{Editor: Kassie was selected by popular vote as Dirt Bag Paddlers’ TOP DOG in our contest in February of this year (see the article from 3/6/15 TOP DOG – The Winners Profiled). Now her best friend Tye tells the crazy tail (wink wink) of one serious Class V pup!} PART TWO ~ Class V Life […]
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Editors: Kayaker Peter Ely, a transplanted Californian who makes his home in the mountains of North Carolina, recently completed a mission down the Colorado River in pursuit of the ultimate Good Livin’. He shares his journal entries with us in this series, which will run Tuesdays as we travel 20 days with him. ENJOY!! PART […]
Joe Chesney started rafting the Kern River in 1979 at the age of 17, and after 20 years of guiding formed his own outfitter, Eagle Rafting, in 1996 in Kernville, California. The Kern is home to 100 plus miles of commercially run whitewater and 6 other rafting companies. It is located in the far south […]
Check out https://www.dbpmagazineonline.com/event/aint-louie-fest/ Our new event page link for ALF 2017! {Photo of our homie Donnie Woodland Wallacing Baby Falls, by Muskrat Photography} One of the lessons you learn in life, at an early age if you’re lucky, is that sacrifice is a part of the game. But as you mature you learn to balance compromise into […]
Each week Dirt Bag Paddlers selects a special female paddler to recognize in our Woman of Whitewater WEDNESDAY feature on our Facebook page. It’s an honor to elevate a person and spread their story to inspire others, especially young girls coming up and joining our community, and also to give our WOWWs their props, which […]
THIS IS OUR FINAL MONDAY MORNING FEATURE. We have enjoyed sharing with you our readers the songs of the River. But like all things, the seasons have changed, and The River is calling. Us dirtbags are returning to weekends spent on whitewater, with custys and friends, doing what it is that makes us Dirtbags. Should […]
Midwestern paddlers have a well defined off season. Unlike most other regions of Murica, where the temps drop and the pogies go on, but the rivers are still paddled, here the calm water sections turn to blocks of ice, and the ledges in any rapids still running are feet thick and overhang the run in […]
DBP MAGAZINE is all ONLINE, which let’s us feature tons more photos per article than a standard print mag, let’s us run as long as we like instead of shortening a story to fit, let’s us link cool video and other informative links, let’s YOU comment and be a part of the story, AND MOST […]
{Editor: Kassie was selected by popular vote as Dirt Bag Paddlers’ TOP DOG in our contest in February of this year (see the article from 3/6/15 TOP DOG – The Winners Profiled). Now her best friend Tye tells the crazy tail (wink wink) of one serious Class V pup! Some names have been changed to […]
Editors: Kayaker Peter Ely, a transplanted Californian who makes his home in the mountains of North Carolina, recently completed a mission down the Colorado River in pursuit of the ultimate Good Livin’. He shares his journal entries with us in this series, which will run Tuesdays as we travel 20 days with him. ENJOY!! PART […]