Cannabis Cup draws pot perfectionists to Amsterdam

[superjoint]

Cannabis connoisseurs in their thousands have descended on the Dutch capital of Amsterdam this week to sample and select the winners of the 20th annual Cannabis Cup competition. "There's a lot of good competition this year," said 'Herbal Santa' a longtime marijuana smoker from Orange Country, California, who, when asked for his name only offered 'Jim'.
Organizers said they expected about 3,500 participants.
The week-long Cannabis Cup is spread out at various coffee shops throughout Amsterdam, although the main events are held in a club on the outskirts of the city, tucked behind a McDonald's fast-food restaurant and a do-it-yourself store.
The event coincides with the annual U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, allowing participants from across the Atlantic to spend a week's holiday in Amsterdam.
The event was started in 1987 by Steven Hager, the editor of New York-based magazine High Times that advocates the legalization of cannabis, and has become a key annual event among cannabis-orientated business and for many pot smokers.
Judges pay a fee of up to $200 to participate in selecting the winners with their task to examine the potency, taste, smell, curing and overall experience of various herbs.
Marijuana is technically illegal but has been decriminalized and is tolerated in the Netherlands, where it is sold in small quantities in "coffee shops."
"People should come to peace together and smoke," said Arjan Roskam, owner of the Green House Seed Co., whose marijuana strains have won 31 Cannabis Cup prizes over the years. His coffee house is a frequent destination for visiting celebrities.
"You see people from 18 to 80 having a good time," said Roskam. "It's a very friendly gathering."

[The Grim Reefer]

i was over there last week, very very dissapointing. Something called the cannibus cup i expected to be an international event hosting tutorials on growing, showing grom room designs, new techniques in the growing industry etc etc. What i found to my pretty big dissapointment to be honest was it was an americanised get together with no real aim. Dont respond with what do u expect with something organised by stoners, or else a quote of this line with something like lol or couldn have said it better, pointless posts which bring the post off topic. Maybe its just me ut i expected something more from "high times 20th annual cannius cup" than a few free vaporizers, and other than that anything that seemed like it could be cool (viewing weed micrscopicly, new strains, grow techniques etc etc) you were expected to already know, big smile on their faces while you were looking at their product or desk, and as soon as you asked a question they seemed annoyed of having to explain, excuse me but thats y i payed so much bloody money.

Amsterdam during the cup is a good laugh though, coffee shops have a good buzz around them, maybe bit too packed but a good laugh all the same, dont get me wrong the cannibus cup was fun, but only cause we made it so, i will not be purchasing tickets for this event again lol.

[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer

Dont respond with what do u expect with something organised by stoners, or else a quote of this line with something like lol or couldn have said it better, pointless posts which bring the post off topic.

No, I won't respond with that, instead I'll respond with, I expected something like this year's Cannabis Cup from people who need to seriously reexamine their give-a-shit level. [Its all about those dollars these days I guess.] When it's so vitally important that we conduct ourselves with some decorum and introspection people that are at the forefront of the movement look like fucking greedy self-serving assholes. The level of compassion and care the Cannabis Cup organizers had was expressed in this years pathetic effort. Honestly, they should be ashamed of themselves.

Yet again the sacred plant must be subjected to the lowest common denominator in all of us. The weakness in our very natures that struggles daily to nullify any good we ever try to do wins. Don't endorse the plant if your overall impact is going to take away from it.

[3rr0r]

So the concencus is it was no good. Thats too bad. The article painted it pretty well.

[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by 3rr0r

So the concencus is it was no good. Thats too bad. The article painted it pretty well.

The article is serving its own interests whatever they may be. What would you expect it to do, tell the absolute truth? The Cup attracted so many different smokers from around the world, but it failed them because it didn't highlight the power of their dedication to make the pilgrimage in the first place.

Ya know?

[OldPork]

Well what do ya expect from a bunch of stoners?

[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by OldPork

Well what do ya expect from a bunch of stoners?

Integrity.

[The Grim Reefer]

To be honest i didnt know what to expect, maybe that wasnt the best mind to go in, but what i found was the "green district" of amsterdam, and by that i mean money greedy people with nothing else on their minds but whoring their products out to as many people as possible. Except at least the red light is honest about it. The cannibus cup tries to hide it under talks of legilization, "friendly" looking people, and a fake atmosphere, which was kept up only by the people who came who refused to have a shit time just because the organisers are idiots.

