Werner Golden Stroke-Tommy tribute continued
Friday, May 28th, 2010With Colorado season underway with CKS Paddle Fest happening right now, we though we would bring you more Colorado goldness. This one is Tommy Hilleke on Los Pinos.
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Tommy Tsunami Werner Golden Stroke
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010With the rivers cranking in Colorado and Tommy Hilleke about to be a father of 4 we thought the best way to celebrate would be to have a week of Tommy Tsunami Golden Strokes on Colorado rivers. And here is the 1st one!
Don’t forget to head out to CKS Paddle Fest in Buena Vista, Colorado this weekend to see awesome new footage of epic Colorado rivers in LVM 34.
The Final Four Of The Werner Golden Stroke Contest
Saturday, May 1st, 2010OK this was a hard round to judge, actually all the rounds have been hard to judge. So much gold, so much. This is the final round of voting and the winner receives a brand new Werner Premium Grade Paddle. Each person gets one vote so make it count. Now gold.
Contestant #1.
First going against the public vote in a 3 – 2 decision Matt Porter moves to the finals as the sole video competitor.
the steady rhythmic pulse of wood against metal is the soundtrack for a study on friendships and movement in a classic southeastern gorge
Contestant #2
Winning by popular vote each round along the way we have a shot of Adriene Levknecht taken by Candice Sanders.
Green Queen Gold Ohy Myey
Contestant #3
A strong submission oozing Gold, shot by Ryan Zimmy of Andy Lichtenheld in Minnesota.
oozing gold!
Contestant #4
Rounding out the final four we have another Raven’s Fork submission this time of Charlie Mix shot by Joey Jarrel.
Oh yeah this is a sick photo
OK click on the pictures, blow them up, look each submission over carefully. Place your single vote below and Monday the winner will be granted a brand new Werner Premium Grade Paddle.
The Final Vote For The Werner Golden Stroke Competition
- Contestant #1...The Tallulah shot by Matt Porter (16%, 61 Votes)
- Contestant #2...Adriene Levchnect shot by Candice Sanders (32%, 125 Votes)
- Contestant #3... Andy Lichtenheld shot by Ryan Zimmy (38%, 150 Votes)
- Contestant #4...Charlie Mix by Joey Jarel (14%, 57 Votes)
Total Voters: 393
Loading ...Day 2 Of Voting For The Werner Golden Strokes Contest
Thursday, April 29th, 2010In a rare show of bipartisanship the judges agreed with the audience voting. Without further a due lets get going with our matchups.
MATCH UP 1
Starting off we have a video match between a trip report on The Tallulah produced by Matt Porter vs. Trash Can Falls by Dave ‘Gorbachev’.
the steady rhythmic pulse of wood against metal is the soundtrack for a study on friendships and movement in a classic southeastern gorge
MATCH UP 2
Next up it is Candice Sanders going head to head with Wesley Bradley.
Green Queen Gold Ohy Myey
Nice LVM sticker Wesley!!!
MATCH UP 3
Our next match up is an oozing Gold shot by Ryan Zimmy of Andy Lichtenheld in Minnesota vs the fabulous Suck Creek shot of Ryan Snodgrass.
oozing gold!
Suck, Sucky, Sucks so good. Chattanooga staple Suck Creek
MATCH UP 4
The final round of the day features a Joey Jarrel shot vs. a photo by Mark Taylor of of unknown paddler going left at Sunshine on The Green River N.C.
Oh yeah this is a sick photo
Haven't seen this angle before...nice!
OK Voting is available below and tomorrow we will be down to the final four! Thanks everyone and good luck.
Loading ...Round 1 Of Voting For The Golden Strokes Competition
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010First 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
Loading ...April 26th Giant Final Dump Of Gold
Monday, April 26th, 2010OK this is it for Gold dumps. Thanks to everyone who submitted and the showdown begins tomorrow!
Hey guys,
So I couldn’t let this contest end with out sending some pics in from the great mank state of Colorado. First up is extreme tuber Rolf Kelly on the black canyon’s waterfall before the fun mile long portage. Next up is sensei Stafford showing all of us how to style cool world on the classic colorado wilderness run, the big south. The 3rd pic is another shot of Rolf Kelly on the best boof on the front range on upper south boulder creek. The last pic is of the huckin duckie Joe keck huckin his meat off of escalante falls on escalante creek, some good early season mud runoff.
Enjoy!
-Tom Janney
Black Gold, Canyon Gold that is.
