Gold Morning Everyone…It’s The 15th of April
We like video here at LVM so let’s start off with a golden submission by Mark Zakutansky.
Hey hey!!! Up here in the Poconos of Pennsylvania… the land of the Delaware Water Gap (Raymonskill and Hornbecks) and steep creeking galore… we have an EPIC spring with the entire month of March showing good flows all across the board.
The video link above is Dave Meister of Danville, PA running the 30 footer on the rarely run Stony Creek, which is a steep creeking tributary to the Lehigh River. Its sees very little traffic and this local gem drops 600 total feet of elevation in just under 2 miles.
The video is by myself, Mark Zakutansky (C1).
You can download it off vimeo if you are so inclined. Here’s a picture of the same drop, C1 style, just before sticking a huge boof…http://picasaweb.google.com/mzakutan/StonyCreekLehighTrib3142010#5449985242541906514
Thanks and keep up the great work down there, we’ll keep merking it up here in the Poconos, rain dependent.
Peace,
Mark Z.
3/14/2010 Lehigh Tributary
Next up is Mark Taylor…
Hey guys,
Hope there’s been lots of great paddling for yall. Figured I would send in a few pictures for the contest. If any of yall know me, I have not been having great luck with paddles lately and am not much of a handpaddler. Being a college student is fun but having no money gets kinda old. Hope these are worthy. Thanks and enjoy this great weather on the river. Thanks to all that took pictures. Show some love to a needy kayaker fellow boaters!
In order: anaconda, Duane Gibson trying to keep his head on his neck, gorilla, notch, j wall stylin go left, basking in the sun, stateline, pencil sharpener
Good lines to all,
Mark
The snake and the raven.
Duane...keep those arms in.
pretty pretty pretty
Haven't seen this angle before...nice!
The Green Race is fun!
Finally a female entry! Looking good Nikki, but next time send an image that is at least 500 pixels wide.
Amos Ivey took this picture of me last summer boofing the middle line of Rewind on the Watauga. Amos has taken some amazing pictures over the years but this is one of my favorites. You can clearly see the last stroke taken to launch this boof and make a clean landing. I love how the water is falling away from the blade of the paddle and the boat seems to be completely out of the water. Thanks Amos!
-Nikki Malatin
OK that is all the eye candy for today. Check back in tomorrow as Eric Adist throws us some really unique gold!
