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 Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] 
#8419143 - 05/19/08 02:45 AM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest
May 19, 2008 - Daily Nexus
 Scores of marijuana enthusiasts packed into Isla Vista’s Anisq’ Oyo’ Park yesterday afternoon to celebrate the fourth annual NORML Joint-Rolling Competition.
Hosted by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws at UCSB, the contest aimed to promote the decriminalization - and use - of cannabis. High points of the afternoon included musical performances from various local artists, dance competitions and nine different joint- and blunt-rolling competitions, such as the “primo joint” and “fattest fatty.”
NORML club founder and UCSB Alum Loren Vazquez said she was pleased to see the crowd of locals come out in support of her club and its patron plant.
“It was just another great turnout, despite Extravaganza [taking place at the same time],” Vazquez said.
Although this year’s contest was dubbed the “fourth annual,” Vazquez said the competition has its roots deep in I.V. history. In the 1970s, Vazquez said, local joint-rolling contests were a perennial affair, however, they disappeared some time in the ’80s. After learning of the past competitions, Vazquez said she and other NORML members decided to bring the event back.
“We wanted to bring it back because we thought it would be a good way to get people out together to have some fun and at the same time educate the community about marijuana,” she said.
Thirty-five contestants participated in the various competitions, and contest’s judges included 3rd District Supervisor candidate Dr. Dave Bearman and Vazquez. NORML club co-chair and event organizer Stan Cui said that the criteria for judging the final entries was simple, but varied from judge to judge.
“The product has to look functional and smooth,” Cui, a second-year political science major, said. “It’s pretty subjective. They look for good use of the whole paper, so that it’s tight and doesn’t flap around.”
According to Cui, judging also varied from one category to the next. During the freestyle competition, Cui said judges valued originality above all. The prize for that competition went to Brian Tibberend, who submitted a series of joints that spelled out the word “weed.”
Tibberend said it was spontaneity and creativity that brought home the prize.
“I haven’t been practicing, [the idea for his entry] just came to me right then,” Tibberend.
For legal reasons, Cui said that contestants were provided with paper and “fake bud” composed of a mixture of dried leaves.
“It looks and rolls like bud, it just doesn’t have the same smell,” Cui said.
The faux weed was used exclusively throughout the day until it came time for what Cui called the competition’s coup de gras - the medical contest. For this final event - the day’s biggest and most competitive - contestants rolled joints filled with their own medicinal marijuana.
“Because of legal issues, we can’t give them weed,” Cui said. “They have to bring their own, and they’re supposed to have a doctor’s prescription - but we don’t really check.”
With prizes donated by Santa Barbara head shop Original Glass, the stakes were high. An elaborate conch-shaped glass bong was bestowed upon the victor in the medicinal category. Vazquez said that the winning entry was an eight-inch joint that scored a 36.5 out of 40 on the judging scale.
After the judging concluded and the prizes were distributed, contestants were encouraged to dispose of their artfully crafted submissions as they saw fit.
“Oh, they are long gone,” Vasquez said. “People smoked them. I mean, what better way is there to judge a joint, really?”
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: veggie]
#8419224 - 05/19/08 05:06 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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hah that was an awesome read. why can't we have contests like that in the good 'ole uk 
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: haymaker]
#8419260 - 05/19/08 05:36 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Cos I would simultaniously win and loose.
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: Visionary Tools]
#8419268 - 05/19/08 05:42 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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This should be an olympic event.
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: creekfreek]
#8419381 - 05/19/08 07:13 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Quote:
creekfreek said:
This should be an olympic event.
we should teach this to children...
too far?
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: lil_demented]
#8419589 - 05/19/08 09:22 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Quote:
lil_demented said:
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creekfreek said:
This should be an olympic event.
we should teach this to children...
too far?
In some cultures they do teach it to children.
Look at the Rastas.
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: creekfreek]
#8420525 - 05/19/08 02:37 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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If I ever have a kid I am going to teach them about weed and alcohol, I look at myself and I learned about drugs at a very young age and I have never once said to someone " lets get fucked up " I think most people who use drugs to get "fucked up" just dont know about them.
I smoke weed often but I know how to control myself as most people on this website do
I think the more honest drug education kids get the better off they will be
So hell yeah teach the kids
and this competition is awesome, I hope they have one near me sometime 
I will lose but still get to toke up with some other cool people
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: NobodyImportant]
#8421001 - 05/19/08 04:39 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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I have never once said to someone " lets get fucked up " I think most people who use drugs to get "fucked up" just dont know about them.
I smoke weed often but I know how to control myself as most people on this website do
I could not agree more, and it really bothers me that a lot of the people who use drugs, especially psychedelics, use them for the sole purpose of getting "fucked up".
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Re: Joint Rollers Try to Smoke Rivals at NORML Contest [CA] [Re: Irieforester]
#8422969 - 05/20/08 12:47 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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is there anything wrong with that
its human nature
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