High Times – October 2019

(C. Jardin) #1

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


  1. 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.

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