Carving on Cannabis with a Snowboard Gold Medalist 

To be honest Cannabis is a performance enhancing drug I know because the 1st time I ever got high with my buddies I destroyed everyone in Guitar Hero

*But mom, I have to get baked in order to excel at snowboaaard.*

My dude is so stoned he's driving with a helmet on

I had "end stage renal failure" when I was 10 years old and I'm now 23! So I've had it for pretty much all my life, and now 40+ surgeries later and 13 years later, I have no kidneys in my body and am solely dependent on dialysis 3x a week to stay alive! I throw up on average between 2-10 times a day! (On average like I said) I not only have trouble keeping meds and food down, but I don't have a "healthy" appetite on top of that! So the only way that I have found to feel hungry and be able to keep food and my medications (ie blood pressure meds, and my dialysis meds) down, has been cannabis! It's seriously helped me feel a little better and allow me to eat and keep what I eat down! It's definitely been a miracle worker for me!

snowboarder turned skier, this guy is high for sure...

I feel sad for the other dad, i hope my dad will grow up to be like you.... Man thats harsh .

Smoke to wake up, smoke to eat, smoke to ski, smoke to work out. Duuuuuude

I like that when this guy popped for cannabis in 98, he was like "yep, i smoke." When other athletes pop for drugs, they deny, deny, deny. I'm glad he got to keep his metal. He deserves it.

I love how he says hes just feeling the edible, as hes driving, staring at the filming crew haha.

I love it! Smoking weed enhances life!

honestly the munchies could be my favorite part about getting high. I love that boring bland food can be reborn into amazing shit. I've eaten entire bags of tortilla chips with no dip when i have the munchies.

This guy takes "stay blazed" to a whole new level

For the 99.99% of Skiers and snowboarders out there. Smoking on the mountain will lead to crashes and extra long lunch breaks at the cafes.

Haha...the look on his face at 9:52. "Turkey bacon..."

my body is like this guys. dont feel hungry if theres a bit of anxiety. dont sleep. weed helps me liek it helps this man.

As a long time ski instructor , its such a part of the game. Weed allows you to be present and enjoy your time on the mountain. Those morning chairlift rides smoking a bowl with the sun coming up over the mountains is what i live for. Night skiing when the lights are on is better stoned as well. drop into the trees and smoke a joint . life is grand

seriously, why do people dislike this? this is beautiful!

me personally I cant smoke before I do any activities, I enjoy rock climbing and surfing but when I'm stoned I feel a little more lackluster, usually smoke after a workouts feels more rewarding and a good way to release body tension

marijuana does enhance your performance I like to play chess when I'm loaded nobody ever wins

I love to see how Rebagliati (just) overcomes his anxiety and goes on with the things he loves in live. Big Respect!

Love showing people that you can be successful and have cannabis incorporated in their life while doing so

the reason he doesn't eat/is never hungry, is because he smokes so much weed, so when he's sober he doesn't feel like eating cause his body just relies on the weed to make him feel hungry. I know from experience

Wow just wow. What a positive inspiration this story is. Thank you munchies for producing this wonderful video.

"I'm 43 now, so you notice when you're not 23 anymore..." Well damn. You look maybe what... 27?

This whole thing felt like an adversiment for Ross Gold

I am yet to find a cannabis user that isn't humble. So down to earth.

Ross is just such an inspiration in my life and, I've probably watched this 30+ times this is pure gold the way this is shot,I wonder how he's doing now?

I thought he was saying that his first time snowboarding was at the Olympics. I was like damn, weed is performance enhancing.🤣

this man lives the dream

"good luck rolling a joint that fast in the woods"... budy you don't know my SKILLS >:c

Now this.. this is on my bucket list

Thanks for being a role model man. This will help change the world to be a better place on cannabis being widely accepted in society and not looked down upon. PS. I love safety meetings in the woods too while snowboarding! lol

One big ad for Ross gold

Some people are pro, some are against, it's obvious. From my personal expierience, I should say that pot has both good and bad quality's: Weed makes you feel relaxed, just chill, absorb the envirement you're in, a movie or a song is so much better, it makes you feel good, the way you should feel all the time,...but despite that it also makes you lazy and wanna eat muchies, and that's unhealthy, but what is healthy these days, I mean, people even start questioning milk, bread, pasta, peanuts, fruit juices...a bag of crips or chips is not the end of the world.. I think people who want to try or use pot, should be able to...those who don't want to use it, just don't use it... If people use it before work, and they don't perform as they are expected to...those people should take responsibility for themselves. You only know what's good for yourself. This is how I feel about Cannabis. I hope someone's with me. Please excuse me for my English.

