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Interview by Jesse Denes

We all know that snowboarding and pot go hand in hand. Ask any snowboarder—from the diehard shredder to the weekend warrior—and they’ll tell you about pulling off the trail for a smoking session at an abandoned ranger station (known as a smokeshack) or hot-boxing a gondola. But in the world of pro snowboarding, as with all other professional sports, those who disclose their penchant for puffing are often blacklisted. For pro shredder Nate Bozung (better known within the industry as Boznuts), this has meant a rocky ride. From losing his sponsors to leaving the major production companies to film his own video, BozWreck, Boznuts has always stayed true to his roots. We caught up with snowboarding’s stoniest stalwart to talk about pot, snow and airport security.

You excited to be here?

Are you fucking kidding me? (laughter) All my friends are gonna be so jealous.

How big is pot in snowboarding?

You could put it in the same word; you could mix it together. Everyone does it. It’s a whole lifestyle thing: surfing, skating, snowboarding—snowboarding especially. Everyone’s up in the mountains, too. You know, whatever—getting weird in the mountains. Ninety-nine percent of snowboarders are baked all the time. But it’s weird, too, ’cuz in snowboarding, you have the whole soul thing, the fuckin’ dudes who just do it, and then you have all the new-era kids who are like the full jocks—like they fuckin’ train and do all that stuff. So there’s a mix, but it’s still so heavy in snowboarding. I don’t think I took a run in the last eight years without smoking a joint, anywhere in the whole world. It’s everywhere. It’s not my fault.

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