I am not entirely sure how many years this event has been taking place but every year seems to be one of the most fun days on the river of the year for me. This year was no different. 15 women took to the pigeon river in TN to partake in an annual event that […]
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2023 Dirty Bird Event: All The Details
This year’s event is just about here! I wanted to get all the event details to you in one place so here goes. Come get your slice and playboating on the Pigeon River! Every year Paddle In Pink hosts this female-only event to raise money for the Live Like Maria Foundation. Join us for a […]

GoPro To Analyze Whitewater Kayaking
I’ve been running the Tallulah Gorge for a while now and have always thought the famous rapid Oceana was not that much about skill and more like rolling the dice. After today I was puzzled because I swam the rapid and I was not entirely sure why. Did I roll the dice wrong? I had […]

2021 Dirty Bird (Pigeon River) Recap
It was a breath of fresh air to be able to run the Paddle In Pink annual Dirty Bird event at the end of July this year. For most of us, the last year has been an incredibly hard year. As a kayaker, I really missed the closeness that the community can bring to this […]

2021 Dirty Bird Confidence Series
Let’s face it ladies, 2020 was likely not the best year for most of us. Most events were cancelled, we were in isolation, many experienced financial hardships and many other reasons why we want to keep 2020 in the past. Paddle In Pink has a long standing of our Dirty Bird event and while we […]

Mindset: Growth or Failure?
Do you ever have those moments where you do something on the river, mess up and replay it over and over in your head wondering how you messed it up and your self-talk isn’t all that positive? What if you could change that mindset and look at how you can grow and learn from that […]