OK submissions for the Werner Golden Strokes Contest are over. Feel free to continue to send in those golden moments throughout the season as we love to see them, but this years contest has capped it’s submissions.

Now we will perform a golden dump the next few days and put up all the photos and video. Then next week we will go live with online voting/judge in a head to head battle of the sweet 16 photos and vids. Essentially we will put the entries in a bracket tourney format and through single elimination battle it out until we find a champ. Good luck everyone and now, gold.

What up LVM!

Ryan DeKay

Let the gold shine down.

Hi LVM,

Dave Prothero

Gordon Gold

Au

auriforgoldelicious

gold indeed

Golden Stairs

Hey LVM,
Here are a few strokes that made my balls bounce. Thanks for checking them
out.

Jeff West

Golden Bouncing Balls

True Golden Love

Sail Gold

Hey Y’all- Just dumped a bunch of photos off my camera, and thought
I’d send ya a couple “Golden Strokes” from my recent exploits.

Tyler Boeing

Golden Fork of The Third Oldest River in The World

Tyler Gold

Hey,

Taylor Martin

Oh oh some unique gold.

Hey guys,
first picture is me on West Cherry Creek taken by the Taft Sibley. Second photo was taken when I was ball’n as a child. thought it would be a good picture since i had a gold shirt on.

Taylor Martin

No comment

Twice the squirt taken at halls of karma by Jon Shannon. Picture is of Steve O’keefe and I playing in the seams in the eddy. the second picture was Taken of me at Fishing with Ghandi on Tremont last fall. Hands down the best spot in Tennessee. Sorry Cowbell you’re second now.

Taylor Martin

Double yo

GhandiGoldenGooyGoodness

And finally for the day a combo entry of video and photos by former Russian President Dave Gorbachev.

Hey LVM,

p.s. real last name is (Ledford). I just made the Gorbachev thing up for yahoo. thanks guys

au

gold puncher

g-o-l-d

Josh Wall, Mark Taylor, and Dave Ledford make a spring trip up to the Raven’s Fork in Cherokee, NC.

Today is the last day for submissions…get to work. Now gold.
First we have a golden shower submitted by Ryan Allen.

Here is a old photo of my golden stroke taken by Brent Meadows (photo 103)
and also a newer photo of a subterrainian gc photo taken by Nick Murphy

RA

very nice

ohhh yes, golden nastyness, aaahhhhhhh

one more of Jeremy Pou golden stroking this first D.

You may say why has noone run this little 8′ drop before? It is due to most of the water then drops 25′ into an underground jumble of rocks with only a sliver of water leading into the next drop ( which has been run) that goes into a sweet boof to slide.

gold gold gold gold gold

Now for a little Gold outside of the lower 48.

Here’s a set from a few places I’ve been recently.

Brandon Gonski

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Next a pile of photos by Mark Taylor. Gold.

I really want to stop having to borrow paddles so I’m gonna just keep sending them your way. First sequence is me dropping Big Boy. Next up is Josh Wall firing through mortal combat. Second sequence is what happens when you catch an edge trying to wheel groove tube. I would call it a golden-brown stroke because you’re like “oh crap but then something cool comes out of a mistake and you don’t eat rocks at the bottom. Not intentional but cool nonetheless. Both photo sequences by Josh Wall and Mortal Combat by me.

Mark

Once again we will finish with a little video. Not sure if this has anything to do with golden stroking, but enjoy none the less. Thanks Weaver for the video and until tomorrow happy 4-20.

Collawash 04-10-2010 from SinkSpots on Vimeo.

Good Monday morning everyone. Tomorrow, 4-20-10, will be the final day to submit your Golden Strokes. We repeat that tomorrow, April 20th, will be the last day to submit Golden Stroke photos or video for the Werner Paddles Golden Strokes of April contest. We’ll continue to post submissions this week and have online voting the last week of April and announce the winner on May, 3, 2010. Thanks to all the participants and now the goooooolllllddddddd. This is a good Monday post with lots of photo and video gold. We’ll start with a post from Matt Wilson from Kayak Telluride on an early season run of Pandora’s Box on The Animas in Colorado.

Grace,
New put-in,,, Don’t pull a Demshitz and get shot gun pulled on your ass. I’ll show the way for some beers ( Like 12 ). Getting stoked for the embudo

–
“Paddling for Life”
Matt Wilson/Owner
www.kayaktelluride.com
www.rapidactionrescue.com

Classic Pando Gold

Javier getting Western on That Gold

Nate Klema dropping The Golden Member

The put in.

Sieve...no gold down there!

Ben Luck making the gold happen, Rectilian

Matthew Klema on a long rapid.

From Colorado we jump right into New York State.

Hey guys,

Harry Berking

Half the paddle twice the man...check out thecanoemovie.com

Golden Beaver

Shall we move to say…West by God Virginia? Yes we shall!

Sup LVM! Here’s a photo by Jake Ament of the me stroking into the bottom drop of Pillagers Plunder on Manns Creek, WV at 1 inch over spring break.

Justin Kleberg

Man o Manns Creek

Moving on….

Hey LVM,

Rodney Claiborne

Looks like you are learning something in your class...likey.

Another proud stroke of black and white gold.

Finally we have a sweet little video that in our opinion sums up what kayaking is all about. Enjoy this piece sent in by Matt Porter and remember tomorrow is the final day for submissions. peace LVM.

