LVM 23 Premier Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Dozens of kayakers gather July 14 at the Horse & Hound Pub in Hood River, Ore., for the premier of Lunch Video Magazine issue 23. The episode featured an extended segment shot by local paddler and videographer Ryan Scott. A separate 20-minute clip of his personal footage was also shown.







[See also this previous post.]

Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival Sunday, May 20, 2007

Val Shaull faces a wall of water May 20 after navigating gate 4 on the Carter Falls slalom course at the Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival near Estacada. Shaull finished second in the Inflatable Kayak class.

The 24th annual Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was held over the past weekend southeast of Estacada. Hundreds of paddlers brought their rafts and kayaks to the Clackamas River to participate in workshops, races, and social interaction with fellow boaters.

The event is organized by the Northwest Rafters Association.

Eli "The Splatmaster" Jamieson braces his inflatable kayak in a slalom race at the 2007 Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival.

Paddlers party as picture premieres in pub Sunday, April 01, 2007

Dozens of kayakers gather around the big screen at the Horse & Hound pub in Hood River, Ore., to watch the premiere of LVM issue 22.

It was a standing-room-only crowd at the Horse & Hound British Pub Saturday night as nearly 100 kayakers packed themselves into the Hood River taproom to watch the premiere of Lunch Video Magazine's latest release, Issue 22.

There were so many people there, in fact, that organizers decided to show the movie twice so that those at the back of the room would have a chance to see it.

Among those in attendance were kayaker/videographers Ryan Scott and Nate Herbeck. Paddlers Todd Anderson and Heather Herbeck were also on hand.

(right) Ryan Scott (middle) helps viewers find Todd Anderson in footage he shot for LVM Issue 22.

The premiere was organized by another local paddler, Stacey Johnson, who learned about LVM in her hometown of Atlanta. "I wanted to give something back to the boating community," she says, "and make it entertaining." She has helped organize similar events in Atlanta.

As well as the feature film, Nate Herbeck's movie "Liquid Insanity" and LVM Issue 20 were shown. Johnson also held a raffle for prizes including various whitewater DVDs, OutdoorPlay.com club memberships, and a Watershed dry bag.

(below) Tara (right) sells raffle tickets at the LVM premiere Saturday night.

(above) The taps were flowing at the Horse & Hound pub Saturday night as dozens of kayakers came for the LVM premiere.

Kayaking the White Salmon Sunday, February 11, 2007

(left) Kayakers dress and undress in a roadside parking lot near the White Salmon River in Husum, Wash. The site is a popular put-in and take-out spot for paddlers in the Columbia River Gorge.

(right) Diana Sizemore "seal launches" her kayak off a ten-foot drop. Other paddlers choose less-extreme launches in the same location.

(left) John Fowlkes prepares to go over Husum Falls at the end of the middle White Salmon run.







(right) Water drains off kayaker Diana Sizemore after she rolled going through Rattlesnake rapids on the White Salmon River near Husum, Wash.