Sensi Gold
Boof da Mank in a kayak or tube.
Huck the golden duck.
LVM,
Yes, its true, attached to this email is a golden stroke so mighty it could only be performed with one hand. I found myself on Sect.IV safety boating for the Georgia State University outdoor program, Touch The Earth, on Friday. In true scumbag form I was in all borrowed gear; from boat to rope. When we arrived to Seven Foot Falls, a beam of light mellifluously fell down from the heavens and struck me. All I could do was grab the rail of my boat and hold on. Also, we spotted a young nubile maiden, in the form of a river siren at Bull Sluice. We managed to snap a quick photo only as evidence that you can gaze your eyes upon a nymph without falling into their mythological booby trap.
Peace,
Tim Madison
PS-photos by C. Tortorige
Borrowed Gold
We may have a winner....Gold.
Yo LVM-
Here are my submissions for Golden Stroke.
Please take note of my paddle- lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place!
Adios Migos,
Taft Sibley
CrossBow- Photographer Unknown
Morgan2&4- Kirk Eddleman
Kick Your Dog- John Trembley
Crossbow Gold
MorganGoldenStein
MorganGoldenExemplify
Kick kick kick gold gold gold dog dog your your.
Yeah LVM, some Goldies from a few years back:
First photo of me with a little Frankenstein Gold, taken by Chris Roberts. Second shot of Bo Colbert running Magilla, taken by Brian Perretta.
Thanks for the contest, seen some real cool shots over the weeks.
John Fuller
Embrace dat Gold
Elk? Antelope? Goat? no it's The Moose!
Dear LVM,
Greetings from the North East! Here are some pictures from Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. All high def pictures are by John Wallace. Snapshots by jcass, and West branch of the Penobscot photos by Danielle Martin (soon to be Mrs. jcass-Martin). Rocky Gorge on the Swift photographer is unknown. Paddlers: jcass, Jesse Bielich, and Eben Smith and the ever classic Ryan Davis. Of note… John Wallace has a featured photograph of a lovely bag of garbage from the Green River Cleanup of 2009 on your website, and is the proprietor of kayakpsych.com. He has recently moved to NC from Connecticut, where we frequently visit our friend and pay homage to your gnar-gnar. Thanks for the years of inspiration LVM, and please enjoy some North East Gold! HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!
Sincerely,
jcass
Team Kayakpsych
gggooollldd
Cow sluicey goldy smoldy
au
jcassgoldyliscious
jcassmygoldenass
jcasssassafrassgoldenass
Turkey Season Gold
Mysterious Gold
LVM Crew-
Here are three entries for the Golden Stroke contest. Here we have:
-Jason Dillow strokin off the right side of El Horrendo (spanish for The Horrendo)
-Johnny Pilson golden stroking into familiar territory at Toilet Bowl on the Green River.
-Eli Smith planting a golden stroke coming out of Gorilla North on Bottom Creek up here in VA
Enjoy!
Jon Crain
Dillow Gold
A Handsome Man on The Toilet
Golden Random Goldy
You know what its all about. Chillin on the home river with the boys, summertime, running the shit!! photo: ryan bednar—-paddler: chris houston
Thanks,
chris houston
C1 Gold
Way to pick up the second blade Chris
Kreykes, Daniel
show details Apr 20 (6 days ago)
Hey guys, I’ve got some Golden Strokes for you. The first one is Jay Wolfe strokin’ into the hole at Oceana. The second one is me on Baby Falls, and the third is Graham Jones blasting through the second wave at Corkscrew on the Chattooga Sec.4
Oceana Gold
Baby Gold
Ahhhhhhh Gold
LVM,
Here are a few shots for the golden stroke contest your welcome to put up on the site.
1) First off is me boofing through a rainbow on the Devils Punchbowls in Colorado. (photo Greg Watson)
2) Mac McGee in Darwins Hole in the Laurel Fork
3) Colin Hunt on Headless Horseman
4) Will Stubblefield coming through the slot drop of Trashcan Falls
5) Eli Smith on Laurel Falls
6) Matt West’s well timed boof on the Watauga
7) Frank Stansberry with a golden ninja-death-boof stroke
- Clay Lucas
A little bright but ehhh
Ah yes the Gold
Goldenbrightness
Ahhh likey this one
Golden
gauld
Crossbow da gold
Attached are my submissions for the Golden Stroke contest. Enjoy!!!!
