Round 1 Of Voting For The Golden Strokes Competition
First let us say it was a real pleasure to see all the gold being laid down on rivers around the world. Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo or a video! It was no easy feat narrowing the field down to 16, but after much arguing around the office it is done. Each of the 4 judges will vote and and the audience will count as one vote totaling 5 votes. Make sure to click on each picture to view it on a larger scale, and we will narrow it down showdown style until we have a winner. Now aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh, gold!
Round 1
We’ll start off with crowd favorite Wesley Bradley on The Watauga shot by Matt Dalton vs. Matthew Duke on The West Prong shot by Chris Gallaway.
Matt g-stroking!
Nice LVM sticker Wesley!!!
Round 2
Next up we have a video showdown between Dave ‘Gorbachev’ and Max Posner
Traveling over spring break for 8 days of paddling in Nelson County, VA, western NC and Beckley, WV.
Round 3
A couple of heavyweights going at it: A submission by Ryan Zimmy of unknown paddler in Minnesota against a Tom Janney on East Fork of The Kaweah
oozing gold!
Kaweeeeaaaaaahhhhh!
Round 4
Ryan Snodgrass on Suck Creek vs. a shot by Darrin McQuoid of Stephen Wright on Upper Middle Consumes.
Suck, Sucky, Sucks so good. Chattanooga staple Suck Creek
Stephen Wright Golden Stroke
Round 5
A duel between Mike McKay shot by Ray Canton on the Mastigouche in QC vs. Charlie Mix on The Raven’s Fork shot by Joey Jarrell.
shine
Oh yeah this is a sick photo
Round 6
Another video showdown…yes we love video. Here we have a video of squriting sent in by Weaver vs. a trip report on The Tallulah produced by Matt Porter.
2130cfs @ three lynx
first probe…
http://www.sinkspots.org/index.php?spot_id=265
the steady rhythmic pulse of wood against metal is the soundtrack for a study on friendships and movement in a classic southeastern gorge
Round 7
Now we have a couple of interesting angles. The first sent in by Eric Adst of Chris Morelli on The Beaver River in N.Y. vs. a photo by Mark Taylor of of unknown paddler going left at Sunshine on The Green River N.C.
Rad, What's he looking at, beautiful, odd, golden for sure
Haven't seen this angle before...nice!
Round 8
Finally we have two more powerful photos going head to head. First sent in by Ryan Allen and shot by Nick Murphy some crazy subterranean kayaking vs. a Candice Sanders shot of Adriene Levknecht on the mighty Raven’s Fork River.
ohhh yes, golden nastyness, aaahhhhhhh
Green Queen Gold Ohy Myey
OK there you have it. We had so many great photos, over 200, that the task has been impossible picking the best ones from each photographer. We tried to create some interesting match ups so give them all a good look. Props again to everyone out there making the magic happen on the river. Place your vote below, good luck and check back in tomorrow as we continue to narrow it down.
Round 1 Voting, Place Your Votes Below One Vote Per Round Please.
- Round 8...Adriene Levknecht flying high? (40%, 163 Votes)
- Round 8...Ryan Allen underground (11%, 46 Votes)
- Round 7...Closeup Challenge, Mark Taylor photo? (35%, 143 Votes)
- Round 7...Closeup Challenge, Eric Adst photo (9%, 35 Votes)
- Round 6...Video of The Tallulah (28%, 114 Votes)
- Round 6...Video of Squirting (9%, 39 Votes)
- Round 5...Charlie Mix (31%, 128 Votes)
- Round 5...Mike McKay (27%, 109 Votes)
- Round 4...Upper Middle Consumes (16%, 65 Votes)
- Round 4...Suck Creek (24%, 100 Votes)
- Round 3...Janney (21%, 85 Votes)
- Round 3...Zimmy (24%, 100 Votes)
- Round 2...Spring Break Trip (19%, 80 Votes)
- Round 2...Trash Can Falls (27%, 111 Votes)
- Round 1...Matthew Duke (19%, 78 Votes)
- Round 1...Wesley Bradley (28%, 114 Votes)
Total Voters: 411
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April 28th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Wesley Bradley
April 28th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
so got to put out there that Candice’s shot and Nick’s shot are both of rapids named by Ben Hayes interesting little tid bit for you paddling trivia folks out there.
April 28th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Unknown paddler oozing gold in Round 3 is Andy Lichtenheld
April 28th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
First One!
April 28th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Amid props to Ray Canton for working his usual magic (this time with Mikee on the Messy Crotch) I just gotta say that the Candice shot of Adriene on the Raven’s Fork is one of the raddest kayak photos I’ve see, period.
April 28th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Ryan, don’t you mean ben friberg?
April 29th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Jazzhands to you Slick!
April 29th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Weird voting system. You dudes need someone to update your site already
Candace/Adrienne all the way. No contest really. Friggin females.
May 3rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I vote for Mike McKay.