The History of Weed + Snowboarding | The progression of green from arrests to acceptance
Weed and snowboarding have been intertwined since the beginning. Their history of both known (Ross Rebagliati) and unknown (cross-border smuggling murders) have been revealed in this article by the scholarly ex-pro Jesse Huffman. It focuses on the early B.C scene with riders like Kale Stephens, Trevor Andrew, Shin Campos, Mike Michaelchuk, and many more alongside some outstanding photography from the one and only Scott Serfas who was there to capture it all.
“Marijuana and snowboarding have been intertwined from day one. There were too many stories, too many perspectives to include in one article, so we zeroed in on one of the epicenters where the drug and nascent sport grew up together: British Columbia.
From weed’s place in the region’s ski-bum lifestyle and later snowboarding counterculture, to its highly profitable growth and even sale across borders lines, to being involved in revoking the first Olympic medal won by a snowboarder, BC bud was more than just a sideshow in the local snowboard culture. As I would find out, it was a multibillion-dollar industry years before the government finally caved in to legitimization, and it inspired and funded generations of riders in one of the world’s most iconic snowboarding locations.”
Click over to Transworld SNOWboarding for the full feature: Green Progression: Weed and Snowboarding in British Columbia
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