Billed as “the World’s Largest Canoe, Kayak, SUP, and Camping Consumer Show,” Canoecopia marks the beginning of the paddling season for the paddling community of the upper Midwest. Hosted by retail store (and iconic cornerstone of the local scene) Rutabaga {rutabaga.com} at the Alliant Center every year on the second weekend of March in Madison, […]
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I sat down recently with my old friend and fellow original DBP Admin Dale Guarniere to get the scoop on the first home of Dirt Bag Paddlers, next weekend’s Pesh Fest, and the meaning of #danewho and chasing your dreams… DBP: First off, we are stoked for the first annual Peshtigo River Festival that you […]
Maya-Ray Cross, Mayo to her friends and fans around the world, is an avid young whitewater paddler from the UK who lives in Wigan, spending lots of time in Chester and North Wales. Tomorrow is her fifteenth birthday!! Cheers to you, Mayo! She loves getting out on the water as much as possible with her […]
For an epic adventure down the most harrowing gorge North East Georgia has come up with yet… On a day when water wouldn’t normally flow, they have unleashed Hell in the Tallulah Gorge. Fearing the wrath of Neptune, God of the sea, for offending his lesser known nephew Tallulius, he strikes down with his trident. […]
USA Raft kicked off the warm weather Nolichucky River season with a bang! Manager Les Lollar has been very gracious to the local paddling community and has always provided excellent service to anyone paddling the river from Poplar, NC to his property in Erwin, TN. www.usaraft.com This year he outdid himself by hosting the 2nd […]
It was time, once again, to set out on another dirtbag weekend. However, as I find myself getting older, comfort is beginning to outweigh MPG. Besides, with gas below two bucks it is well worth the few extra dollars. So I began the conversion of my utility trailer into my weekend retreat. Sleeping in the […]
The first weekend of April marks the start of the commercial rafting season here in Wisconsin. The Peshtigo River breaks free from the ice and comes raging in torrents of meltwater from the national forests of the Northwoods down to Green Bay and Lake Michigan. With it comes the blue rafts of Kosir’s Rapid Rafts, […]
We close the month with some photos from a few of the Dirt Bag Paddlers Admins. We are 125 strong from 30 countries around the globe, drawn from every discipline of paddling. March is a month where Dirtbags are firing it up on every continent. Where some paddlers are winding down, for some it’s the […]
After a run on the North Fork of the French Broad River, I sat down with Dirt Bag Paddlers Admin Aaron Erdrich. With guide season just around the corner, we discussed who got us into boating and how discouraging new boaters makes it difficult for others to join the sport. Me: Who first encouraged you […]
Maya-Ray Cross, simply Mayo to her friends, is 14 years old (she will be 15 on April 12th), hailing from the UK. She has been paddling from the age of seven, starting out on a lake, and has moved on to whitewater. Mayo has chronic pain because of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that […]