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Emerald Cup 2016

I just woke up with a migraine and will be lucky if I make it out...trying to get enough coffee in me to coax myself out the door. Eventbrite, the app I used to get the ticket, doesn't allow transfers apparently
 

Mrs.Babba

THE CHIMNEY!!
ICMag Donor
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Had so much fun today, met so many awesome folks!! It was wonderful to meet you all.
 

trippn

Member
crowded af!

got some genetics i wanted though; next time only do 1 day; pretty much get everything handled super quick. hella worth 2 days if you have a booth though.

people making bank!
 
I got some mendo purps terpz dropped onto my trim bin kief rosin slab....holy sh

I tried to run a rough calculation on how much dark heart was bringing home but just gave up...they probably paid off the booth price in under an hour

Good times! Didnt buy any seeds but got AOG F2's and BLR X AOG from Motherlode to run next year!

Checking out the entries was really cool but I wish I could have smelled them. There was some remarkable flowers and stuff that looked like tweakers or kids entered...no trim, fan leaf stems still sticking out 2" on the nug...

Tried to meet up at bog but didnt see anyone at 420 and got caught up with the terp man...

P.s. looks like they didnt let a bunch of ppl into the concert hall last night and they're hella pissed about it on IG

P.p.s im seeing multiple entries for blue dream...lol. There was a strain entered called Hype!
 

Chunkypigs

passing the gas
Veteran
Emerald Cup Winners 2016: Zkittles, Berry White and More

There aren’t many industries where having your product described as tasting like “Skittles from the vending machine at a high school football game” is a compliment.

But for the Dookie Brothers, whose marijuana flowers were awarded top honors at this weekend’s Emerald Cup event, it was apropos. Their cannabis strain, called Zkittles, is described as having a sweet, tropical fruit flavor and smell. The Humboldt County grown marijuana was one of dozens of big winners this weekend in what many consider the Oscars of the cannabis industry.
The Dookie Brothers won for best flowers at the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
The Dookie Brothers, left Greg and center, Jason, with Flowers Judge “Pearl” won for best flowers at the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

“I knew when I smoked it, that was the winner,” said Pearl, a judge for the category of “flowers”, which had more than 650 entries. She and other judges at the event sampled each of the entries over several weeks for taste and effect, narrowing to several hundred entries, and then the top 20.

“This one, Zkittles, gets you really high,” she said, dressed in a green robe backstage.
Tim Blake, founder of the Emerald Cup, in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
Tim Blake, founder of the Emerald Cup, in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

Getting tapped as an Emerald Cup winner out of the 1200 total entries this year can bring instant notoriety to farmers and producers who have, for decades, remained hidden in the shadows due to state and federal laws. A winning product can command premium prices at dispensaries, according to organizers, and growers or producers are often sought out for their expertise.

Though Northern California’s growers have long been revered by industry insiders, the recent legalization of recreational cannabis in California, is starting to open the door on this multi-million dollar agricultural industry.
Swami and Nikki, judges for the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
Swami and Nikki of Swami Select were judges and announcers for the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

“This was only our second event,” said Jason “Dookie” (who declined to give a last name). “I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I’m just so passionate. It’s all kind of surreal,” he said. “It’s just unbelievable,” he added, standing among photographers and media. “I just wanna get high now,” he said. Zkittles is an indica-dominant strain bred by 3rd Gen Family and Terp Hogz.

Held over two days at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, the Emerald Cup is one of the nation’s largest marijuana competitions. The event began more than a decade ago as a celebration of Northern California’s annual outdoor cannabis crow, held secretly at remote family ranches in Humboldt County.
Todd Franciskovic of Resin Ranch at the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
Joey Burger (left) and Todd Franciskovic of Resin Ranch at the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

The event has grown into a festival attracting an estimated 30,000 participants this year for a weekend of music, speakers, and vendors selling everything from pre-rolled joints to state-of-the-art trimming and processing equipment.

“I’ve seen more change in the last two years, than I have in the last twenty or thirty years,” said Tim Blake, the organizer of the event. Currently only adults with medical marijuana recommendations are allowed to legally buy or smoke marijuana at the event. But with the passage of Prop. 64 in November, Blake anticipates even bigger crowds for future events.
Entrants to the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
Entrants to the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

“People just don’t understand the size and scope of all this,” said Blake.

Another winner was equally excited to win first prize for his entry.

Under a cloud of purple smoke hanging inside the Pavillion, Todd Franciskovic of Resin Ranch nervously held a glass award for “Best Dry Sieve”, not quite knowing what to say.