I love this video! thank you munchies! :) cheers!

Honestly this guy makes me want to move to Canada so open so honest look at this dude he was an Olymic snowboarder and loves skiing now always open to new ideas what a wonderland.

wow I have exactly the same mentality as this guy, i can barely get food into me, if i don't think about it i will become very skinny, so I smoke weed and make shakes with a fucking magic bullet!

I used to take a lot of safety meetings at work lol

Good episode. Dude is definitely about his mj. I've never thought about what he said about it enhancing an athlete in sport or anything like that before, but as a skateboarder/snowboarder and from firsthand experience it's so true

some bong smokes, funky tunes, and skiing are the best times

I like marijuana, but everything he says at 6:00 about empty sockets in your brain is 100% wrong, unfounded, and scientifically disproven... That's like saying because we have opioid receptors we should all be taking heroin to saturate those receptors for optimal function. We produce endogenous cannabinoids, and they serve a purpose, and like any other drug, when your body doesn't need to produce endogenous transmitters, the system becomes depressed, and doesn't function as well without exogenous stimulation. Its not nearly as drastic as with primary transmitters/receptors, but the effect is indeed similar..

This had my interest the entire time, Great episode! Make weed legal!

this is what im talking bout!! awesome stuff munchies thank you!!

Keep these videos coming!

Seems like such a genuinely nice guy, that's the case with so many mountain locals

I don't smoke pot but 100% agree with its legalization. Mainly because of the 20 years I spent working bars. I have never seen a pot smoker be anything other than polite, melow and pleasant. Drunks are nothing but angry, sad and violent. Millions dead every year from alcohol, no recorded case of marijuana death ever.

Thank you for doing what you are and being honest and forthright about the benefits of cannabis

This is great I can totally relate to him. Cannabis is my pre and after workout.

"I hope my dad grow's up to be like you!" lol

Real talk tho: He has no hunger in the morning because when he’s not baked, he’s not hungry. Hallmark of marijuana dependency. I’ve experienced it myself. Just sayin’

RESPECT to u Ross . getting the word out there about the magic of the herb.

This is a fantastic video thank you

This guys munchies are healthier than my sober diet

I mean on top of all this performance enhancing stuff, anti inflammatory, appetite...clearly dabbing all day every day is also getting you blitzed all day. I love cannabis and have consumed it for more than half my life but I really feel that it should still be used in moderation. I don't feel that Ross's story is very inspiring imho.

Nothing like a good buzz and the outdoors!

Great inspiration

Dude's hooked on cannabis like a million other people. He just happens to be really good at something, too -- so good, in fact, that when he's impaired, he's still the best in the world at it. He seems to have the personality for it. I smoked weed every day for 5-6 years, and it really has negative effects on my social and professional function. I definitely had friends that could smoke the same amounts all day every day for many years and never seem to have any overt or noticeable health consequences.

You all will have to understand that marijuana is a drug. Although when people do it they share similar effects, it's going to affect people differently. Some people get sleepy, some people get pumped, some feel artistic, and some people just turn mindless. I don't think you can necessarily say it is good or bad in any instance

Great documentary!

best thing i watched in months

But whenever I do it, my performance goes from 100 to zero real quick

I wish I was made like this. Cannabis throws me back on anything I am doing. I can't function at all on it let alone going to gym or even work. Makes me sort of "whatever man".

great piece. Well done Ross.

honestly truly respect this guy and what he he does, all round great guy👍

Anything too much is bad for you.

Watching this sadly just make me so frustrated. I like Ross struggle to eat on a regular basis and I can often go all day before noticing that I haven't eaten anything. I find that ingesting cannabis changed that dramatically and I would go as far as to say it's my cure for what ever it is that makes me not hungry. I'm frustrated because the country that I live in ( UK ) doesn't allow medical cannabis in any shape or form. I wish I could convince them otherwise but the government somehow only sees cannabis as a dangerous "drug" when in fact it is a wonderful medicine that is just in its infancy .

love it! would love to get some quad copter snowboarding footage!

this guys awesome, i met him at a cannabis expo in calgary, super nice guy!

wait, he's high and driving?

