Some raw images from a 2005 trip to British Columbia with Daniel.

Matt Porter sent us this. Nice work to you and your boys, hope to see you again in 2010! More awesome ‘09 Green Race footage in the upcoming LVM 33.

Hi LVM,

My name is Matt Porter and I was just wondering if you guys would just throw up this little short film I made about the 09 Green Race. I hear you guys are putting up some video soon and I’d feel real honored if you guys would enjoy my short enough to feature it. Interviewed my mate Kevin Koosk who raced for the first time this year and got some interesting shots of Tommy and also some carnage at Gorilla which I know wouldn’t be out of place on the daily LVM page. anyway, I’d really dig it if you would care to put it up on the page. At any rate I hope you enjoy it and I love what you guys do. Rock on. Thanks for your time!

Bikini Boat Carrying Contest

Spring is just around the corner and we are putting together our first issue of the year #33. It is action packed with first descents on Upper Creek in North Carolina and The Iskut River in British Columbia, a ’sweet as’ New Zealand piece produced by Tyler Fox, the complete Jocassee Experience, playboating, The Green Race and much much more. Subscribe for 2010 here.

Now a part of LVM we have always put a lot of effort into is the intro. We have attempted to be funny in the intros, created badass graphics, fancy edits etc. For this intro we have decided to do something a little different and have a contest, one we haven’t done before. The contest is called ‘Bikini Boat Carrying Contest’.

To enter simply video someone in a bikini carrying a kayak and edit it to the provided track. The winner gets $100 in cash, and featured in the intro of LVM #33. The hottest model may win, most original edit, hairiest dude in a bikini, who knows but there is a $100 incentive on the table to get out and show the world what you got!

Details:
Submissions due by: March 16th
Song can be edited to any length…CLICK HERE
Send videos in full rez format to (must be full resolution): 765 Crest Rd. Flat Rock N.C. 28731
Questions? Send us an email to: lvmvideo@gmail.com

With LVM 33(including the 2009 Green Race Video) nearly finished we thought we would show you some highly entertaining carnage from previous Green Races to get you fired up. Subscribe now to get LVM 33 through LVM 36 delivered to your door over the course of 2010 so you never miss out on the amazing action LVM has to offer.
Stay tuned for sneak peaks of whats to come on LVM 33. Including: Russell Fork Race, Upper Creek, Jocassee:The other side, Femm45, New Zeland update, the 1st descent of the Iskut and much much more.

If a tree falls right next to your house do you hear it? Hell yeah you do!

Flat Rock Ice Storm 2010 from krushin'dreamz on Vimeo.

Now back to work.

John Grace is live on location in Dillsboro, NC with American Whitewater’s Jeff Paine reporting on the first day of removal of the Dillsboro Dam on the Tuckaseegee River.

American Whitewater has fought hard in the Tuckaseegee Watershed for a long time. Here are some of the fruits of their labor.

From www.americanwhitewater.org:

Back in 2001 American Whitewater was part of a diverse and open group of local, regional, and national groups that began meeting with Duke Energy to collaborate on a new plan for operating their dams in the Tuckasegee and Nantahala watersheds. The outcome of the three years of negotiations that followed was a comprehensive settlement agreement that Duke submitted to FERC as their application for new licenses for their dams. The agreement called for the removal of Dillsboro Dam and subsequent watershed enhancements like enhanced flow releases, new public river access areas, new parks and trails, land conservation, and funds for riparian conservation and water quality improvements. Unfortunately, the removal of Dillsboro Dam became a controversial issue and the resulting conflict has cost large sums of money and delayed this exciting river restoration and enhancement project for well over three years.

American Whitewater looks foward to celebrating the removal of Dillsboro Dam with the paddling community. Taking the dam out will provide a great river access area in Dillsboro and allow paddlers (and fish) to pass through the area for the first time in over a century. It is likely that there will be at least one small ledge at the dam site that may offer some whitewater challenge and/or surfing opportunities once removal is complete. Paddlers are strongly discouraged from paddling near (or through) the dam removal site while removal is occuring this spring. We will be working with Duke Energy to communicate the removal schedule and recreational protocol.

PS: Please excuse the headline pun(s).

This one’s scary, be sure to crank the volume…

Carnage. Mwaahahahahaaaaaaa….. Happy Holidays.