Two weekends ago (Saturday 30th April – Sunday 1st May) I attended the Welsh Open Freestyle + Boater X. The event took place at Cardiff International White Water. My weekend started on Saturday morning getting the train to Cardiff. I spent all day training for the competition the next day. In the morning I worked […]
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I’m mad. I’m sitting at The Editor’s Desk here at DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE Headquarters (ok, the sofa in my bungalow on Fox Lake), having just finished reading “OUT HERE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM” by Kathryn Joyce in The Huffington Post. http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/park-rangers/?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000141 The story of Cheyenne Szydlo’s experiences at the hands of Grand Canyon […]
It’s been over forty years since a new river guide has come out for the Canyonlands section of the Colorado and Green rivers in the southwestern US. There is a reason for the delay… it’s called 320 miles of river, nine canyons, five different permits, three governmental agencies… But here it is, finally done! Produced […]
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK I just finished packing my gear into the CRV. I’m prepping for a dirtbag rally early on Sunday May 1. We are blessed with the privilege of scoring one of the great 1st descents at a location we can’t yet disclose in Wisconsin… More to come on that in a moment. […]
We typically close the month with some photos from a few of the Dirt Bag Paddlers Admins, 125 strong from 30 countries around the globe, drawn from every discipline of paddling. This month, to commemorate the first ever Peshtigo River Festival (held last weekend in Silver Cliff, WI at Kosir’s Rapid Rafts, first outfitter in […]
And the class fives weren’t the biggest worry of all… Andrey Coto Robles, 27 years old Home River: Sarapiqui, Costa Rica Favorite volume river: Baker, South Patagonia, Chile Favorite Creek: Verzasca, Ticino, Italy Favorite Multiday expedition: Marañon, Peru Favorite place to explore with first descents: Brazil Favorite place for freestyle: Costa Rica Andrey […]
YUP, DIRT BAG PADDLERS! First off, a huge thanks for having me over at The Mag! We love what you’ve been up to in the last years, keep it up! Before diving straight into Flow Motion Aerials, let’s spend a few lines on Quebec Connection because that’s really where it all started. QUEBEC CONNECTION Most […]
Pulling up to the back alley garage with the sun gleaming off the bright white, freshly plowed heaps of snow, a man with a large fur hat on is waiting. I step out of my truck. “Hi! You must be Greg!? How are you today?” I say with as much enthusiasm as I can […]
A few days ago I got very sick and was hospitalized here in Moscow. I remembered then, lying there, that I was going to write my story, and that if I didn’t share it soon… maybe I would not get the chance. Maybe someone will read this and find the force within themselves to change […]
Clint Mabie, kneeling in red drytop Family and friends mourn the loss of kayaker Clint Mabie of Hurley, WI. It is believed Clint died of head trauma, on his home stretch of Class V whitewater, the Black River on Saturday April 16th. He was 49 years young, a fixture in the upper Midwest paddling community, […]