The Curator co.

Tell us about yourself:

My name is Mark, I am a proud father and a lifelong cannabis grower/enthusiast. I've lived in Maine my entire life and love this community.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

I am a professional cannabis photographer specializing in macro and creative work. I've been shooting professionally for the past two years and in that time I've secured two Hightimes covers, a centerfold, and numerous other publishings and reposts from prominent industry leaders.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

During my work, I've had the pleasure of working with a number of the best hash makers in the state. Giving me access to an unreal amount of incredible terps over the past few years. On top of that I am absolutely a hash consumer. With as much product I end up with at the end of the work day, I still find myself going out of my way to grab new hash. I love hash.

Helios Hash

Tell us about yourself:

I have a deep passion for growing sustainable quality resin for ice water extraction.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Single-source growing and extraction

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

I have a wide developed palette of hash and have judged many large competitions before with some of the highest-recognized hash makers in the country.

The Artful Dabber

Tell us about yourself:

I’m an artist who has been working exclusively in the cannabis industry since 2013.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Aside from creating art for cannabis companies nationwide, I’ve also worked with several cannabis charities and organizations, protested for cannabis rights in several states, and am a drug war veteran who served time for the plant.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

Have grown top-shelf indoor and learned about hash making from some of the best hash makers in Maine and other states. I have a proven nose for terpenes and a discerning palate that has picked the winners in several competitions.

Moon Jelly Melts

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Simon and Brendan own and operate Moon Jelly Maine, a sustainable hash company located on the rocky coastline of Maine. Our goal is to create clean and tasty hash that we are proud to consume ourselves. We are patients and consumers first.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

We love to smoke hash! We're hoping to experience some new and unique hash flavors while judging this competition. The world deserves to know the best hash is created right here in Maine.

Danny Camp Glass

Tell us about yourself:

I am a highly motivated stoner. I wake up early and dab then I work all day and smoke a bowl before bed. I am a Glass pipe maker living in Freeport

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

As a glassblower/pipe maker, I have a direct relationship with the plant. My pieces are created out of the desire to smoke hash or flower out of them. Frankly, if it doesn’t smoke I’m not as interested in making it.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

I feel qualified to judge the hash bash because I have been closely linked to growers and hash makers for as long as I have blown glass. Over 13 years of sampling the good and the bad. Watching products go from early stages like titanium dabs nails to American Quartz. I have been witness to the amazing revolution of Hash. Thank you, Maine! Also, I have been a stoner for over 20 years :)

Dungeons Vault Genetics

Tell us about yourself:

Owner/breeder of Dungeons Vault Genetics, currently a Maine caregiver

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Breeding and cultivating top-shelf cannabis

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

I’ve been in this industry, specifically the hash game since the start of BHO. I’ve seen all the TI nails from the first swing, to the dab essentials chess piece dabber. I watched as we went from glass nails and domes to the various quartz nail caps and mothership OFZs. I’ve seen it all!

KGB Glass

Tell us about yourself:

I have been enjoying cannabis in all forms for around 30 years straight. From hash knife hits to quartz bangers. While it’s not for everyone cannabis has dramatically increased the quaintly of my life.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Avid consumer and glass pipe maker for over 20 years.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

I’m just an avg smoker that enjoys good terps. I haven’t judged cannabis/hash since the 1999 Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. To be invited to this is an honor and pleasure that I don’t take lightly.

Mega Raw Melts

Tell us about yourself:

After moving to Maine in 2004 from NJ, I have made it my goal to produce and procure the highest quality flowers and extracts in New England and beyond.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Flavor and potency have always been the goal for me, through using organic nutrients we strive to maintain a positive connection with the plant to achieve the best medicine possible. I have devoted nearly 100% of my crops to ice water hash and rosin since 2017 and have made hash rosin since 2015.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

Having been invited to compete in events such as Ego Clash four times and Legends of Hashish as well as receiving several awards in Maine, I have a sophisticated palate that is very well qualified to judge at the Hash Bash.

Rip Tide Smoke Shop

Tell us about yourself:

My name is Destioney, I own and operate Rip Tide in Belfast! I have a wife, Brittany, and our passions are entertainment & animals! We love traveling, especially to animal sanctuaries or to see concerts. We keep aquariums & love smoking hash!

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

I opened Rip Tide Smoke Shop in 2014 - before then I managed shops in Southern Maine and was one of the first in my area to obtain a medical Marijuana card. I actively supported brands in their infantile period and attended events such as the Bonfire to help further the patient experience. Currently, we try to be extremely active in the Maine Cannabis community by giving back through donations, supporting dispo events, and similar community-building events such as this.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

Being a patient since the mid-2000s, I started smoking before the big BHO movement. I have smoked concentrates that needed to be left in the freezer to remain stable; I ripped dabs with Team Green as they went up in a flame; We experienced the sticky, the black, and the "crumble". We saw the bottom, and that makes the top just that much sweeter. We regularly support over 30 Maine hash makers & love buying their work. The variety we smoke regularly allows us to see which strains stand out. Being able to sample & support Connoisseurs of their craft is truly humbling.

Beach Health Center

Tell us about yourself:

Co-operator of Beach Health Center. I’ve been a Nurse for 20 years, joined Beach Health in 2018 to help my mother with her Business, and haven’t looked back! A happy resident of OOB with my Husband Tom (many will know him as the surf drone guy at Higgins Beach), my dog Buttercup, and my cat Harley. Mostly a homebody who loves a beach day.

What is your involvement with Cannabis?

Beach Health Center has been issuing Medical Cannabis certificates since 2015. We believe that cannabis has many advantages in medicine. We are excited for every new innovation in cannabis and all the full spectrum offerings that have evolved.

What makes you a qualified Hash Judge?

As a newer hash enjoyer, only starting my hash journey this past September. I hope to bring fresh lungs and taste buds to the Hash judging experience. I’m excited to try all the submissions and finding their effects.