DBP MAGAZINE ONLINEThe Dirtbaggin lifestyle
Back in April I was challenged by our Editor-in-Chief Chicago Mike Toughill to do a cleanup on any river of my choice. Naturally I chose the Nolichucky Gorge. Not only is it my home river, it happens to be my favorite river. Eight miles of beautiful gorge wilderness. Some of the prettiest scenery that East […]
Pesh Fest was great this past weekend! High flows on the Peshtigo and the Midwest kayaking community enjoying every minute of it. This was the 2nd annual installment and it was the best so far! The Peshtigo was running around 29 inches the whole weekend! That is the highest I have ever seen it and […]
A few weeks ago Jeff Vannoy and I set aside a day for a Nolichuckey Gorge trip. After I Wallaced my pretty little booty off on the Doe River, and had the longest swim of my life, my confidence was rock bottom. What would you expect from loosing your boat to a strainer, having the […]
Another month, another instalment of the excellent paddling banter! For those of you in the USA, the melt has really got going, with pics all over Facebook of the meltwater paddling that is going on. Stay safe, and check out the send unleashed competition happening soon! Those guys don’t need arrows! Take a look at […]
We were just crossing the eddy line and paddling out into the main current when I felt a sudden blast of air, actually, multiple jets of air–blowing up! One by one small holes appeared around us in the tubes of our boat! Pssst! Pssssstt! Pssssssssssst! The boat was deflating under us. In the din of […]
There are many things in this world that do not make sense to me. Politics, women, life in general. The river though, now that makes sense. It is as complicated and as simple as anything in this world. Confusing as it may sound, just think on it for a moment. Rivers are the veins of […]
“Never let them look in your box.” It’s probably one of the first and most profound lessons I’ve learned from a boatman. It seems almost too simple. You can ask almost any river guide, what’s in the box and likely get the same answer. “It’s a secret.” The secret can also apply to: that bag, […]
EDITOR’S DESK– Here in America, children grow up learning the simple rhyme, “April Showers bring May Flowers.” April’s wet weather also brings the rivers up and marks the traditional beginning of the commercial whitewater rafting season. Although hardcore dirtbags never truly pack away the boats and gear, this is the time of year that hardcore […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Dirt Bag Paddlers, One Love One River, and World Wide Wallace… The main phrases of our community embody our ethos of unity. Taken directly from our official mission statement- “Reminding each other that our community is the same no matter where the River is, the color of skin or language spoken. On The […]
EDITOR’S DESK: The commercial rafting season here at Kosir’s Rapid Rafts, the original headquarters of Dirt Bag Paddlers, has always opened on the first weekend of April. We thought we would close out our international focused March issue of DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE .COM with our typical photo spread by showing the rest of the global […]