So. . . entries for
The 7th Annual Homegrown Amateur Photo/Video Contest are due in exactly 1 week. Hopefully you are putting the final touches on your 1st Place winning photo and/or video cause the clock is ticking, literally.
-> countdown to entry deadline <-
This year we have a ridiculous amount of Grade A prizes to give away thanks to the generous donations from a long list of empathetic sponsors. So, if you are not familiar, here are a couple of Frequently Asked Questions regarding the contest.
How do I know if I am an amateur?
If you regularly get paid as a photographer/videographer/boater of some sort you are not an amateur. If you have average or broke ass equipment and cannot afford to purchase the rights to the music you used in your video, then you are an amateur.
Can I submit more than one entry?
Absolutely - you can submit up to 3 entries per person per category, so technically you could submit 12 entries total, although that would be a little over the top, right?
Do I have to be present to win?
Nope. We will ship your prizes to your doorstep.
Whats the deal with the entry fee?
The entry fee helps us to cover some of the costs associated with throwing this thing plus this gets you an event Tshirt.
What time does the show start?
We have to wait for it to get dark for the projector to work, so the show starts a little after dark thirty. Though folks usually congregate to start getting liquored up around 5 or 6 pm. Its a good idea to come early to sign in, pick up your event Tshirt, do some shopping, and win some door prizes.
Can I bring my kids?
This event is PG-13 until dark. After dark your on your own. Expect drinking, cussing, mildly inappropriate behavior, and hopefully some nudity. So, whether or not you want to subject your children to that is entirely up to you.
Who evaluates the entries and picks the winnners?
The entries are evaluated by a panel of 3 unbiased judges. Working through all the entries is a long, hard, tedious job requiring a lot of patience. Stay tuned for more info on this later
Should I bring anything with me to the show?
Its a good idea to bring camp chairs and rain gear.
Ok, that should cover it. If you have any questions not covered here shoot us an email at
3scumbags@teamscum.com and thanks in advance, this thing doesn't work without YOUR participation.
Prizes generously donated by . . .
Osprey, MSR, Astral, Chattooga Whitewater Outfitters, Shred Ready, Outdoor Research, Platypus, Seal Line, GoPro, Smartwool, Pyranha, Immersion Research, Aquabound Paddles, Thermarest, Gear Aid, prAna, Lunatic Apparel, NRS, The River Gypsies, Robinson Ex-Files, PotHole Paddles, Rapid Transit Video, Cottonmouth Nose Plugs, Mountain Hardwear, Stonyboater PaddleWax, SolGear, Urban Currents, Endless River Adventures, and of course teamscum
The plan was to head over to the west fork of the pigeon, if it was too high or too low our bail out would be the upper East Fork of the Tuck, otherwise known as "Panthertown". We caught ideal flows on the WF Pigeon and made quick time down to the car at sun burst, seemed like a no brainer to drive straight to rock bridge and set shuttle so we could run the Tuck. We walked our boats down to the bridge at School House Creek and in no time we were sitting above Upper Wardens Falls. I would be running this one first so i could snap a few pictures of Mark and Ed on their way down, even though i had run this rapid a month or so earlier and i knew where to go i was still a bit nervous!
I jumped out and took a look at where i needed to go, spotted my line and peeled back into the current. Everybody had smooth lines and mark and ed even hiked up on the second slide and ran it twice while i took pictures. Watch out for wood if you have the itch for panthertown, i think we portaged six times due to logs and such. Turned out to be a hell of a day of kayaking! Enjoy a couple pictures from the day.
- arlyn
I was in the Canyon on the first entonces trip so i made a point to make it happen for the second entonces trip. We drove down to the lake house Friday night and woke to a pile of empty beer cans the next morning. We got it together and drove to the West Fork of the chattooga and did the gear explosion thing, the plan was to canoe the west fork of the chattooga sleep over night and continue down through section I and take out at Earls ford. Water levels were right around two feet and the weather was clear and cool, i didnt even wear my dry suit. Ben forgot his paddle at so i surrendered mine, which was cool i got the princess position in the front of the canoe the whole weekend. We walked big shoals, drank way too many beers, and pi toned the canoe twice, a good weekend for sure!
see yall at the green race
With some time to kill after a rafting season and before an unknown winter, Mike "Turbo" Goglin, Mamoth's own Sean Turner and myself embarked upon a world class adventure scouring the northwest for anything even remotely like fun. Armed with some digital technology we were even able to capture some fun to share with the world.
Three men, a black dog named Malcolm X-magnet Steamer, a minivan, three kayaks, one raft, and two skateboards; our first stop coming out of Ashland, the upper Klamath.
From there we ventured south to run the Pit river, a section that has been damned for quite awhile and is beginning to have scheduled annual releases. There we found miles of class III-IV creeky whitewater, with one big fun drop in the middle.
In Crescent City we found the Cap'n in good spirits and ready to roll. Mission 1, catch, kill, and eat the hell outa some crabs. Not a bad way to go. Day two, we set sail upon a short section of the Smith river, rafting and fishing for Salmon, as we'd heard they'd just began to run. Due to the previous nights rainfall, rivers were up, and salmon were down. Skunked again.
With great 6-8 foot waves crashing constantly less than a mile from Cap'n Bob's, we were guaranteed not to get skunked on the surf. We found two days of great waves and blue skies, ate some of Bob's famous clam chowder, and finished the loop back to Ashland through some of the world largest redwoods.
Next stop, 4 day raft/fish trip on the Rogue, and then, maybe, begin the search for winter employment.
