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As it is now the end of another month, it is time for another instalment from Paddling Banter! As we all look forward to warmer weather and for some the meltwater to fill the rivers, take some time and have a laugh at these awesome comics. The English Paddler: What other stereotypes can you […]
Last summer, two major milestones of my life passed. One, thirty one years had gone by since beginning a career as a river guide. That also meant that in late June more than half my life had been spent as a guide. Neither three decades of working on the river nor my sixtieth birthday caused […]
March in the Upper Midwest means Old Man Winter is due to depart, taking with him the ice and leaving his snow to melt into the ever increasing flow of our little known but much loved whitewater rivers. It’s also when the Wisconsin and Illinois boating community looks forward to Rutabaga Paddlesports’ annual Canoecopia, billed […]
Held on February 16-19 in Rishikesh, India, the 2017 edition of Ganga Kayak Festival was a great success! DBP MAGAZINE ONLINE .COM is proud to be an official media outlet for the third year running, delivering post-game coverage to the international paddling community on behalf of our friends at GKF. DBP Admin Deepak Rana, a […]
Dams. As children we are raised to look at them as engineering achievements of the highest order, the pride of humanity. As adults we sometimes come to new conclusions if we are enlightened by considering what exactly we have lost beneath the waters of these monuments of man over nature. There are many monstrous structures […]
EDITOR’S DESK- The Day of Action is here!! We at Dirt Bag Paddlers are stoked to be a part of the 20th anniversary of an amazing event conjured up by our friends at International Rivers! After two years of supporting the Day of Action through raising awareness with fun contests like an art contest and […]
“Listen,” I said. We sat quietly and listened. Ellie was making contented morning grumbles. Mary lay there, still. The water on the stove was singing as it came closer to boiling, the pot sorta groaning and cracking. And then behind that, and constant, was clearly the sound of the river outside. I love that sound. […]
In 2007, my master plan of raising my kids in the outdoors and on the river was off to a good start. I lived in Oregon, one of the best outdoor states in the US, and I had a raft and a frame and lots of river choices close to home. My oldest son started […]
We have, as a species, married ourselves to a black Gooey substance that was once the bodies of species now gone perhaps even our own. We weren’t thinking it through when we started using the Goo, we as a species rarely do, however we quickly became addicted to the conveniences that made the substance more […]
We’ve all caught ourselves staring at the water. My local beach is always covered with people going for a stroll out on the breakwater to the lighthouse and taking selfies in the sunsets. It is even worse when the autumn winds whip up the Big Lake (Lake Michigan) into a frenzy. The same thing occurs […]