High Times – October 2019

50 HIGH TIMES I OCTOBER 2019

MEET THE TEAM

Two of Embassy’s veteran riders grow

cannabis to keep their team in the

green and away from excessive booze

consumption and opioids that have

cost too many skaters their careers

and even their lives. Heavy slams and

exhaustion are a normal part of skating

at this level, so the Embassy team uses

cannabis to help alleviate the chronic

pain and boost the creative juices to

fuel the session. Lucky for them, team

vet Pat has their back, growing enough

fine herb to keep Embassy elevated.

Pat’s a long-time fixture of the North-

ern California skate scene and still rides

Two of Embassy’s

veteran riders

grow cannabis

to keep their

team in the green

and away from

excessive booze

consumption and

opioids that have

cost too many

skaters their

careers and

even their lives.

professionally at the age of

53. He’s part of a growing
    group of elder skatesmen
    who have managed to stay
    on board with a true dedi-
    cation to skating, and a little
    help from Mary Jane.
    While Pat spends much
    of his time on the road as a
    pro skater, he’s dedicated
    to growing quality canna-
    bis at his home on the Men-
    docino coast. Pat’s been
    an outdoor grower since
    the mid-1980s, when Ron-
    ald Reagan was declaring
    war through the govern-
    ment’s Campaign Against
    Marijuana Planting (CAMP).
    Persevering through those
    oppressive years, Pat is now
    enjoying the freedom of an
    enlightened public attitude
    on cannabis.
    However, he’s not the only
    cultivator Embassy boasts.

Ben is one of the true Texans

on the team, with a killer bag

of tricks and attitude paying

tribute to the OG skaters from

the Lone Star State.

Uncle Pat rolls
up on the cop-
ing like a green
machine,
showing the
kids there’s life
after 50 in the
skate game.