Recently we introduced our readers to the rafting memoir “PUSHING RUBBER DOWNSTREAM” by Adam Piggott. In the book he details the story of his life spent guiding rivers around the world, starting with his humble beginnings in Australia, to the wild whitewater of Canada, and on to the epic adventures of paddling the White Nile […]
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In this season of thanksgiving, veteran river guide and Associate Editor Taz Riggs reflects on the many things he is thankful for in the business of commercial whitewater rafting. Part One. Yes, I am thankful for a lot of things. The river lifestyle that I adopted 35 years ago might very well have saved my […]
We are always growing the family here at Dirt Bag Paddlers. DBP delivers a global view with a local feel because our Admin team that posts on Facebook comes from all over the world and from every discipline of paddling. We are stoked to introduce our newest member, Leonard Makole of Zambia, in both his […]
As a kayaker, jokes about swimming are relentless. Swimming is a last resort when it all goes wrong, to pop your spray deck and bail out of the boat, like a downed fighter pilot. To swim means that the river got the better of you, that you weren’t good enough and had to admit defeat. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’ve been pushing rubber for years like some of us Dirtbags, you’ve probably Wallaced more times than you can count… But thankfully the raft guide lifestyle is alive and well, and each season countless rookies join the ranks to tackle The River, escort their blissfully unaware customers downstream, and copewith their inevitable […]
It’s not everyday that you meet the legends of whitewater, but go to a top rank river on release week (in this particular case the Upper Yough in Friendsville, MD) and you probably will! I had just such an opportunity last September, and I was pleased to not only meet Mr. Jim Michaud, one of […]
{ EDITOR’S NOTE: If you don’t know who Tom Paterson is yet… You will soon. This dirtbag is absolutely NEXT LEVEL on the riverboard. After making plans this Spring to do an interview, it ended up taking all year to get together with him because, well, he basically reinvented the entire sport this year, and […]
Delving into the depths of the best female Green paddlers in the country is a dive that goes deeper than the river’s shallow surface. With nothing but continual progression up her sleeve, Adriene Levknecht proves year after year and Green Race after Green Race that she is a force to be reckoned with on the […]
Richard Perkins boofing 10ft pole on Manns Creek. Boof and Destroy is a collective of like-minded kayakers from Fayetteville, West Virginia who banded together to create an alternative media source. We live in cabins and out of cars along the New River Gorge throughout the year. Our hunger for whitewater stems from the morale of […]
Dale Guarniere playing at Island Wave, Menominee River, with Mitch Mursai looking on. November: a month to cap the paddling season in many places, a time when the rains return and replenish rivers in others. Both provide ample cause to reflect, and give thanks. That is our theme this month here at DBP MAGAZINE […]