“This is such a huge personal accomplishment. I’ve only been out here (in Northern California) a year. And it’s been a rough year,” he said, standing next to Mendocino Farmer Joey Burger, who grew the cannabis Franciskovic distilled into a powerful concentrated form of marijuana. Franciskovic moved from Wisconsin to Northern California this year to pursue concentrate making.
Entrants to the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD
Entrants to the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa. Heather Irwin/PD

“This is huge for me,” he said. “But unfortunately you have to win one of these,” he said, holding up the award, “to be able to sell at this price point,” he said of the $120 per gram concentrate that is grown organically in Northern Mendocino County.

Other winners of awards for topicals, edible cannabis products and several other categories thanked parents and friends, tearfully making tributes.

“I made this for my mom and grandma,” said a winner, tearfully, in the topical category, waving at her parents in the audience.

The awards weren’t without some challenges. Testing of the cannabis products for a variety of contaminants by Santa Rosa’s SC Labs was one of the promises for this year’s awards after a large number of contestants failed contaminant tests in 2015. Organizers planned to reveal the results of the tests online and disqualify any product that did not meet testing standards for pesticides.

“We had a 50 percent increase in entries, and we extended the deadlines a few extra days. We can say no one failed in the top 20 flowers,” he added.

Blake also said the event may be outgrowing the fairgrounds space after several hundred attendees were turned away from a music performance last night by Fire Department officials.

“Adversity is tough,” he said. “But it makes us grow. I’m proud of what we’ve done,” Blake said.

Full list of winners:


Place: Entrant: County: Strain: Clone/Seed: Sativa/Indica:

1
Dookie Brothers Humboldt Zkittles Clone Hybrid
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216046
19% THC - 1.8% terps no Myrcene in the terps on this strain, very unusual.

2
Greenshock Farms Mendocino Purple CandyCane Clone 50/50
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=214710
17.2% THC - 1.7% terps

3
3rd Gen/Terp Hogz/Dying Breed Mendocino Strain #8 Clone Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216393
15% THC 1.7% terps

4
Gold County Cannabis/EFF Yuba Jack Clone Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216472
28.3% THC - 2.5% terps

5
Silver Dragon Farm Mendocino Golden Dragon Seed Indica
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=214789
19.1 % THC - 1.5% terps

6
Holistic Farms El Dorado Fossil Fuel #7 Seed Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216068
25.6% THC - 2.3% terps

7
High Mountain Holistic/Emerald Family Farms Humboldt Durban Poison Clone Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=213491
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216351
two entries testing very different

8
Cut Creek Farms Humboldt Banana Split #7 Seed 50/50
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=216027
21.9% THC - 1.7% terps

9
Bay Area Kush Masters/BAKM Nevada Gorilla Glu Clone 50/50
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=213502
23.9% THC - 2.7% terps congrats joesy!

10
Sunnabis Humboldt Mango OG Clone Indica

11
Happy Day Farms Mendocino Great Success Seed Hybrid
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=213500
25% THC - 3.7 terps

12
Essenciere Nevada Black Lime Reversed #36 Seed Indica
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=215958
8.9% THC - 2.9% terps WTF???

13
Bon Vivant Mendocino Chocolate Hashberry Clone Hybrid
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=215459
18.9% THC - 1.5 terps

14
PUSH Farms/Caviar Puff USA High Country Genetics “Candy Apple” Seed Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=215821
14.5% THC - 2.1 terps

15
Esensia Mendocino Lime Juice Clone Sativa Dom
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=214518
19.1% THC - 2.2% terps
17
Humboldt Heirlooms Humboldt Zephyr Seed 60% Sativa

18
Sunnabis Humboldt XJ-13 Seed Indica
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=215989
15.2% THC - 1.9% terps

19
Dookie Brothers/King Dookie Humboldt Zkittles Clone Hybrid
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=215815
18.3 THC - 1.7 terps

20
Derek’s Anderson Valley Organics Mendocino In The Pines Clone Sativa
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=213507
14.5% THC - 2% terps

21
Freeborn Seletions/Aficionado/Mean Gene from Mendocino 50/50 Lime 51 Seed 50/50
http://sclabs.com/sample-detail.html?id=212116
23.1% THC - 2% terps
22
Sunboldt Grown Humboldt Redwood Summer Seed N/A

23
Aficionado Estates Humboldt Grown/Mendocino Dried & Cured Mandarin Lime Clone Indica

24
RxC San Diego 50/50 Sour OG Seed 50/50

25
NorCal Cannabis Company Indica Blue Dynamite Male created by Next Generations Seeds x Lavender #2 Seed Indica
 

VonBudí

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resin ranch is humboldtlocal right? 1 + 2 place dry sift, great job.


what % were excluded for pesticides and mold?
 

theJointedOne

Well-known member
Veteran
Well...Monday morning here in Santa Rosa.