The Photos are as labeled:
Jake Risch throwing in a final stroke on “Biggie Smalls” at Smalls Falls, Sandy River, ME.
Myself, John W.,, PFD on the Dragg Strip, Gragg Prong, NC shot by James Capozzi.
O.J. cleaning the “top drop” at Smalls Falls, Sandy River, ME.
Steve Krajewski throwing a “golden stroke” entering Zwicks on the Green River Narrows
Ted Devoe golden boofing on Fall Creek in Massachusettes on one few of the Fall releases
John Wallace
Bigge Smalls Gold
Drag Strip Gold
The Juice
Green is Gold, Jerry's Baddle is Fun
Oh yes wooden Gold!
Here is one mo’ bit o’ gold I found, enjoy!
Max
Arrgghhhh Goooolllddd
John,
Clearly there is only one place for a Gold Rush, and thats Cali. Without further ado:
1) Darin McQuoid caught in the golden rays of fall sun, entry drop SF Feather.
2) Culley Thomas bring home the bullion on the 2nd descent of upper upper Mono Creek.
3) Tim Carlton showing 24 carat form, Hospital Rock, MF Kaweah.
4) Macy Burnham firing the gold standard for boofs, Triple Drop, EF Kaweah
5) Eric Giddens still looking for a gold medal, Unknown Soldier, Cherry Creek race.
6) Ryan Moore planting the gilded blade, Ash Mountain, MF Kaweah.
See you out West suckas!
-Ian
This is Cali Gold
Oh oh oh the gold
Hospital Gold
Cali has some Gold
East Fork of The Kaweahgolda
Very hairy Cherry
Ash gold
Hey guys,
The first photo here is of Eric Chance taking one hell of a Golden Stroke at a not so famous rapid. The next shot is of Rob Lienes getting very golden at another not so famous rapid. Last is Katie Worley getting here gold at the top of Ampitheater on the not so famous Tallulah Gorge.
Thanks,
Belly Millowski
Taking the Golden Chance
Gold
My golden lady boofenem
John – hope it’s not too late to submit. I found this in the archives: Freddy, UCC. Pure.
Caleb Coaplen
Fred and The Golden Stroke
golden stroke last day entry it’s only 11:25
This is shot by Candace Sanders….it is Adriene on the Mike T’s Raven Fork. It is quite brown & gold!
Later boyz Evan
Green Queen Gold Ohy Myey
OK that is it for Golden Stroke Submissions. Actually Kirk Eddleman sent in about a terabyte of goldies but he won the Werner contest last year and we had to disqualify him for the glutinous submission. Thanks to everyone for the images and video and we will start the showdown Wednesday Morning. Good luck everyone!
Back From The Hack…Can’t Stop The Gold
Friday, April 23rd, 2010We were set back a day with a direct assault on The LVM website. After about 15 hours of work we are back online. Get ready for a giant golden dump today, here we go!
here is some gold that i found at Goshen Pass. the first shot is some oc-1 gold via Deven Lively. shot 2 is Gordon Dalton digging for some gold. the third shot is Croy harvesting a boof after planting some gold. the final shot is the King going for the elusive golden mirage. Enjoy the gold.
Josh Mays
All we can say is...canoemovie.com
Boofy
More Boofy
Long Pointy Boat Boofy....Gold!
Hey guys,
Here’s my submission for the April Golden Stroke contest. The photos are from the Over the Falls Festival at Ohiopyle in 2009 taken by Nicole Kruse. At the time, the biggest vertical drop that I’d run was about 6 feet, so Ohiopyle was stepping it up for me. Up first is me getting ready to go gold, then enjoying the ride. Check out the LVM sticker in front of the Pyranha logo – that should be good for something, right!!!
Cheers!
Brandon Nutter
Nutty Gold
oh what a feeling tonights going to be a good good niiigghhtt, tonights..
Dear LVM, I have been enjoying all the photos folks have been sending in and thought i might as well get into it. I do need a new paddle after all and after perusing some of my photos, I figured I had a decent shot. there are four photos attatched and since i have no idea which order they will appear in I will just describe them. maybe ya’ll can put them in the proper order.
Thanks, Gabriel.
