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Off To The 2009 Cannabis Cup

Chubbs — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:18 +0000

Mrs. Chubbs and I are a couple hours away from heading to the airport so I thought I’d post a quick message letting everyone know that we will be doing our best to bring you coverage of The 2009 Cannabis Cup, from The Cup.

I have started a thread on the forums that will be updated multiple times daily with exclusive pictures and videos directly from Amsterdam.

Trust me when I tell you this is one thread that you definitely want to follow.

I have put together a list of incredible strains of both marijuana and hash that I will be tracking down and devouring.

In addition, I’ll be posting pics+vids directly from some of the biggest and most popular coffee shops in Amsterdam.

Be sure to check out either the forum thread or the MR YouTube page daily for some entertaining footage of me getting RIPPED.

Click here for the 2009 Cannabis Cup MR forum thread

Or if you want to see all the videos in one place

Click here for the MR YouTube page

I don’t remember exactly how long we are in Amsterdam for but I know for sure that it’s long enough for me to bring you some killer content. –Chubbs

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Chubbs — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:26:17 +0000

Wow, time sure does fly! I cannot believe we are already leaving this week for Amsterdam. I PROMISE to post some new reviews before we leave Thursday.

I just sent an e-mail to people that either confirmed they were going to Cannabis Cup or considering it. If you are attending and did not receive an e-mail from me, please contact us immediately through the Contact Form on the site so that we can plan our Crawl!

As Chubbs mentioned previously, we will be getting some great access to all the strains and parties. We will be posting videos while away, so please check back! -Mrs. Chubbs

2009 Cannabis Cup Videos From The Greenhouse

Chubbs — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:47:15 +0000

One of the best things that happened for me at the recent THC Expo was I had an opportunity to talk with Arjan, owner of The Greenhouse coffee shop in Amsterdam about an idea I had for this years Cannabis Cup.

Fortunately he loved it!

Every day at this year’s Cup there will be a small section of The Greenhouse cleared out for me so that I can shoot some custom videos for Marijuana Reviews.

It’s gonna be great. Real time strain reviews from The Cannabis Cup.

I’ll also pull some random stoners aside for their perspective as well as some of the more famous personalities that frequent The Greenhouse.

Oh and you can definitely be expecting a few European Widow Maker videos!

This may not seem like much now but trust me, when the time comes these videos are going to blow you away! –Chubbs

2009 Cannabis Cup

Chubbs — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:05:08 +0000

After having as much fun as I did at last year’s Cannabis Cup, I don’t think I could live with myself if I were to miss the 2009 Cannabis Cup.

Each year High Times Magazine puts on an incredible competition where many of the most popular coffee shops in Amsterdam enter their best marijuana, neder hash and import hash and then you, the judge, get to sample their wares and give your own opinion. Last year’s the overall winner was coffee shop The Greenhouse with their incredibly strong sativa Super Lemon Haze.

I am expecting the 2009 Cannabis Cup to be just as fun as last years and was hoping to try and get a group of Marijuana Reviews members together at least once, preferably a few times to kick back and have a group review session.

If any of you are anticipating attending the 2009 Cannabis Cup please contact me as I will be putting together a list of members planning to go. The number of people coming will determine the location we use but I am thinking either Barney’s, The Greenhouse, or Amneisa.

Another idea I had was to do a bit of a mini Cannabis Cup where just us MR members pick a handful of coffee shops that we like and from there we do some really good, in depth reviews of their #1 bud and #1 hash. If this is something you think is a good idea and would like to come along let me know. If there are enough people interested I’ll see what I can do about contacting some coffee shops about special deals.

Honestly, no matter what we end up doing, the 2009 Cannabis Cup is sure to be that much more fun once a few members meet up. It’s always nice to put a face to the name. Especially over a nice cup of hot chocolate and a Volcano Bag full of Haze.

I realize I am bringing this up pretty early in the year but I just wanted to give anyone who may be considering going, or is on the fence about going, ample time to do some research and plan their trip.

I have already picked out 3 hotels and will be looking them over in detail later today. Most likely I’ll be reserving my room tonight.

Flights are another story. Right now airfare to Amsterdam is going to cost me a few hundred dollars less than it did last year. I have a feeling prices are going to drop even lower which is why I will be holding off for a couple more weeks before purchasing plane tickets. But even if you buy them right now, imo, you are getting a great deal.

Passes for the 2009 Cannabis Cup are on sale for $199 through June 1. After that they are $250 from 6/2 – 11/15/2009. Passes at the door will run you $250 Euros. (The $199 and $250 presale prices are in both dollars and euros depending on where you live. At the door it’s Euros only).

As far as the format goes, I am not sure exactly what High Times has planned for this years Cup but I am sure it will be great. I admit, last year’s convention area was pretty lame so hopefully they will improve that for 2009.

Also, I have yet to see a list of the coffee shops that are competing in the 2009 Cannabis Cup but then again it is pretty early in the year.

Since I have a little more experience now that I have been to Amsterdam already, feel free to email any questions you might have about where to stay, what to bring, what are the laws, anything. If I can, I will help out for sure.

Last year the economy was on everyone’s mind but things were far from as bad as they are now. I am really curious to know whether or not that will effect the attendance of the 2009 Cannabis Cup. I have e feeling it’s going to be about the same as last year which was just right.

If there is one thing worth saving your money up for it’s a “best weed in the world” competition.

Press Pass Rejection

I contacted High Times to see if I could get press passes for the 2009 Cannabis Cup in an attempt to bring you guys some back stage/behind-the-scenes footage and such. Unfortunately I was told that they only give out press passes to magazines and television stations, no websites. Last year while I was picking up my pass, there was 2 guys there calling themselves a “crew” from some Japanese TV station and they were given press passes.

I GUARANTEE 100x more people that actually are interested in reading High Times and are possible subscribers to their magazine will be reading my reviews of the 2009 Cannabis Cup than will be watching a 20 minute spot on some Asian TV station. Especially since this year I plan on doing some real-time reporting as well as a daily update straight from Amsterdam instead of taking tons of pics/notes and posting everything when I get home. But whatever, I’m not bitter.

Anyway, as I said, get a hold of me if you are planning on going to the 2009 Cannabis Cup and lets have some fun! –Chubbs

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