Hey LVM,

It is Friday and I know everyone is ready to ride this weekend, so with no further delay…gold.

Hey guys,

for more info on the New Haven Ledges, as well as a short story featured in AW by yours truly.

Toasty Gold

New Haaaavvvvveeeennnn

Rad, What's he looking at, beautiful, odd, golden for sure

Darin McQuoid

As requested, early season Dinkey Creek golden strokes.

Oh yes very Gold Darin, Gold with Envy we are!

Drew Au

Golden Kid Cool

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh golden

Drive a spike in that gold

Gold for Breakfast Anyone? Taylor Feargoldenton

This in from Alex.

Alex Knupp Birthday Gold at Tanners Boof on the Tallulah!
First release of 2010.
Photo taken by Chase Fredrick.

Later
Alex Knupp

Daboofdengold

Hey Guys,

Kelsey Thompson

Great shot Kelsey!, that is some high power golden flurry of goodness. Good weekend to everyone!

That paddle has golden strungth!

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.

Mark Z.

3/14/2010 Lehigh Tributary

Next up is Mark Taylor…

Hey guys,

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!

We’ll start off with a video of super fun, super fly, super when it’s not dry, Overflow Creek Georgia.

Hey LVM Fam! I couldn’t remember if there’s been a Golden Hand Paddle Stroke on there yet (I’m sure Keith’s got ‘em stacked up waitin’ to unleash ‘em though) and was lookin’ over some footage. This was from yet another fun filled day on the Georgia gem Overflow Creek. Here’s a little background to set up the clip. I’m usually a hand paddler when it comes to Class V, because my roll with a stick can be flakey under pressure. Well on this day I talked my buddy Greg Watson into droppin’ his paddle and hand paddlin’ with me. I ran Marginal Monster way better than I did my first time (melted down-super deep), but did not strike Gold like Watson did. Here ya go!

Here is a fine set of photos sent in by the ever talented Rob Hurst.

Heres a shot of Jeff Snyder getting golden on his feet off of Ohiopyle Falls during the Over the Falls Festival.

Rob

The elusive stand-up golden stroke.

Mike Moore at Iron Ring being innovative

Evan Ross getting very golden on the Embudo

The extremely elusive triple stroke. First boater is Raphael Theibaut (sp?) and the last boater i think is Shane Benedict. Not sure of the middle boater. This is from the 06 Green Race. Back when there were only two greenboats in existence.

Hola LVM,

Hello, I hope this email finds you all well. I have dug through this season’s strokes and I believe there may be one or two worthy of the nomination for GOLDEN STROKE (angels singing AHHHHHHHHHHH).

Sunshines in the Gold of the moment

These shots were taken by Mike Thurber of Zak Sears. The first is on the Rio Fuy in Chile during some 2009 Christmas day golden stroking, and the second is on the infamous Rio Palguin. Worthy of gold for sure.

~ Zak

oh yeah

Here we are almost halfway through the month and the photos and video are still coming in. Boom right back into the gold from Michael Toth.

LVM,

photo by McSwain

Spray the butter!

I’m still on the couch after a shoulder dislocation, so with no kayaking in sight for the moment, this seemed like the next best thing.

Nick Ianniello

goldy licious!

golden gooy licious

googoldenlosh

Hey Guys! I want to submit a few shots into the contest. The first shot is of me running the bottom slide of Toxaway Falls this spring and was taken by Jae Ellison. The second two were taken by Caylin Edwards on the Rio Alseseca back in February on a Girls at Play trip. They were taken the same day Will, Dooley, Eli and the boys at Esprit were shooting footage for the Canoe Movie. Good times, good times!

p.s. Looking forward to the Knoxville Premier tonight.

Toxy Gold

Mexican Gold

Mo Mexi'

And our final entry for the day is from the always golden Charlie Mix.

here’s some more golden stroking. I need that paddle, I’m using an old whittled down werner that held together with duct tape!!!

thanks,
Charlie Mix

Yell Goooooolllllddddd!

Oh yeah this is a sick photo

geeeoheldee

OK we are working our way through the month and it has been oh so golden. Let’s get into it!

Here are some golden squirt boat strokes. After all a good mystery move is golden. These shots are from cowbell, the cartecay, and nantahala rivers.

roy srymanske

Our first 'squirt' golden stroke entry

going down

taking a big breath...

not sure what is going on here

My brother, Josh Dalton, took this one during a road trip as we passed through Idaho. The falls is Lower Mesa just outside of Yellowstone.

-Matt Dalton

Golden Stroking and wishing we could kayak in Yellowstone!

Here is a little Spring Break action from Max Posner and company. This one includes a video which is better than most LVM’s! Great entry Max and more power to you and the fist pump.

Hey LVM,
Writing to submit some golden strokes from spring break a few weeks back. In order they are; me on the 2nd drop at Triple Falls (photo by Eric Mahan) me on the 3rd drop at Triple Falls (photo by Eric Mahan) Hunter Davis boofing on the Lower Rocky Broad (photo by Eric Mahan) Mark Taylor freewheeling Stateline (photo by me) and Eric Mahan boofing Stateline (photo by me) To see it all in moving picture format here is a link to the video: http://www.vimeo.com/10707387

Max Posner

Gold at Dupont

bouncing down the gold

a beauty boof

Wheeling Stateline

da boof

Traveling over spring break for 8 days of paddling in Nelson County, VA, western NC and Beckley, WV.