer. We spoke with Michael Potter just […]
It would be a lie if I told you the day started out like any other day before a paddling trip. It was January 16th; an island of warmth in a week of bitter cold temperatures. First of all I made myself a pretty decent breakfast, something I never do before having to squeeze […]
Bhupendra Singh Rana, known to his many friends around the world as “Bhupi”, is a Class V kayaker and raft guide who has worked and paddled all over, from Africa and Europe to his homeland India and his new base in the US. We asked him to reflect on his time guiding the White Nile […]
Hunter is a talented young artist and paddler who first came to the attention of Dirt Bag Paddlers after a friend posted about him on our Facebook page. We asked Hunter to tell us a bit about his artwork and affiliation with Wee Beasties. “Six months ago I was preparing to begin my freshman year […]
Action Alert for the Trout Creek/Wind River drainage in Washington! Only 2 Days to respond! Thank you to Kristi Burch Reynier for writing this notice in the local forum: “The White Salmon newspaper ran an article about a Forest Service proposed plan to restore steelhead habitat in Trout Creek, a Wind tributary. The plan appears […]