I support the legalization of cannabis, but as much as I support it weed is not correctly represented in this video by any means. He just gives so much misinformation about the drug that severely exaggerates its benefits. Let me share some correct, unbiased information: -There is no natural "deficiency" in stimulation to cannabinoid receptors. Our body uses these receptors all the time for various functions such as appetite. We overstimulate cannabinoid receptors when we consume weed which leads to the calming effects. Cannabis is just not harmful because it does have a powerful effect at the receptor. Synthetic cannabis such as spice and 7H hydro incense do have a strong effect at the receptor and lead to horrific withdrawal symptoms such as vomiting and constant anxiety. So therefore your body is not "made" for ingestion of cannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors are not "empty plugs". -Marijuana is NOT a performance enhancer. You can make it beneficial if you add it into your daily routine to boost appetite and inhibit pain. However, on the drug, the brain does not function as well as it does sober. Areas of the brain responsible for memory and motor movement are impaired by cannabinoid receptor activity. Your mind does NOT work faster unfortunately. In fact, it could possibly increase estrogen production, which could be detrimental to muscle growth. Also, despite opposing claims, there IS a MILD withdrawal when a long time smoker goes cold turkey for a time period. -Cannabis is not necessarily a good anti-inflammatory medicine. Different studies have yielded different results, so it just depends on which source you choose to believe. There is no conclusive evidence to cannabis being anti-inflammatory. It only inhibits the feeling of pain, which is completely different from an immune response. -A painkiller such as Advil is not unhealthy. It is actually BETTER at reducing inflammation than cannabis. Studies have shown that ingestion of one Advil per day can increase life span because of its beneficial anti-inflammatory effects. Marijuana is not able to perform on the same level of anti-inflammation. So, I like the message he sends, but so much of it is wrong. Marijuana is not dangerous at all and is a fun recreational drug but it is definitely not as amazing as he makes it sound. It has beneficial effects too, but those are unstated in this video while the negatives are warped around to be positives. It is foolish to make a drug sound perfect because there really is no such thing as a perfect drug.

That was a badass video!

the culture is slowly changing thanks to things like this = ). very cool!

munchies interview a guy who hates food and rather just get it into his system as fast as possible? :/

I'm glad I'm not the only one dependent on weed to help me eat in higher volumes. Anyone else have off appetites?

Super tight segment, keep it coming.

proud that this is a canadian olympian ! cheers from vancouver island

Is this not a glorified plug for his company or am I overdosing on cannabis?

Does anybody know what kind of tank he has to take dabs? His box is just an Eleaf istick that you can buy at any vape shop.

I'm impressed by this guy, never heard of him, but mad props for taking advantage of the plant in this way, being a proper athlete and all... Mad props

one of the best things ive ever seen

Cannabis doesnt effect everyone the same though. I started smoking when i was like 12 and was smoking every week at 15. I kept going til I was 23 and then started to notice I was developing some problems. It was effecting my heart really badly and I was getting scarily strong palpitations from smoking. I cant drink tea or coke now any more so i guess thats just me. I think people who enjoy weed the most didnt start til they were like 18+.

Definitely not a performance enhancer, hes just hella good at skiing..

I love riding moto and taking some dabs right before. It is awesome to see stuff like this. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Great video! Keep educating!

He's definitely addicted

fucking destroyed that smith machine!

I broke my arm when i was 12 snowboarding down a particularly icy slope, and it kinda scared me away from the slopes ever again. I really hope i can get over that fear

It's great more people are being honest about ganja. Well done. And thank you. Hoping everyone can be high one day. Peace and love. Mental freedom

This guy is a badass hahaha, you can kinda tell when hes high by the things he says hahah. im just curious if he uses high drops, his eyes were never red

I don't know that much cannabis but is it just me or does this guy seem addicted to this stuff, I mean he uses it almost anytime he can, it's gotten to a point to where his body relies on it, am I wrong? Maybe he is in the case where he might need it, just seems excessive.

Hilarious guy and very informative. Nice to see someone with a sharp knowledge of Cannabis.

congrats on 1 million

6:32 Anyone think we should get this guy some better concentrates? That green/brown shit hes smoking is full of plant matter and butane.

I'm feeling he's super anxious... like me

Got to love them safety meetings

im so glad you got to keep your medal🏆😄

what was that vaporizor?

SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH! Don't tell anybody that it's a performance enhancer! Then they'll know!

im proud to own one of his bongs, and he even followed me on Instagram, awesome dude

I FELL EXACTLY THE SAME!!!!! 👌😎 AWSOME VIDEO... 💪 THANK YOU... 🙏