1. Here we have J.C. Rain Riding a Golden Low Brace. Note the look of focus as he navigates the playboat through class V (photo: Gabriel Latini)
2. The one that could win it! here we have the Buddha a.k.a. Paul Bartholic Golden stroking through Go Left and Die on Turtle Creek. This Stroke sent him flying through the slot super fast and clean. Note the Right Hand, Now that is Golden.(photo: Gabriel Latini)
3. Here is a shot of myself running the last Rapid on Turtle Creek. I bet if the level was higher this could win but it’s still gold all the same. This photo was actually published in the Asheville Citizen times so even if it doesn’t win me a paddle it will still make my moms Scrapbook.(photo: Bryan Owen)
4. And the last photo… well they can’t all be Golden Strokes, can they? (photo: Courtney Leigh Johnson)
Crain Gold Indeed!
Be Gold Buddha, Be Gold
Love The Golden Grass in This Shot.
Poopy Foot Fungi Anti-Gold
Hey LVM,
Got two shots here of what looks like to me golden things…my mate B Ness running the ultra-classic seven-foot and a mysterious boater running monkey…hope you enjoy!
-Matt p.
Jah Monk
What’s up. Here is a shot of Greg Hanlon on the Ellis at high water. New Hampshire’s got it going on in April. Adam Herzog
Ahhh The Gold up North...we miss you down here Zog!
Hi – here are some strokes of gold, taken just for LVM.
The first is Matt Mackinnon on the first Rutherford waterfall at the peak of snowmelt last summer. The second is Maxi Kniewasser showing everyone how to run the superboof on the Grass in NY, and the last is of Bob Butler – you know where.
Enjoy!
Steve Arns
We likey goldy
Making the magic happen
A golden Gorge Indeed
Whattup LVM!
First, thanks for inventing the golden strokes of April contest. It rocks! I am thoroughly enjoying seeing new photos of folks getting it done day-in, day-out. And just how many golden phrases does LVM have?
On to the photos. Since this pictorial competition could use a bit more Rocky Mountain representation, here’s what I have for you today: (1) Joe Keck placing a crucial golden stroke on Deliberation Corner in The Box, (2) yours truly getting ready to yell “FUZZY LITTLE BUNNY” on Vallecito Creek, and (3) me finding gold on Double Trouble on the Big South.
Hope to see you guys in New Mexico and Colorado again this year. Cheers,
Alex Clayden
Deliberate Gold
What a Golden Fuzzy Little Bunny!
To answer your question Alex...we will be seeing you in CO, nice shots thanks!
Hey, here are some goldies from VA.
Don Smith and Trevar Bennington Bottom Creek VA
Harris Haynie money drop Shoe Creek VA
And Mason Basten on log flume Statons Creek VA
TrevarB
Oh Don the Gold
Golden VA
Oh Harris oh y oh Harris...AU
That is what we call creekin...trees, rocks, color, GOLD!
1st Playboating some no name rapid in NC
2nd Mac on 1st drop OBJ
3rd 3rd slide Wffb
4th 1st D Raft Big South Double Trouble
Jacob Black
Rodeo Lives!
Boof Dat ShGoldit
You gotta be golden kidding us...yeaaaaahhhh!
Rafts are Gold...?
Dear Golden Stroke Overlord,
Its been really nice the last few weeks waking up to fresh gold every morning. Cant say that this one is winner compared to all the other great shots of late, but i wanted to share a break-down paddle gstroke. This somewhat golden goldy is at Sunshine, just moments after i broke my paddle/pride at powerslide. Never…ever…ever, catch an edge peeling out of the eddy in p-slide…write that down. A few bangs to the head later I was in the pool rolling up with a nicely shortened stick and a palm full of carbon fiber splinters. Enter Sherpa b-down and a little duct tape on the hand and we were back in business. Thanks to Ian Buckley for having the foresight to carry all kinds of extra (useful) stuff in his boat and to Jake Mitchell for the shot. And of course, to mama green for keeping us honest every now and then.
Salut,
T. Brandt
You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when Gold
Golden ouchy...be careful young Jedi
here we got.. some double Linville Double Gold. Paddlers David Clarke, Alex Hymen, and Eric the Chancellor.
then William Lyons Krushin’ Dreams in CO. Will Stubblefield
This one is so Gold
Big Boulders
Is this Will Lyons the Canoe Guy????Traitor
OK That is it for now we will have more gold this afternoon and over the weekend…then Monday the showdown begins. Thanks everyone and enjoy your weekend!
Not More Golden Strokes, please!
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Holy Cow, it’s true, one more golden stroke. However, this man doesn’t need some fancy schmancy paddle to get it done, half the blades will work just fine for him. Jeremy Laucks freewheeling his Blackfly on the Tellico. See it all at The Canoe Movie.
