Kelly Slater dives into the story of marijuana trade
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The 11-time world surfing champion is expanding his business fields. Slater is ready to adapt Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter's book to the screens. The final result will be a documentary film and a TV series.
"This is a history they certainly don't teach you in school but an important and significant cultural phenomenon that occurred mostly undocumented. It took the professional historian and former smuggler 15 years to complete, and it is based on thousands of hours of interviews," explains Kelly Slater.
"They document everything you didn't know about pot smuggling from the late 60s through early 80s, diving into every aspect of the game from personal to political. Even Timothy Leary and Richard Nixon make cameos."
Slater explains that the ""ith the current atmosphere around marijuana...
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