If you're going to Gauley Fest, be sure to buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win the one-of-a-kind Green Boat! Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20, and all proceeds benefit American Whitewater. Tickets will be sold at the Dagger booth on Friday and Saturday night and at the Upper Gauley take-out on Saturday. Drawing is Saturday night! Good luck!…

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Epicocity Project has an awesome line-up in store for the week of Outdoor Retailer (next week - yikes!). There will be a show premier of the National Geographic show, Monster Fish:Jungle Catfish, a book signing, a showing of the teaser for a salmon conservation film at the Patagonia booth, and a social media campaign for their upcoming elephant project.… Continue

Professional outdoor and adventure photographer Lucas Gilman recently tagged along with a few Team Dagger members and their Nomads to get some amazing shots in the Columbia River Gorge. There are a couple great shots of both Pat Keller and Brendan Wells.



Red Bull Illume posted the diary entries Gilman kept for the time he was there.



Here is an excerpt:



"I got a call from pro-kayaker Pat Keller who said that the… Continue

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Check out our top three "featured" photos from the last few months. Post your best pictures to be considered for the next round of features!



The UMC - Thomas Moore

Lady's Finger Bluff Camp Site - William Truett

Kayak Shot - Ky Delaney…

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Dagger’s presence was unmistakable this past weekend in Central Park, New York City! From Adventure’s NYC on Saturday to Outdoor Nation on Sunday, red and black flags were flying as we partnered with several different organizations in the outdoor industry to promote paddling for all ages and walks of life.



Dagger partnered with Wilderness Systems and Eastern Mountain Sports on Saturday to create the Adventures NYC Paddlezone. The Paddlezone successfully got over 700 people of all… Continue

Check out this press release from Oskar Blues Brewery. Dagger team member Tao Berman won a year's supply of their beer in a bet at the Lyons Outdoor Games!…

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Dagger and Eastern Mountain Sports are proud to sponsor the 2010 Adventures NYC event in Central Park this weekend. This is one of the biggest events of the year. EMS will have nearly 100 kayaks available for demo onsite. Just stop in and grab your gear and hit the water! We'll have plenty of Dagger staff there, so stop by and say hello!



Join the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and Backpacker Magazine for Adventures NYC, and discover adventure right…

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Congratulations to Maxwell Posner, Hannah Shapiro, Marijo Bosiljevac, Samuel Obstfeld and Sam Gammage on being chosen to represent Paddlesports Nation at the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit in NYC

June 19-20!

This group of paddlesports leaders will join more than 500 other young outdoors enthusiasts at the Summit to champion an active, outdoor lifestyle for our youth. Direct youth involvement and empowerment is

the key to successfully engaging and inspiring the next…

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NOC Freestyle Kayak Shootout Results

It was another great Shootout weekend at the Natahala Outdoor Center. Thank you to everyone who came

out. Congratulations to Andrew Holcombe on a top 5 finish!…

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