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Charlie Center, Jonas Grunewald, John Grace, Jason Hale, and Darin McQuoid completed the 1st Descent of the North Fork of the North Fork of the American River this summer. Check out LVM 34 for the complete segment on the river. Here is a sneak peak below. Subscribe to LVM today to get your copy of LVM 34 ” I can’t believe it’s not butter” 1st!

Check the complete trip report blog here

After a lot of excitement and adrenaline Pat Keller was named the 2010 Giant Slalom Champ! Stay tuned for more pics, and full coverage will be available in LVM #35 ‘Good For The Sport’. SUBSCRIBE HERE.

First thanks to all the volunteers:
- Laurie and Erin for scoring gates.
- Christine and Milton for start timing.
- John Pilson, international man of mystery, for finish timing.
- Chelsea for everything.
- Nate for heading up safety

Also Thanks To Prize Donating Sponsors:
- Werner Paddles
- Astral Buoyancy
- Liquidlogic Kayaks
- LVM

It was a beautiful day with golden stroke after golden stroke taken through The Green River Gorge.

The Giant Slalom is a two stage combined event. Stage 1 was a down river sprint from the confluence of Big Hungry and The Green Rivers. Corey Volt in his Dagger Green Boat easily won this leg with a time of 9:10. Pat Keller was second in his RPM followed by Toby ‘The Legend Of’ MacDermott in his Jefemix with a 9:24 and 9:32 respectively. The rest of the finish times are below.

Down River Results

Bib # Name Race Time
5 Volt Corey 0:09:10
1 Keller Pat 0:09:24
2 MacDermmott Toby 0:09:32
3 Benedict Shane 0:09:44
4 Marquart Dustin 0:09:46
14 Levknecht Adriene 0:09:49
12 Roberts Chris 0:09:53
19 Mehler Yonton 0:10:11
11 saucier brooks 0:10:12
6 Eddlemon Kirk 0:10:13
18 sprinkle keith 0:10:18
15 Warren Clay 0:10:21
10 Shuman Amos 0:10:23
26 magley scott 0:10:25
13 Smith Eli 0:10:35
17 Paine Jeff 0:10:38
20 clarke david 0:10:39
27 McDade Nathan 0:10:46
9 Grubbs Javid 0:10:58
24 Pate Tyler 0:11:09
23 Thurmond Michael 0:11:12
22 Armentrout Chuck 0:11:40
25 Butler Paul 0:11:42
16 timmons lee 0:12:22

Next the racers moved down to scout the gates at Gorilla. Everyone started on river left below Pencil Sharpener in reverse of the sprint finishing order. This gave the fastest racers the advantage of being able to watch paddlers on the course…no one gets a practice run. All racers were given two runs through The Giant Slalom that were combined together.

Giant Slalom Run #1

BIB # NAME RESULT(IN SEC)
1 Keller Pat 62.00
11 saucier brooks 79.00
2 MacDermmott Toby 80.00
10 Shuman Amos 87.00
14 Levknecht Adriene 98.00
5 Volt Corey 107.00
13 Smith Eli 109.00
12 Roberts Chris 112.00
9 Grubbs Javid 145.00
4 Marquart Dustin 149.00
18 sprinkle keith 157.00
15 Warren Clay 163.00
17 Paine Jeff 177.00
19 Mehler Yonton 186.00
27 McDade Nathan 206.00
20 clarke david 314.00
23 Thurmond Michael 412.00
26 magley scott dnf
3 Benedict Shane dnf
22 Armentrout Chuck dnr
25 Butler Paul dnr
16 timmons lee dnr
6 Eddlemon Kirk dnr
24 Pate Tyler dnr

