BC Bubbleman is the hash maker Marcus Richardson. He launched Bubble Bags in 1999, helping take ice water hash around the world, has made solventless hash for almost 30 years, and since September 2014 has hosted Hash Church, a weekly live show about hash and cannabis, on his YouTube channel, Bubbleman’s World.
Who is BC Bubbleman?
BC Bubbleman is the name Marcus Richardson has worked under for more than 25 years: hash maker, bag maker, host and, since 2008, macro photographer of the resin heads he spends his life collecting. He has called himself a solventless guy for almost 30 years, and his show, Hash Church, has gathered hash makers, growers and scientists every Sunday since 2014.
Where Marcus “Bubbleman” Richardson started
Marcus “Bubbleman” Richardson started in hemp. In his telling, he was one of the hemp guys from Manitoba, whose partners went on to create Manitoba Harvest, and he has been going to British Columbia’s Kootenays since 1990. His first trip to Jamaica came in 1995, before the bags; he brought the bags there around 2001, and has filmed many trips since. Skunkman Sam, the breeder, was his mentor.
Bubbleman and Bubble Bags
Bubbleman launched Bubble Bags in 1999 with his partner Mark Rose. As he tells the history, the knowledge that resin sinks in water passed from an American named N. Rosenthal to the breeder Neville, then to Skunkman Sam and Rob Clarke, and on to Reinhard Delp; Mila made the Ice-O-Lator bags, and Bubbleman followed about three months later. His company set the numbered bags and their colors that hash makers still use, made in Nepal, and the full story of the method is in ice water hash. His own bio is on Bubble Bags.
From the archive: Bubbleman on his own story
From the archive, Bubbleman on his own story in his own words, from three live Sunday shows. Tap a time to hear that moment.
Season 12, Episode 22, The Cryo Episode, Part II, with The Original Resinator
Mila would create the isolator bags, and I would come up about three months later with the bubble bags. Mark Rose and I would partner up and we would smash out the world with bubble bags. So thank you for all your support, everyone, over the years.
On the first bags
Season 12, Episode 13, The Kootenay Episode
I started going to the Kootenays in 1990… My first trip, I stayed at Nick’s apartment right above his hemp store there. And we were kind of the hemp guys from Manitoba… those guys all went on to create Manitoba Harvest and Fresh Hemp Foods.
On the hemp years
Season 12, Episode 15, The Edibles Episode, with Marigold Sweets and Space Gems
My first trip to Jamaica was in ’95 when I got married with my wife. This was pre-bubble bags… it’s very likely that he met me when I did first bring the bubble bags to Jamaica. So that would have been ’01.
On Jamaica
Hash Church
Hash Church is Bubbleman’s weekly live show, streamed on Sunday mornings since September 28, 2014: three to four hours with a panel of guests, questions from the chat and a lot of hash on the table. Twelve seasons are in the episode archive, and the show also goes out as a podcast.
Bubbleman hash today
Bubbleman hash today runs from full melt to the old styles. His brand has put out six star full melt in Colorado, and he has picked up a second flag, traditional style hash at around 30 percent THC, and put together flights of blonde and red Lebanese style hash with a black Afghan style. He and Skunkman Sam started the Legends of Hash events, and he grades hash on the six star scale, which he credits to others; see the hash star rating.
Bubbleman rosin
Bubbleman rosin has come out under the same brand: on Season 12, Episode 23, he was puffing on Lemon Head live hash rosin from the Bubbleman brand and called it really lovely.
BC Bubbleman questions
BC Bubbleman questions, answered short:
Who is BC Bubbleman?
BC Bubbleman is Marcus Richardson, a British Columbia hash maker who launched Bubble Bags in 1999 and hosts Hash Church.
What is Bubbleman’s real name?
Bubbleman’s real name is Marcus Richardson.
When did Bubbleman start Bubble Bags?
Bubbleman started Bubble Bags in 1999, a few months after the first Ice-O-Lator bags, with his partner Mark Rose.
What is Hash Church?
Hash Church is Bubbleman’s weekly live show and podcast about hash and cannabis, streamed on Sunday mornings since September 28, 2014.
Is Bubbleman on YouTube?
Yes, Bubbleman is on YouTube as Bubbleman’s World, at @BCbubbleman, where Hash Church streams live.
Sources for this page
Sources for this page about BC Bubbleman:
- Bubbleman’s World, YouTube
- Jamaica day 3: ganja field and bubblehash session, Bubbleman’s World on YouTube
- Hash Church Season 12, Episode 20: Bubbleman on Skunkman Sam, his mentor, Buzzsprout
- Hash Church Season 12, Episodes 13, 15 and 22: Bubbleman’s own story, linked above