I thought the event was ok. Too many people for my liking, I much preferred the old "area101" vibe. This year it was like we were all just cattle, getting pushed through lines and gates.

Money was the goal for most here, seems to be the way thus industry is going. Was pretty blown away by the lack if knowledge by many vendors. I never knew the "3rd gen" people were breeders lol.

Dont see myself going to thus event again. Lots of other ways to meet fellow growers and real breeders besides this event. The spring kickoff at the mateel should be fun.

It was nice to meet many fellow icmaggers and run into lots I hadn't seen lately, some for years; turtle farmer, the babbas, nspecta, byf, ganja d was fun to help him at the booth, shcrews, gangster green, norcal, bulldog, many others.

Would be so fun to have a northern California icmag event, maybe payaso and others we can all make something happen in the future.
 
Its not all about the thc...terpenes are heavily synergistically psychoactive. A good example is my all time fav kens gdp, never tests high but always puts a smile on my face.

Totally felt the cattle herding vibe tho. Gotta try this zkilltez ztuff!
 

HazyBulldog

Member
Planting Plants. I don't have the ability to msg you back. Sorry I missed you at the event. Hope you made it in.

So anybody else enter product?

I was told my 6 entries (3 flower 3 rosin) were lost and found at the last second. All my SClabs tests show tested on 12-9, day before the show, and a week after the video they posted of the judges smoking the samples........ Kind of messed up, I assume my product never got tested.

Anybody else sense this was the case?
 

Babbabud

Bodhisattva of the Earth
ICMag Donor
Veteran
We avoided the crowd. Set at some picnic benches inside the 215 shelter and just puffed and puffed with lots of new and old friends . Wasnt much for milling around with the herd ...but had an awesome time hanging out puffing . Wish we could have shared puffs with many more :)
 

HazyBulldog

Member
Also, top ten sweep of the rosin?

I was told the rosin had testing issues also, and I find it super hard to believe that the top 10 came from one farm, and all were better than my best entry....... Mine tested at 80% and was terpy as fuck........ Not even a mention, and I still don't even have my SC lab results for any of my rosin entries. ( I tested it myself before the cup) That means that farm is at least 10x better than anybody else that entered, with 10 different strains. Hats off if it was fair, but I smell a possible fix.
 

theJointedOne

Well-known member
Veteran
Planting Plants. I don't have the ability to msg you back. Sorry I missed you at the event. Hope you made it in.

So anybody else enter product?

I was told my 6 entries (3 flower 3 rosin) were lost and found at the last second. All my SClabs tests show tested on 12-9, day before the show, and a week after the video they posted of the judges smoking the samples........ Kind of messed up, I assume my product never got tested.

Anybody else sense this was the case?

Yea that was annoying to me as well.

My green crack tested at 18% THC but they didnt provide me with terp numbers ect, unlike almost all the other ones I saw online. Not worth my time IMO.

I did get to smoke a joint of the skittles that won, it was phenomenal, fwiw.
 

krunchbubble

Dear Haters, I Have So Much More For You To Be Mad
Veteran
Met many members, had a blast. Really wanted to meet Mr and Mrs Babba....

Show was better then just about ever other show this year, but there is some shady shit going on...

Did you know when you get your 215 wristband, your signing up for a collective? Some collective signed up 25000+ people this weekend, DO YOU KNOW who you signed up to? Told them to take all my info out of there system and watched them do it...

How many of us were denied entry to the Marley concert Saturday night? THAT was wrong...

I learned that CBD is bullshit. Does NOT do anything for pain, figured dabbing 3 grams of the stuff would offer some kind of relief. I was wrong, tastes good though...
 
I had no idea...that is shady as fuck...I hate being a part of other peoples' collectives too.

And its not that cbd is bullshit... it works for some pains and does wonders for epilepsy. But for someone with real bad chronic pain it probably isnt going to do much. Nothing compared to eating something thc/terpene heavy. Were you dosing the blue river cbd + terp crystals or what? I found those things actually pack a punch when mixed with dabs
 

theJointedOne

Well-known member
Veteran
Popular cbd isolated are not as effective as whole plant cbd synergy. Also must not dismiss entourage importance
 

ECtraveler

Active member
Veteran
Popular cbd isolated are not as effective as whole plant cbd synergy. Also must not dismiss entourage importance

I'm a big believer in the Entourage Effect. That Cannabis is most effective medicinally when the Cannabinoids, Terpenes, Flavonoids and other compounds interact symbiotically like nature intended.
 
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