Giant Slalom Run #2

BIB # NAME RESULT(IN SEC)
12 Roberts Chris 81.00
1 Keller Pat 90.00
3 Benedict Shane 90.00
5 Volt Corey 92.00
4 Marquart Dustin 95.00
2 MacDermmott Toby 96.00
14 Levknecht Adriene 99.00
18 sprinkle keith 135.00
17 Paine Jeff 136.00
26 magley scott 141.00
10 Shuman Amos 152.00
20 clarke david 154.00
19 Mehler Yonton 164.00
15 Warren Clay 169.00
13 Smith Eli 171.00
11 saucier brooks 171.00
24 Pate Tyler 210.00
9 Grubbs Javid 220.00
23 Thurmond Michael 235.00
25 Butler Paul dnr
6 Eddlemon Kirk dnr
16 timmons lee dnr
27 McDade Nathan dnr
22 Armentrout Chuck dnr

Overall Results

Name Final Results
Keller Pat 98.76%
MacDermmott Toby 90.89%
Volt Corey 88.94%
Roberts Chris 87.99%
Levknecht Adriene 85.23%
Marquart Dustin 81.02%
saucier brooks 77.71%
Shuman Amos 76.76%
Benedict Shane 72.09%
sprinkle keith 71.04%
Paine Jeff 68.40%
Warren Clay 67.11%
Mehler Yonton 67.06%
Grubbs Javid 62.71%
clarke david 62.58%
magley scott 59.96%
Smith Eli 57.97%
Thurmond Michael 54.26%
Pate Tyler 51.82%
Eddlemon Kirk 44.86%
McDade Nathan 42.57%
Armentrout Chuck 39.29%
Butler Paul 39.17%
timmons lee 37.06%

Full coverage will be available in LVM #35 ‘Good For The Sport’. SUBSCRIBE HERE. Until then here is Adrienne doing what had to be done to clean the difficult second gate!

We have water from 7AM-5PM all day Saturday so even if you’re not a racer come enjoy the river! Afterwards Green River Adventures The Giant Slalom and LVM will be hosting a get together with entertainment, food and beverages.

- 6:00PM – Will Lyons vs. Adrienne Levknecht Jell-o Wrestling Match

- 8:30PM – LVM #34 World Premiere, and Giant Slalom Race Footage on outdoor Jumbo-Tron

- 9:30PM – Tim Bell Fireworks Blowout

Plates of food available $5
Appalachian Craft Brewery Cups $5

If you are a Giant Slalom racer please pre-register by clicking HERE more details about the race available HERE.

P.S. Just kidding about the jell-o wrestling, although it would be entertaining.

We are working on LVM #34 special CKS movie night sneak peak and wanted to pass on some content. Come out to the festival this weekend and see the tallest waterfall in Colorado ever ran. For more on this recent Colorado record check out Sleeping In The Dirt.

LVM Issue 33, the final installment of the Seasons Series, takes views to some of the lesser known creeks of North Carolina, a fist descent of the threatened Iskuit River in British Columbia, and around New Zealand. Top that with the SE Race Wrap Up and the Femme 45 Girls for the Northwest and you have a solid 40 minutes of entertainment to get you ready for the season.
Also including:
Pat Keller Pro Spotlight
AW Dillsboro Dam Update
Ravens Fork Trailer
Shred Ready Beatdown

Plus: awesome bonus features!
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The strong submission oozing Gold, shot by Ryan Zimmy of Andy Lichtenheld in Minnesota is the winner of the Werner Golden Stroke Contest.
Congratulations Ryan Zimmy-you have won GOLD and a premium grade Werner paddle!

Danny Siger! Your video makes us all cringe, so much so that we are putting it on the front page of the website. Email us your address and we will get the DVD out to you, and as an added bonus include your shoe size. We have a pair of Teva’s coming with your name on them…you deserve it! Thanks to everyone who submitted a story and keep it hairy side up. Now we have to get this DVD finished for the premiere tonight!

And here is another segment produced by Pat Keller we will be showing off this evening!

Christmas Day Mission on the seldom run Upper Thompson. Toby McDermott, Dustin Marquart and Pat Keller on an amazing adventure through one of the most epic gorges of the Southeast. Long, hard portages with payoffs around each corner that we all dream of.

Finally don’t forget about The Watauga Race Saturday.