There’s also a “Maui Wowie,” in the shape of a giant doobie, for warmer, tropical weather. There’s also a scented candle that will soon hit the market. He expanded the Weed Waxx to include snowboard wax, called “Speedy Weedy’s,” and wax for skaters called “Kurb Kush,” used to smear on curbs to help a skater glide while they grind. His favorite varietal and the one he eventually picked was named after “blue dream,” a fruity, pine smell, he said. “Since the marijuana is organic, you can’t replicate that exact smell, it’s just not doable. “I left the buds with them, and they started sending me tiny jars with samples,” he said. Sign up for The Localist, our daily email newsletter with handpicked stories relevant to where you live. He needed somewhere close by since mailing marijuana buds as samples was out of the question, and found a place in Van Nuys within driving distance. “They do nothing but develop scents for hundreds of products, from cleaning supplies to perfumes and lotions,” he said. Then, he found out there were fragrance labs that could help weed out the specific smell he was looking for. Reynolds tried to get creative, even ordering a skunk scent off the internet - the stuff hunters use to mask their own smell. The first step was getting the scent just right. A brand called Waxy Wax in Seal Beach launched about ten years ago with bright, florescent colors so surfers could stand out or add art to their boards.īut he is the first, he believes, to try and make a marijuana-smelling surf wax. Reynolds isn’t the first Orange County surfer to try and get creative with surf wax. There was even a wax called “sick pig,” made to look like pig puke. Another wax is called “shark repellent” but comes with a note on the package that warns: “this product does not repel sharks.” Some failed attempts: pumpkin, pine, banana and lemon, according to the article.Īnd there have been other wild ideas when it comes to surf wax, according to a book called Surfboard Wax: A History, written by Jefferson Wagner - for instance, orange-scented beeswax. The most popular waxes have fruity notes, with coconut, root beer and bubble gum a few of the more successful scents. According to the article, an estimated 10 million bars of wax are produced worldwide each year. It was in the early ’70s that surf wax started being mass produced by two California companies – Wax Research with their “Sticky Bumps” product out of San Diego, and Mr. Another big improvement came when someone decided to add calcium carbonate to the wax, giving it a white, creamy look.Īccording to a cut-out magazine page from a 2010 issue of Surfer Magazine that Reynolds keeps in his Huntington Beach workshop, the first wax for a surfboard was sold in Huntington Beach out of Jack’s Surfboards in 1965. Then began the application of paraffin wax, used at the time by women trying to tan their skin, Reynolds said.Įventually, surfers got wise, adding petroleum jelly to soften the paraffin wax along with scent. Some guys tried floor wax on their surfboards. Prior to surf wax, surfers would try many tricks to gain traction on boards, like etching a grid pattern into the wood, or mixing sand with varnish for a rough finish so they wouldn’t slip off the board. Reynolds, a surf artist known for his trophies handed out at many of the contests along the coast, learned much about the history of surf wax from an exhibit he curated years ago at the Huntington Beach International Surf Museum. Related: What are the marijuana laws in your California city? Explore our database of local cannabis policies for residents and businesses History of surf wax Reynolds’ Weed Waxx idea is a decade in the making, but it’s only since California eased its laws earlier this year - and the stigma against the marijuana seems to be lessening - that he thought it was the right time to light a fire under his business. You start working for him, not knowing about his secret life of crime.“Then, I kind of knew I was on the right track,” Reynolds said. You’re thrown into the world of underground street racing in Shinganshina City, and meet Jean Kirstein. Going into your Sophomore year of college, you start a job at a small auto mechanic shop. Minor Krista Lenz | Historia Reiss/Ymir.i don’t hate floch i just used him as an antagonist sorry.

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