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Bottoms up! Ashley Law, Lee Torbush, and Kate Shaffer at Tablesaw on the Ocoee. Photo: Ashley Law FIRST… a short historical sketch of the Middle Ocoee Dam #2. The Toccoa River starts in the Appalachian foothills of Northeastern Georgia and continues 56 miles to the state line in the twin cities of McCaysville, Georgia […]
The North Fork of the Payette. That is about all that needs to be said to start this story. A river long feared by many and rafted by few. This fear is rightfully so. A river so mean and powerful that few take the chance to raft it. My move to Idaho a year ago […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Although only eighteen years of age, Chris Macdonald is a longtime DBP Admin and member of our Magazine Staff. We invited him to share with us his recent adventures across the UK as we continue our month long “OUR RIVERS, OUR WORLD” series for the August issue in celebration of our 3rd Birthday! […]
Aotearoa, New Zealand has been my home for the last 34 years, and in that time I have paddled a lot of rivers, ranging from Class 1 through Class 5. I grew up in California and moved to NZ at the age of 15. I have great memories from every river trip I have ever […]
We conclude the July issue of DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE with some photos from Admins old and new, as we prepare to celebrate our 3rd Birthday next month. With a beefed up Admin team of 150 paddlers representing every discipline from 30 countries around the globe, we had a lot to choose from. To paraphrase Jerry […]
I love nothing more than being on The River. Put me in a kayak, paddling with my wife Nikki and a few good friends on a beautiful sunny holiday weekend, deep in a canyon, the water lapping against my hull as we pause to enjoy the moment before setting off again… That is my Shangri […]
As flows start to drop around the state, many Colorado boaters turn their attention to Gore Canyon and the race through its walls. American Whitewater is excited to host this year’s Gore Fest. In addition to continuing the 30+ years legacy of the Gore race, this year’s event celebrates the recreational gem that is the […]
TODAY ON FRIENDS OF DBP, Dirt Bag Paddlers original Admin and Casper Kayaks’ sponsored kayaker Dale Guarniere gives you an inside look on the man who Put Daniel T Young and #danewho himself on the map! Allen Griesemer owns a sweet boat shop in tiny Nesquehonig, PA, but his worldwide reach is anything but tiny! […]
EDITOR’S DESK- We invited our Staff Writers Jamie Page of Team Rage Cage and DBP Admin Sam Hood to cover FIBArk, America’s Oldest Whitewater Festival. They converged along with many other Dirtbags in June on Salida, CO to paddle and party like only we can, and report back on the good times had by all. […]
Paddlers come in all shapes and sizes, races, ideology, religions, family backgrounds, and so on and so forth. There are as many reasons to paddle as there are people who do it. There is no one solid answer to the equation. If you ask 100 paddlers you get 100 answers, and none of them are […]