Part Two: Jay Young brings to life the story of the Cheat River in the aftermath of the Flood of 1985.
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How to Freewheel By: Alex DePue
Me freewheeling Boonton Falls How to Freewheel By: Alex DePue This week, in my new weekly how to article series, I’m going to walk you through the freewheel. One of my personal favorite moves, the freewheel combines playboating with river running. It is essentially a cartwheel down a vertical drop. You can throw them on […]
{editors: We are celebrating Throwback THURSDAY by running this piece that first appeared on the IRF website MAY 28, 2013, by permission of our good friend Nada and the great people at the International Rafting Federation. We included the original photo from back then, as well as some pics from events in 2014 to highlight […]
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Associate Editor Taz Riggs reminisces on rowing a baggage raft on dory trips down the Grand Canyon with a true legendary Woman of Whitewater, Ote Dale.
Life is funny… Taz Riggs is now a leader of the Dirt Bag Paddlers Admin team, and frequent contributor to DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE, but he was once just a funny name on Facebook (back before when you could use nicknames…) when I first stumbled across his writings on an invite only group called RAFTGUIDE UNION […]
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY MORNING FEATURE. We hope to share with you our readers the songs of the River, that they may either start your work week off right or recharge your batteries after a long weekend with the custys… We heartily accept submissionsENJOY! SOUL BOATING by Lucas Gallaher If I could go back in […]
DIRTBAGS by “Chicago” “Chicago” guides for Kosir’s Rapid Rafts in Wisconsin. Harass him here BUBBLE STREET by Paul Mason Mr Mason is a whitewater canoeist and artist who is available for commissioned pieces. His work is at http://bubblestreet.ca/ CAT NIPPED by Beth MacKenney When she’s not guiding or goofing off with her family on the […]
February is Dirtbag Doggy Month here at DBP! We’ve got some great features coming at you here at DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE, including shining this month’s Spotlight on an Original Dirtbag at Dojie The Rescue Dog. Weekly excerpts of the full article will run over on the Dirt Bag Paddlers Facebook page every Throwback Thursday, as […]
Dirtbagging is at it’s core an addiction to living LIFE to the full throttle fullest. When Winter closes in normal people retreat from the outdoors to hibernate in their homes, shunning the river to warm themselves by the fire. Dirtbags stoke THEIR Fire… On The River! Welcome to the DBWorld in Winter, where whitewater and […]
To those who don’t know whitewater, the language and terms used by whitewater boaters are as foreign as ancient hieroglyphics are to people of the 21st century. One term in particular comes to mind as the most foreign of all whitewater terms; the elusive boof. A boof is a move that is designed to keep […]