Ku munsi usanzwe, Chris “Special K” Uhlhorn, uzwi kandi ku izina rya Bongfather, ushobora kugaragara kuri IGTV yambaye imyenda ya Seattle Seahawks, kuvuza ikirahuri inkoni, kuyikoresha n'ibikoresho bitandukanye, no kuzunguruka mu ziko rishyushye.Akenshi gukora bong runaka biragoye kandi bisaba ubufasha bwabantu babiri cyangwa batatu.
Uhlhorn yatangiye ubucuruzi bwe budasanzwe bwa K Glass i Seattle mu 1998 ariko asubira mu mujyi yavukiyemo wa Eugene mu 2005 arera abana babiri bato.Yabonye umuco wo gukurikira mu myaka mike ishize kubera ibikoresho bishya by'ibirahure bishya, ushobora kubisanga mu bubiko bw'itabi n'imiyoboro muri Oregon yose, ndetse no ku rubuga rwihariye rwa K.
Ati: "T-shirt yacu itaha izavuga ngo 'Pod yanjye yambere yari idasanzwe K'," kuko twumva ko igihe cyose kandi ndabikunda. "
Mbere ya COVID, Ullhorn yakoraga cyane kurubuga nkoranyambaga ariko yari itaragurishwa kumurongo.Noneho kugurisha kumurongo hamwe na pickup, ibintu byose byarahindutse.Uhlhorn yarambwiye ati: "Batora ibicuruzwa mu bubiko bwacu."“Ibi ntibyigeze bibaho.”
Bitandukanye n’ibibazo by’amafaranga icyorezo cyateje ubucuruzi buciriritse bwubwoko bwose, amavuriro y’urumogi hamwe n’ibiro bikuru bigaragara ko ari ngombwa.Kuri Special K: "Iki nicyo gihe cyinzibacyuho cyane mu bucuruzi bwanjye mu myaka 21." Uhlhorn, ubucuruzi bwe bwo kugurisha bwatangiye kuva icyorezo.Ati: “Abantu bose banywa urumamfu mu rugo, kandi iki ni cyo kintu cyiza ku bahatirwa kuguma mu rugo mu cyi kandi bashaka uburyohe.”
Uhlhorn yongeyeho ko ibirahuri byinshi bifite iterambere rimwe mu bucuruzi.“Bari buzuye abantu benshi.”Nyuma haje 4/20 nicyiciro cya mbere cyigenzura ryikangura, avuga ko yafashije ubucuruzi kuva kumadorari 300 kumunsi kugurisha kumurongo bigera kumadorari 1000 kumunsi hafi nijoro.
Muri Portland, birashoboka ko uzasanga K idasanzwe ahantu hose imiyoboro na bongs bigurishwa, ariko inzu ya Mary Jane ya Glass na Nomad Crossing (4526 SE Hawthorne) ifite amahitamo meza cyane.
Uhlhorn kuri ubu atuye mu majyepfo ya Eugene, hafi y’ikigo cya kaminuza ya Oregon hamwe na buke uvuye mu rugo rwe akiri umwana.“Byahinduweho gato kuva mu 1991… Nari mu mashuri yisumbuye maze ngura umuyoboro wa mbere w'ikirahure muri kiosk nto yitwa Clay Babies mu imurikagurisha rya Oregon.Cyari silinderi.igice cyatangije icyerekezo kinini cya kijyambere, cyakozwe na Snodgrass, sekuruza w'ikirahure. ”
Umwe mu bazwi cyane ba Eugene ni Bob Snodgrass, watangiye gukora kuri tekinike ye ubwo yazengurukaga na Grateful Dead mu myaka ya za 70 na 80, akaba ashimirwa ko yateje imbere ikoranabuhanga ry’ibirahuri rikoreshwa ku isi muri iki gihe.Usibye Bob Snodgrass, Uhlhorn yamenye kandi ibijyanye no kumurika ibirahuri inshuti ye y’ishuri ryisumbuye Sky, uwo Uhlhorn yita “ikirahure cya super OG”.Inshuti zitangira gukora imiyoboro na bong murugo rwa Skye.Uhlhorn yagize ati: "Nahise menya ko nzarangirira kuri ibi."