As for what do i expect from a bunch of stoners - you know my expectations are going down everyday having come in contact with people like u lol

EDIT - cheers for the responce ak, glad to know there are like minded people out there.

[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer

To be honest i didnt know what to expect, maybe that wasnt the best mind to go in, but what i found was the "green district" of amsterdam, and by that i mean money greedy people with nothing else on their minds but whoring their products out to as many people as possible. Except at least the red light is honest about it. The cannibus cup tries to hide it under talks of legilization, "friendly" looking people, and a fake atmosphere, which was kept up only by the people who came who refused to have a shit time just because the organisers are idiots.

As for what do i expect from a bunch of stoners - you know my expectations are going down everyday having come in contact with people like u lol

EDIT - cheers for the responce ak, glad to know there are like minded people out there.

It's sad but what you're saying is 1000% percent correct. THE CREED IS GREED. The Cannabis Cup is what comes of a community that is vocal but doesn't particularly fucking care to look at itself. What the fuck is so goddamn hard about that? The Cup Organizers should've asked themselves, who was really supposed to truly benefit from the event? Marijuana put em all where they're at, is it too much to ask that they give a little something back?

More and more I think the great minds of our movement should come together and draft a code of "use" or "conduct," so that people can see that we take Marijuana and our own actions very seriously. If I have anything to say about it all of the participants of the Cannabis Cup are going to know exactly what I think of them.

"Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it."

~Samuel Johnson~

[woodsmarcel]

It's ashame to read all of this. I really want to go to the Cannabis Cup within the next couple of years. Maybe they will straighten themselves out.

[The Grim Reefer]

I would wait to hear more positive reviews in future years before spalshing out €150 on tripe. I dont mean that the cannibus cup was halfway decent or even worth the look. If i hadnt bought seeds there (which were the same price as in the seedbank) i wouldnt have had anything to do. I guess what im trying to put accross to u, is that i dont feel hardone by a festival that just went wrong, i feel completely and utterly robbed of my money. €150 i could have put through accomodation munchies weed or all of the above, i came back from amsterdam without so much as a grinder, as i spent my last bob on my final day, now €150 could have bought me a dam nice vaporizer, bong(s) or hookah(s), or even besides that itd could have been 150 off bills that i need to pay considering christmas is only a month away.

Cannibus cup organisers if ye ever get to read this, for shame, youve truly given up on the smoking ethics i have learned to love from stoners, and have instead taken on the money grabbing ethics of bankers which ive learned to loathe. I will never part with money for something that has a CC logo, or affiliation, and will do by best to ward off others less informed.

[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by woodsmarcel

It's ashame to read all of this. I really want to go to the Cannabis Cup within the next couple of years. Maybe they will straighten themselves out.

Bro you can't hope that a bad situation will change because it won't, hope will only take you so far. If you want things to change you have to actively invest yourself into the solution. You can go to the Cup, but understand that you'll be contributing your money to a group of individuals that have turned their very existence into the THMQ -"Trans-High Market Quotations," where there are dollar signs everywhere and usually by the ounce. If you buy that judges pass you become a "tourist," a person that shells out big bucks for pictures that will reside in dusty photo albums. Own your journey and demand the most out of it, never hope that circumstances will favor you.

Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer

I would wait to hear more positive reviews in future years before spalshing out €150 on tripe. I dont mean that the cannibus cup was halfway decent or even worth the look. If i hadnt bought seeds there (which were the same price as in the seedbank) i wouldnt have had anything to do. I guess what im trying to put accross to u, is that i dont feel hardone by a festival that just went wrong, i feel completely and utterly robbed of my money. €150 i could have put through accomodation munchies weed or all of the above, i came back from amsterdam without so much as a grinder, as i spent my last bob on my final day, now €150 could have bought me a dam nice vaporizer, bong(s) or hookah(s), or even besides that itd could have been 150 off bills that i need to pay considering christmas is only a month away.

Cannibus cup organisers if ye ever get to read this, for shame, youve truly given up on the smoking ethics i have learned to love from stoners, and have instead taken on the money grabbing ethics of bankers which ive learned to loathe. I will never part with money for something that has a CC logo, or affiliation, and will do by best to ward off others less informed.

Ditto.