The idea behind conducting this interview happened around a climbers camp in the steep hills above the New River Gorge of West Virginia a few days after the Animal Race on the Upper Gauley last fall, as Marcelo and Aaron Erdrich debated on a Great Falls mission. We agreed to get together at season’s end […]
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Some might say nothing is sweeter than feeling the wind on your face, your blade catching the water, and being at peace with the sea. Yet our sport – and hobby to many – used to be a matter of life or death at its origin. When the Inuits and Aleutians headed out into frigid […]
Some of us Dirtbags are paddlers to our core, living, breathing and subsisting on little more than whitewater… Then there are those few boaters out there who shine the light, renaissance men who do as much away from the river as on it to further the sport and enrich our community and the world beyond. […]
The Hurley Classic in the UK is one of the biggest freestyle kayaking events in the world, with hundreds of paddlers of mixed abilities competing against each other with one aim, to have fun! Seventeen year old Dirt Bag Paddlers Admin Chris Macdonald took part in this year’s paddling alongside the sport’s top athletes, racing […]
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RAFTING THE CASBAH. by Mark Hirst
Stepping out off at Marrakesh airport I was hit by the warm air. This was a pleasant change from the blast chilled air of my Arctic winter residence. I was in Morocco to run my first IRF workshop of the season for Berber Rafting Adventures in the Atlas Mountains. Our drive into The Atlas mountains […]
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step ~Martin Luther King~ Editors Note: In memory of Joe Giffune Most stories have a clear beginning, middle, and end. This structure has been driven into our minds as the way to go about life. I […]
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK- When I went looking for this month’s cover photo, what I had in mind was an image of some snowy stout whitewater being run by one of my friends. I said this to myself, and logged into Facebook. The first post in my feed included the shot DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE selected, […]
No doubt in my mind this was one of the most fun and educational weekends I’ve had in a long time as an adventurer and athlete. As many of you know I work with Uncle Lem’s Mountain Outfitters in West Knoxville to promote the paddle sports, and whitewater kayaking in particular. Since the shop carries exclusively Jackson brand boats […]
My name is Mike Toughill. On Facebook I’m known as Mike Joseph; friends have called me “Chicago” for years. I’m the Editor-and-Chief of DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE, an original member of the Dirt Bag Paddlers, and a die hard whitewater boater for life. I have many thing to be thankful for. One of my great […]
When I think of my favorite runs and some of the best days I have spent in a kayak, my mind always goes back to the times spent on those sketchy, steep runs that few paddlers ever venture to. Don’t get me wrong, paddling a long run with tons of great rapids has its place. […]