Mu 1998, ubwo yabaga muri Eastlake, Seattle, Uhlhorn yavumbuye umuryango uhanga udushya, aho yatangiriye umuyoboro w'ikirahure n'ubucuruzi bwa bong.Uhlhorn abisobanura agira ati: “Seattle ni cyo cyorezo cya Amerika mu kirahure cyoroshye.“Urubyiruko nyarwo rwakoreraga [Umunyamerika w’ibirahure] Dale Chihuly.Twafunguye amahugurwa mato y'ibirahure hakurya ya Dale Chihuly, ”Uhlhorn.Chihuly azwiho ibikorwa byinshi by'ubuhanzi ku isi kandi yahaye inzira abahanzi benshi bo mu gace ka Seattle.
Uhlhorn yibuka ati: “Abasore bato bakorerayo bazaga mu iduka ryacu tugakora bongs.“Nari mfite imyaka 25-26.Mvugishije ukuri, kuva icyo gihe nabikora buri munsi. ”
Uyu munsi, urashobora kumenya byoroshye K ibice byihariye ukoresheje umukono wizunguruka wiziritse ijosi, amaboko agoramye hamwe nibisobanuro birambuye.
Uhlhorn agira ati: "Gupfunyika rwose ni kimwe mu bigize uburyo bwanjye bwo gusinya."Ati: “Ifite kandi imikorere ikora cyane.Abantu bakunda cyane ikiganza.Gupfunyika bidufasha gukora ijosi no gusubira inyuma gato. ”
Mugihe ibicuruzwa byose bitazana ikirahuri kizunguruka, ibintu byose bidasanzwe bya hookah biranga ibara ryiza rivanze nindabyo zitandukanye (harimo uduce tumwe na tumwe-twijimye) hamwe nuburyo butandukanye bwibihe;nta masasu abiri, ibirahure, inzogera, cones, amabase cyangwa amagi bisa neza.
“[Abakiriya] bakunda iyi mico.Abagore benshi bamenyekanisha ibara ry'umusatsi cyangwa imisumari.Niyo mpamvu ibara ry'umuyugubwe ryakunzwe cyane, ryamamaye cyane.Uhlhorn akomeza agira ati: "Bakunda no kubaha amazina."Ati: “Numvise amaduka amwe ambwira ati: 'Chris, ugomba kuba ufite bong izwi cyane kuko umuntu wese uyigura aragaruka akatubwira icyo yise.''”
Hafi ya 99% yibikoresho fatizo K idasanzwe ikoresha (usibye amarangi bagura) nibikoresho byakoreshejwe nyuma yinganda.Uhlhorn ikora imashini hamwe na tewers, tangs na kasi hanyuma ikongeramo ibisobanuro kuri buri gice mugihe gishyushye.Ati: "Utwo dukoryo twose mumfasha rwose kwitandukanya n'ibicuruzwa biva mu Bushinwa".
Nubwo Uhlhorn yita kubakiriya b'ingeri zose, yemera ko "bigaragara ko urubyiruko rwinshi rwatangiranye n'akazi kanjye.Barashobora kubigura.Ntekereza ko icyo ari kimwe mu bintu by'ingenzi byagerwaho. ”
Special K avuga ko ari byiza gukoresha umunyu wamabuye no kunyunyuza inzoga kugirango usukure, hanyuma woge n'amazi akonje.Uhlhorn agira ati: "Turagusaba ko udakoresha amazi ashyushye."“Ntabwo ari ngombwa kozwa.Irashobora gucikamo ibice.Wamenye ko inzira igoye. ”Ariko niba igice gito, nkibikombe cyangwa uruti rwo hasi, byangiritse, biroroshye kubisimbuza.
Agira ati: “Ibice nkunda cyane nibyo nabikoze ejobundi.”“Kandi ndasezeranya ko buri munsi hari igice mu ziko aho ngerageza ikintu gishya cyangwa nkora ikindi kintu… ariko burigihe hariho intambwe.Iyo hari intambwe kandi ugashiraho ikintu gishya, burigihe burashimishije cyane ".”
Uhlhorn abajijwe niba akunda kunywa marijuwana na bongs, Uhlhorn ati yego.
Uhlhorn yagize ati: "Dukora umunsi wose."Ati: “Iwacu, ngomba kujya mu igaraje, ahari amazi yo mu rugo.Ndagerageza gushishoza, ariko ntagushidikanya ko mububiko bwacu hari abanywa itabi.Ni byiza cyane. ”
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukuboza-13-2022